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Acme United ACU Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin39.6%+0.2pp39.4%+0.1pp39.5%+0.1pp39.4%0.0pp39.3%+0.9pp
Operating margin6.9%-0.2pp7.5%+0.2pp7.2%-0.1pp7.2%-0.4pp7.2%+0.1pp
Net margin4.7%-0.4pp5.2%0.0pp5.1%-5.1pp5.3%-4.8pp5.1%-4.5pp
Returns
Return on equity8.5%-1.2pp9.1%-0.7pp9%-11.3pp9.5%-11.2pp9.7%-10.9pp
Return on invested capital7.7%-1.2pp8.9%-1.0pp8.6%-0.5pp8.7%-0.2pp9%+0.4pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×-0.1×1.2×-0.1×1.2×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.2×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio4.6×-0.3×4.2×0.0×4.5×+0.1×4.3×+0.5×4.8×+0.3×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.3×+0.1×0.2×-0.1×0.2×0.0×0.2×-0.1×0.2×-0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA1.7×+0.6×0.7×-0.1×-0.1×-0.4×1.1×-0.3×
Per Share
Book value per share$28.09+5.4%$27.77+7.2%$27.71+9.0%$26.64+13.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$181.83M+18.1%$153.45M+9.9%$156.45M+1.7%$151.36M+17.9%$148.72M-13.2%
Price / earnings19.1×+4.2×15.1×+1.1×15.6×+7.7×14.6×+8.0×14.8×+5.5×
Price / sales0.9×+0.1×0.8×+0.1×0.8×0.0×0.8×+0.1×0.8×-0.1×
Price / book1.6×+0.2×1.3×0.0×1.4×-0.1×1.3×+0.1×1.4×-0.4×
EV / EBITDA10.4×+1.8×+0.3×8.7×-0.2×8.5×+0.8×8.5×-2.0×
Dividend yield1.3%-0.2pp1.5%-0.1pp1.5%+0.1pp1.5%-0.1pp1.5%+0.3pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Acme United's profit margins?
Acme United (ACU) runs a 39.6% gross margin and a 6.9% operating margin, with a 4.7% net margin.
Where do Acme United's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Acme United's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.