SequelSEC

ACME UNITED CORP ACU

Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware · CIK 0000002098 · Fiscal year ends 1231

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$62.72M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30
Operating income
$6.83M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30
Free cash flow
$12.05M
Fiscal year ended 2026-06-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$138.21MMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$36.29Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income13.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue0.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity1.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

13.6× earnings today, against a median of 13.4× across 9 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$138.21M13.6×
2024-06-30$115.02M11.5×
2023-06-30$77.64M4.4×
2022-06-30$138.01M45.5×
2020-06-30$138.01M17.0×
2019-06-30$66.30M12.0×
2018-06-30$61.42M13.4×
2017-06-30$84.52M20.9×
2016-06-30$53.19M9.1×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Long-term debt / equity0.10x0th
SBC / revenue1.0%100th
CapEx / revenue5.4%80th
Gross margin39.4%80th
Current ratio4.21x71th
FCF margin3.9%40th
Net margin5.2%57th
Revenue YoY growth1.1%57th
Effective tax rate22.4%50th
Operating margin7.5%50th

ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) reported revenue of $62.72M and net income of $5.05M for the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from ACME UNITED CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware.

Income

ACME UNITED CORP income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Revenue$62.72M$52.30M$47.52M$49.06M$54.00M$45.96M$45.94M$48.17M$55.42M$44.96M
Cost of revenue$36.03M$31.52M$29.38M$29.87M$31.85M$28.04M$28.18M$29.60M$32.80M$27.56M
Gross profit$26.69M$20.78M$18.15M$19.20M$22.15M$17.92M$17.76M$18.56M$22.63M$17.40M
Operating income$6.83M$1.75M$2.90M$3.01M$6.39M$2.43M$2.28M$2.93M$6.38M$2.56M
Net income$5.05M$985.00K$1.88M$1.90M$4.75M$1.65M$1.71M$2.23M$4.45M$1.64M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 4.14Mshares 4.16MUnavailableshares 4.17Mshares 4.10Mshares 4.06MUnavailableshares 4.10Mshares 4.09Mshares 4.21M
Pretax income$6.30M$1.24M$2.47M$2.44M$6.09M$2.12M$1.86M$2.41M$5.86M$2.16M
Income tax expense$1.25M$259.00K$595.20K$536.00K$1.34M$466.00K$153.06K$182.00K$1.41M$523.00K
Diluted EPS$1.22$0.24Unavailable$0.46$1.16$0.41Unavailable$0.54$1.09$0.39
Selling, general & administrative$19.86M$19.04M$15.25M$16.19M$15.76M$15.49M$15.48M$15.64M$16.25M$14.84M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

ACME UNITED CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Cash & equivalents$5.04M$4.20M$3.60M$5.15M$3.64M$3.45M$6.40M$5.70M$3.79M$2.44M
Total assets$200.64M$195.24M$171.00M$173.04M$170.87M$163.04M$162.17M$165.47M$173.54M$159.38M
Current assets$112.33M$105.61M$96.20M$98.71M$101.34M$96.84M$95.46M$98.77M$106.15M$98.40M
Total liabilities$79.34M$78.52M$53.39M$57.28M$57.15M$54.76M$55.19M$59.16M$69.58M$60.29M
Current liabilities$34.81M$23.10M$22.87M$22.09M$23.47M$20.07M$22.87M$22.39M$27.99M$21.84M
Total equity incl. NCI$121.30M$116.73M$117.61M$115.76M$113.72M$108.28M$106.98M$106.32M$103.96M$99.09M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$64.10M$63.39M$59.85M$60.16M$57.31M$57.27M$56.25M$55.99M$56.62M$56.89M
Accounts receivable$38.73M$33.51M$29.10M$30.03M$36.17M$30.81M$28.24M$31.35M$40.07M$32.97M
Goodwill$9.91M$9.91M$9.91M$9.91M$9.91M$9.91M$9.91M$8.19M$8.19M$8.19M
Long-term debt$22.64M$33.03M$11.85M$18.26M$16.35M$20.43M$17.61M$22.02M$26.42M$23.29M
Accounts payable$14.15M$7.65M$8.06M$6.49M$10.18M$7.43M$9.00M$7.01M$10.32M$7.91M

Cash flow

ACME UNITED CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Operating cash flow$13.12M-$2.23M$8.15M$7.08M$6.34M-$3.34M$6.37M$8.87M$6.90M-$10.17M
Capital expenditures$1.07M$1.89M$898.91K$6.78M$1.62M$1.35M$1.70M$1.35M$2.49M$1.61M
Investing cash flow-$1.07M-$16.30M-$2.55M-$6.78M-$1.62M-$1.35M-$596.17K-$1.35M-$9.38M-$1.61M
Financing cash flow-$11.16M$19.11M-$7.13M$1.21M-$4.65M$1.69M-$4.90M-$5.72M$3.11M$9.51M
Net change in cash$845.00K$600.00K-$1.55M$1.50M$195.00K-$2.95M$696.74K$1.91M$598.00K-$2.35M
Stock-based compensation$370.00K$319.00K$363.76K$843.00K$374.00K$413.00K$357.00K$944.00K$433.00K$449.00K
Common dividends paid$609.00K$610.00K$608.30K$564.00K$608.00K$563.00K$562.92K$554.00K$544.00K$561.00K
Common share repurchasesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$1.95M$1.97M$1.72M$1.60M$1.52M$1.50M$1.60M$1.53M$1.48M$1.46M

Derived

ACME UNITED CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-302024-03-31
Free cash flow$12.05M-$4.12M$7.25M$301.00K$4.72M-$4.69M$4.67M$7.52M$4.41M-$11.78M
Gross margin42.6%39.7%38.2%39.1%41.0%39.0%38.7%38.5%40.8%38.7%
Operating margin10.9%3.3%6.1%6.1%11.8%5.3%5.0%6.1%11.5%5.7%
FCF margin19.2%-7.9%15.3%0.6%8.7%-10.2%10.2%15.6%8.0%-26.2%
SBC / revenue0.6%0.6%0.8%1.7%0.7%0.9%0.8%2.0%0.8%1.0%
Current ratio3.23x4.57x4.21x4.47x4.32x4.83x4.17x4.41x3.79x4.51x
Revenue YoY growth16.1%13.8%3.4%1.9%-2.6%2.2%9.5%-4.4%3.9%-1.9%
Net margin8.1%1.9%3.9%3.9%8.8%3.6%3.7%4.6%8.0%3.6%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue1.7%3.6%1.9%13.8%3.0%2.9%3.7%2.8%4.5%3.6%
Long-term debt / equity0.19xUnavailable0.10x0.16xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate19.9%20.8%24.1%22.0%21.9%22.0%8.2%7.6%24.1%24.2%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open ACU in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-06View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-07View SEC filing

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