ACU Financials ACME UNITED CORP

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated 41 d ago Overview →

Growth & profitability

Revenue has grown 3.7% per year over the past 5 years.
Net income has grown faster than revenue (4.7% vs 3.7% per year).
Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 7.5% in the latest year.
Free cash flow has grown 19.2% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

Total debt ($12M) exceeds cash ($4M); net debt is $8M.
Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-21.1% vs 3.7% per year).
Total debt is 0.6× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 23.0% of earnings and 30.9% of free cash flow.
The dividend has grown 7.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Revenue & net income

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)

ROEROA

Free cash flow (CFO − capex)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FY	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	ROE	ROA	FCF	Total debt	Cash
2025	$197M	$10M	39.4%	7.5%	8.7%	6.0%	$8M	$12M	$4M
2024	$194M	$10M	39.3%	7.3%	9.4%	6.2%	$5M	$18M	$6M
2023	$192M	$18M	37.7%	6.9%	18.2%	11.9%	$24M	$13M	$5M
2022	$194M	$3M	32.8%	3.2%	3.8%	1.8%	-$1M	$50M	$6M
2021	$182M	$14M	35.6%	7.0%	17.7%	9.5%	-$1M	$33M	$5M
2020	$164M	$8M	36.3%	7.0%	12.9%	6.2%	$3M	$39M	$4M
2019	$142M	$6M	36.5%	5.9%	9.9%	5.0%	$13M	$33M	$7M
2018	$137M	$5M	36.9%	5.4%	8.8%	4.2%	$2M	$40M	$4M
2017	$131M	$4M	36.7%	6.0%	8.1%	3.5%	$2M	$43M	$9M
2016	$125M	$6M	36.6%	6.8%	12.7%	6.4%	$7M	$33M	$6M
2015	$110M	$5M	36.0%	6.7%	11.1%	5.9%	-$676994	$26M	$2M
2014	$107M	$5M	35.6%	6.9%	12.1%	6.0%	$3M	$24M	$2M
2013	$90M	$4M	35.5%	6.6%	11.4%	5.9%	$2M	$23M	$12M
2012	—	$4M	—	—	11.5%	5.2%	-$2M	$24M	$10M
2011	—	$3M	—	—	10.1%	5.1%	$1M	$18M	$8M

Revenue & net income

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)

ROEROA

Free cash flow (CFO − capex, quarterly)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key quarterly figures

Quarter	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	ROE	ROA	FCF	Total debt	Cash
Jun '26	$63M	$5M	42.6%	10.9%	4.2%	2.5%	$12M	$23M	$5M
Mar '26	$52M	$985000	39.7%	3.3%	0.8%	0.5%	-$4M	$33M	$4M
Dec '25	$48M	$2M	38.2%	6.1%	1.6%	1.1%	$7M	$12M	$4M
Sep '25	$49M	$2M	39.1%	6.1%	1.6%	1.1%	$301000	$18M	$5M
Jun '25	$54M	$5M	41.0%	11.8%	4.2%	2.8%	$5M	$16M	$4M
Mar '25	$46M	$2M	39.0%	5.3%	1.5%	1.0%	-$5M	$20M	$3M
Dec '24	$46M	$2M	38.7%	5.0%	1.6%	1.1%	$5M	$18M	$6M
Sep '24	$48M	$2M	38.5%	6.1%	2.1%	1.3%	$8M	$22M	$6M
Jun '24	$55M	$4M	40.8%	11.5%	4.3%	2.6%	$4M	$26M	$4M
Mar '24	$45M	$2M	38.7%	5.7%	1.7%	1.0%	-$12M	$23M	$2M
Dec '23	$42M	$11M	39.1%	5.0%	11.4%	7.5%	$6M	$13M	$5M
Sep '23	$50M	$2M	38.7%	7.3%	2.5%	1.4%	$10M	$33M	$6M
Jun '23	$53M	$3M	37.5%	9.8%	4.1%	2.1%	$1M	$40M	$3M
Mar '23	$46M	$990000	35.5%	4.8%	1.2%	0.6%	$7M	$40M	$3M
Dec '22	$44M	-$597234	31.9%	-0.1%	-0.8%	-0.4%	$9M	$50M	$6M
Sep '22	$50M	$64000	32.0%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	-$3M	$57M	$4M
Jun '22	$57M	$3M	32.7%	7.0%	3.4%	1.5%	-$2M	$50M	$2M
Mar '22	$43M	$830000	34.5%	3.2%	1.1%	0.5%	-$6M	$40M	$5M
Dec '21	$46M	$2M	35.1%	6.7%	3.0%	1.6%	$580963	$33M	$5M
Sep '21	$48M	$2M	35.5%	6.2%	2.7%	1.4%	$1M	$40M	$5M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced ACU against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

The price-to-earnings ratio has fallen from 29.8× (Mar '23) to 23.7× (Sep '26).
The price-to-sales ratio has risen from 0.5× (Mar '23) to 1.2× (Sep '26).
The dividend yield has fallen from 2.1% (Mar '23) to 1.0% (Sep '26).

Price / earnings (P/E)

P/E

Price / sales (P/S)

P/S

Dividend yield (%)

Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is ACU growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, ACME UNITED CORP's revenue has grown 3.7% per year, and net income grown 4.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does ACU have?

As of FY2025, ACME UNITED CORP reported $12M of total debt against $4M of cash.

What is ACU's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 39.4%, operating margin 7.5%, and net margin 5.2%.

What is ACU's P/E ratio?

As of Sep '26, ACME UNITED CORP traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 23.7× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.