profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Acme United
$70.20-0.11% today
+90.2% in 1 year
1-year low $35.501-year high $70.75
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $26.43 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Acme United sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $194 million in 2022 to $197 million in 2025, with $10.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Acme United handed back 31% of the cash it generated last year.
$2M
Free cash flow 2025$8M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$2M
Cash vs. debt$4M vs. $29M
Acme United vs. similar companies
Acme United grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme United | 26.4× · Fair price | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.2× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 38.9× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.5× · Cheap | ||
 Colgate-Palmolive | 36.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Acme United's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 192 | 194 | 197 | |
| 64 | 72 | 76 | 77 | |
| 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| 11 | 31 | 20 | 21 | |
| 3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | |
| 0.82 | 4.86 | 2.45 | 2.49 | |
| 32.8% | 37.7% | 39.3% | 39.4% | |
| 3.2% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.5% | |
| 1.6% | 9.3% | 5.2% | 5.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 164 | 149 | 162 | 171 |
| Cash | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Total debt | 64 | 26 | 33 | 29 |
| Total liabilities | 85 | 51 | 55 | 53 |
| 79 | 98 | 107 | 118 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 3.4% | 16.5% | 8.0% | 7.9% | |
| 3.8% | 18.2% | 9.4% | 8.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 29 | 12 | 18 | |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
| -2 | 24 | 5 | 8 | |
| Dividends paid | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | – | – | – | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Valuation
- 26.4×
- 28.7×
- 0.59
- 1.4×
- 1.4×
- 35.5×
- 14.0×
- 2.8%
- 3.8%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 39.4%
- 7.5%
- 5.2%
- 9.2%
- 6.3%
- 8.3%
- 8.2%
- 4.9%
- 8.2%
- –
Growth
- +0.4%
- +44.8%
- +57.0%
- +5.3%
- +2.2%
Financial health
- 2.4×
- 0.42
- 25.3%
- 10.9×
- 4.57
- 1.83
- 1.04
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 26%of 670
Bottom 36%of 674
Bottom 26%of 624
Bottom 22%of 673
Bottom 30%of 668
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 0.24 | 0.55 | −56.4% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 0.46 | 0.46 | +0.0% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 0.46 | 0.63 | −27.0% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 1.16 | 0.50 | +132.0% |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.59 | −30.5% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.53 | −22.6% |
| Oct 18, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.72 | −25.0% |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 1.09 | 0.94 | +16.0% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.3%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.36 in 2015 → $0.62 in 2025
How safe it looks
23.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 30.9%
News
‘Spider-Man’ holds box-office crown as ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ debuts at no. 2Seeking Alpha · Aug 30, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 30, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
49No pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
22No pass
Charlie Munger
32No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about Acme United
Is Acme United a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Acme United AI analysis
What does Acme United do?
Acme United Corporation supplies first aid and safety, cutting, sharpening, and measuring products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It is in Household & Personal Products.
Does Acme United pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 23% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $2.34 million in dividends.
Is Acme United stock halal?
Yes. Acme United passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Acme United stock done over the past year?
Up 90.2% over the past twelve months, to $70.20. It traded between $35.50 and $70.75, close to its high.
Who are Acme United's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Acme United's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.