Acme United Corporation. (ACU): Price and Financial Metrics

Acme United Corporation. (ACU): $46.99

0.87 (+1.89%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

D

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

B

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Industry: Consumer Goods

Industry

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ACU Price/Volume Stats

Current price $46.99 52-week high $50.99
Prev. close $46.12 52-week low $22.53
Day low $45.24 Volume 27,149
Day high $47.02 Avg. volume 24,372
50-day MA $45.79 Dividend yield 1.38%
200-day MA $35.55 Market Cap 171.28M

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ACU POWR Grades

  • ACU scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 99.18% of US stocks.
  • ACU's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 26 weeks.
  • ACU ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 38th percentile.

ACU Stock Summary

  • ACME UNITED CORP's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.92% of US equities in our set.
  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of -35.33%, ACME UNITED CORP's debt growth rate surpasses merely 8.94% of about US stocks.
  • ACME UNITED CORP's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 17.14%, greater than the shareholder yield of 90.14% of stocks in our set.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to ACME UNITED CORP are HWKN, CSWI, XPEL, SGC, and JBSS.
  • ACU's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit ACME UNITED CORP's official web site, go to www.acmeunited.com.

ACU Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, ACU's price/sales ratio is 15.79% lower, now standing at 0.8.
  • ACU's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ACU.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
ACU 2023-12-22 0.8 1.8 25.2 17.1
ACU 2023-12-21 0.8 1.8 25.5 17.2
ACU 2023-12-20 0.8 1.8 25.8 17.4
ACU 2023-12-19 0.8 1.7 24.9 16.9
ACU 2023-12-18 0.7 1.7 24.2 16.5
ACU 2023-12-15 0.8 1.7 24.5 16.7

ACU Growth Metrics

    The 4 year price growth rate now stands at -17.77%.
  • Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 24.23%.
  • The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 23.85%.
ACU's revenue has moved up $23,084,519 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows ACU's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 195.6426 -5.445422 5.965679
2022-06-30 193.8216 -0.173422 7.947679
2022-03-31 181.8956 -0.002422 12.43968
2021-12-31 182.0876 5.140578 13.65568
2021-09-30 177.165 6.959036 13.36577
2021-06-30 172.558 8.217036 12.89877

ACU's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • ACU has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 33.88% of graded US stocks.
  • ACU's asset turnover comes in at 1.309 -- ranking 9th of 60 Construction Materials stocks.
  • EML, PH, and B are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ACU.

The table below shows ACU's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 1.309 0.358 0.111
2021-03-31 1.343 0.359 0.092
2020-12-31 1.354 0.363 0.090
2020-09-30 1.349 0.362 0.087
2020-06-30 1.320 0.365 0.083
2020-03-31 1.305 0.366 0.078

Acme United Corporation. (ACU) Company Bio


Acme United Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, sharpening, and safety products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting good, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. It offers scissors, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools for hardware and industrial, lawn and garden, food processing, sewing, and housewares channels under the Clauss brand. The company also provides fixed blade, folding knives, line of sight cutting tools, and tactical tools under the Camillus brand name; fishing tools and knives, as well as cut and puncture resistant gloves, telescopic landing nets, net containment systems, and fishing gaffs under the Cuda brand name; and sharpening tools for knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand name. In addition, it offers first aid kits, refills, and safety products under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solutions and over-the-counter medications, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; and bodily fluid and spill clean-up solutions under the Spill Magic brand, as well as through Pac-Kit brand. The company sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply super stores; school supply distributors; industrial distributors; wholesale florists; mass market and ecommerce retailers; and hardware chains, as well as sells a selection of products through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. The company was founded in 1867 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.


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Acme United Corporation Board Increases Cash Dividend 7 Percent To $0.15 Per Share

SHELTON, Conn., Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) declared a cash dividend of 15 cents per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on January 26, 2024, to stockholders of record on the close of business on January 5, 2024. Walter C. Johnsen, Chairman and CEO, said, “This is Acme United’s fourteenth dividend increase since 2004. We are optimistic about our future, and we are pleased to provide this addit

Yahoo | December 13, 2023

Insider Sell: President and COO Brian Olschan Sells 12,054 Shares of Acme United Corp (ACU)

Acme United Corporation (AMEX: ACU), a leading player in the office supplies and cutting technology market, has recently witnessed a significant insider sell by its President and Chief Operating Officer, Brian Olschan.

Yahoo | December 6, 2023

Acme United Corporation to Present at the Singular Research “Best of the Uncovered” Conference

SHELTON, Conn., Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) will present at the Singular Research “Best of the Uncovered” Conference in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, December 7, 2023. The conference is by invitation only to Singular clients and select portfolio managers. Acme United’s presentation is scheduled to take place on Track 1 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. For investors interested in viewing presentations streamed live on the Internet, Singular is offer

Yahoo | December 4, 2023

Insider Sell: Director Rex Davidson Sells 4,980 Shares of Acme United Corp (ACU)

Acme United Corporation (AMEX: ACU), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative safety solutions and cutting technology, has recently witnessed a significant insider sell by one of its directors.

Yahoo | November 30, 2023

Insider Sell: Acme United Corp's President and COO Brian Olschan Sells 5,000 Shares

Acme United Corporation (AMEX: ACU), a leading player in the office supplies and cutting technology market, has recently witnessed a significant insider sell by its President and Chief Operating Officer, Brian Olschan.

Yahoo | November 15, 2023

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ACU Price Returns

1-mo -3.71%
3-mo 10.38%
6-mo 59.03%
1-year 107.47%
3-year 27.62%
5-year 225.36%
YTD 10.38%
2023 100.21%
2022 -33.82%
2021 13.48%
2020 29.39%
2019 71.41%

ACU Dividends

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