What was ACME UNITED CORP's revenue in fiscal 2025?

ACME UNITED CORP reported revenue of $0.20B for fiscal 2025, up 1.1% from fiscal 2024.

What is ACME UNITED CORP's net margin?

Operating margin was 7.5% and net margin was 5.2%, against a median net margin of 12.8% across S&P 500 members for the same fiscal year.

What is ACME UNITED CORP's diluted EPS?

Diluted EPS was $2.49, up 1.6% from the prior year.

Are ACME UNITED CORP insiders buying or selling shares?

Over the past 12 months, insiders reported 12 open-market sales totalling $1.7M on Form 4.

Which institutions hold ACME UNITED CORP stock?

19 institutions reported holding ACME UNITED CORP shares in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026; the largest reported position was William Mueller's.

Overview

ACME UNITED CORP

ACUNYSEIndustrialsCutlery, Handtools & General HardwareCIK 0000002098

Latest 10-K: FY2025, filed Mar 11, 2026 · Open the 10-K (Inline XBRL) ↗

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Revenue: $0.20B; 1.1%YoYup from FY2024; TotalRevenue
Gross profit: $0.08B; 1.4%YoYup from FY2024; GrossProfit
Operating income: $0.01B; 4.1%YoYup from FY2024; OperatingIncome
Net income: $0.01B; 1.6%YoYup from FY2024; NetIncome
Diluted EPS: $2.49; 1.6%YoYup from FY2024; EPSDiluted
Diluted shares: 4.1M; 0.3%YoYdown from FY2024; WeightedAvgSharesDiluted

At a glance

Growth

ACME UNITED CORP reported revenue of $0.20B for fiscal 2025, up 1.1% from fiscal 2024.
Revenue grew faster than the median S&P 500 member in 0 of the last 5 fiscal years.

Profitability

Operating margin was 7.5% and net margin was 5.2%, against a median net margin of 12.8% across S&P 500 members for the same fiscal year.

Per share

Diluted EPS was $2.49, up 1.6% from the prior year.

Insiders & holders

Over the past 12 months, insiders reported 12 open-market sales totalling $1.7M on Form 4.
19 institutions reported holding ACME UNITED CORP shares in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026; the largest reported position was William Mueller's.

Written from the filed figures on this page by fixed rules — no AI.

Data as of Oct 24, 2026 · Sources: SEC EDGAR 10-K, Form 4, 13F

Quick answers

What was ACME UNITED CORP's revenue in fiscal 2025?: ACME UNITED CORP reported revenue of $0.20B for fiscal 2025, up 1.1% from fiscal 2024.
What is ACME UNITED CORP's net margin?: Operating margin was 7.5% and net margin was 5.2%, against a median net margin of 12.8% across S&P 500 members for the same fiscal year.
What is ACME UNITED CORP's diluted EPS?: Diluted EPS was $2.49, up 1.6% from the prior year.
Are ACME UNITED CORP insiders buying or selling shares?: Over the past 12 months, insiders reported 12 open-market sales totalling $1.7M on Form 4.
Which institutions hold ACME UNITED CORP stock?: 19 institutions reported holding ACME UNITED CORP shares in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026; the largest reported position was William Mueller's.

Data as of Oct 24, 2026 · Sources: SEC EDGAR 10-K

Financial statements

Annual figures from the 10-K, most recent fiscal year first.

Income Statement

5 annual periods

Chip: YoY change.

Income Statement, annual, newest fiscal year first. 4Y CAGR: compound annual growth from the oldest to the newest year shown. Muted line: S&P 500 median change. Line under a label: how many S&P 500 companies its median rests on.
Line item	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	4Y CAGR
Revenue	$196.54M1.1%up S&P 500 6.4%	$194.49M1.6%up S&P 500 4.5%	$191.50M1.3%down S&P 500 4.8%	$193.96M6.5%up S&P 500 10.3%	$182.09M11.0%up S&P 500 13.8%	1.9% S&P 500 6.6%
Gross Profit Median of 315 / 498	$77.41M1.4%up S&P 500 6.8%	$76.35M5.7%up S&P 500 5.5%	$72.21M13.6%up S&P 500 5.2%	$63.56M1.9%down S&P 500 8.3%	$64.80M8.7%up S&P 500 15.7%	4.5% S&P 500 6.2%
Operating Income Median of 373 / 498	$14.72M4.1%up S&P 500 7.3%	$14.14M7.2%up S&P 500 7.4%	$13.19M110.2%up S&P 500 4.9%	$6.27M50.9%down S&P 500 7.5%	$12.77M11.9%up S&P 500 23.5%	3.6% S&P 500 7.2%
Net Income	$10.18M1.6%up S&P 500 4.8%	$10.02M43.7%down S&P 500 5.7%	$17.79M486.3%up S&P 500 1.9%	$3.03M77.8%down S&P 500 1.3%	$13.66M68.6%up S&P 500 33.9%	-7.1% S&P 500 4.1%
EPS (Diluted)	$2.491.6%up S&P 500 6.2%	$2.4549.6%down S&P 500 7.9%	$4.86492.7%up S&P 500 1.9%	$0.8276.2%down S&P 500 1.5%	$3.4549.4%up S&P 500 34.8%	-7.8% S&P 500 5.6%

Balance Sheet

5 annual periods

Chip: YoY change.

Balance Sheet, annual, newest fiscal year first. 4Y CAGR: compound annual growth from the oldest to the newest year shown. Muted line: S&P 500 median change. Line under a label: how many S&P 500 companies its median rests on.
Line item	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	4Y CAGR
Total Assets	$171.00M5.4%up S&P 500 5.6%	$162.17M8.7%up S&P 500 3.4%	$149.24M9.2%down S&P 500 4.1%	$164.38M13.8%up S&P 500 2.2%	$144.44M11.2%up S&P 500 6.7%	4.3% S&P 500 4.7%
Total Liabilities Median of 357 / 498	$53.39M3.3%down S&P 500 6.4%	$55.19M7.5%up S&P 500 1.9%	$51.34M39.8%down S&P 500 2.9%	$85.35M26.7%up S&P 500 2.0%	$67.36M0.3%up S&P 500 5.2%	-5.6% S&P 500 4.4%
Stockholders' Equity	$117.61M9.9%up S&P 500 6.8%	$106.98M9.3%up S&P 500 5.4%	$97.90M23.9%up S&P 500 7.3%	$79.03M2.5%up S&P 500 2.5%	$77.08M22.9%up S&P 500 9.0%	11.1% S&P 500 6.1%
Cash & Equivalents	$3.60M43.8%down S&P 500 5.2%	$6.40M33.4%up S&P 500 1.9%	$4.80M21.4%down S&P 500 6.7%	$6.10M26.0%up S&P 500 -8.6%	$4.84M16.2%up S&P 500 -2.9%	-7.2% S&P 500 2.0%
Total Debt Median of 393 / 498	$11.85M^†32.7%down S&P 500 2.3%	$17.61M^†34.3%up S&P 500 0.1%	$13.10M^†73.7%down S&P 500 0.1%	$49.92M^†51.1%up S&P 500 0.1%	$33.04M^†14.8%down S&P 500 0.0%	-22.6% S&P 500 3.7%

† Sum of short-term and long-term debt; the company files no total-debt line.

Cash Flow Statement

5 annual periods

Chip: YoY change.

Cash Flow Statement, annual, newest fiscal year first. 4Y CAGR: compound annual growth from the oldest to the newest year shown. Muted line: S&P 500 median change. Line under a label: how many S&P 500 companies its median rests on.
Line item	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	4Y CAGR
Operating Cash Flow	$18.23M52.2%up S&P 500 6.3%	$11.98M58.6%down S&P 500 4.8%	$28.90M899.4%up S&P 500 9.9%	$2.89M43.7%down S&P 500 -0.7%	$5.14M10.1%down S&P 500 10.7%	37.2% S&P 500 7.0%
Capital Expenditures	$10.65M49.0%up S&P 500 5.4%	$7.15M53.0%up S&P 500 2.8%	$4.67M8.6%up S&P 500 11.3%	$4.30M32.5%down S&P 500 14.0%	$6.37M148.0%up S&P 500 8.1%	13.7% S&P 500 9.0%
Free Cash Flow Median of 378 / 498	$7.58M57.0%up S&P 500 7.3%	$4.83M80.1%down S&P 500 6.1%	$24.23Mn/m S&P 500 8.8%	negative: -$1.41Mn/m S&P 500 -11.3%	negative: -$1.23M139.1%down S&P 500 10.2%	n/m S&P 500 4.9%

n/m: not meaningful — the base (the prior year, or the first year for the CAGR) was zero or negative, or a per-share figure’s share basis changed (stock split). “—” means the figure is not available.

S&P 500 median = median of the companies in the index on Dec 31 of each fiscal year, from their own 10-K filings; a change counts only companies whose prior year was positive. Each median uses every member that reports the line item; where fewer than 80% do (banks and insurers file no gross profit), the row names how many. Published where at least 250 companies report it. Updated 2026-10-20. This compares reported figures, not share-price returns. Methodology

Ratios & valuation

FY2025

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Valuation · Earnings yield

What a dollar of market value earned

6.2%

Wall Street

on net earnings

FY2024 6.6%

4.6%

Value investor

on free cash flow

FY2024 3.2%

Gap −1.6 pts: Value-investor figure 1.6 points lower

How it’s calculated

Wall Street · on net earnings

Diluted EPS ÷ fiscal-year-end share price (1 ÷ P/E)

pe_ratio (ratio table)

P/E 16.2×

Value investor · on free cash flow

(Operating cash flow − capital expenditures) ÷ market capitalisation (fiscal-year-end close × weighted-average diluted shares)

free cash flow ÷ market cap

Each ratio measures one thing two ways, in the same unit: the popular formula, then a stricter one, so a lower figure is the stricter reading. Gap = value-investor figure minus Wall Street figure, from the figures shown.

Price-based ratios use the fiscal-year-end closing price. Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures (we compute it; filings rarely report it). n/m = not meaningful (denominator ≤ 0); “—” = not reported. Each ratio’s formulas are under “How it’s calculated”.

Cash & capital allocation

Where the cash went in FY2025, from the 10-K cash flow statement.

Operating cash flow: $18.23M
Capex: $10.65M
Free cash flow: $7.58M
R&D: —
Buybacks: —
Dividends: $2.34M
Debt repaid: —
Debt issued: —
Net debt change: —

Uses of operating cash flow, FY2025

Dividends12.8%
Capex58.4%

Each use is shown against operating cash flow on its own; the uses overlap.

Buybacks + dividends exceeded free cash flow in FY2021.

Free cash flow by year

FY21-$1.23M
FY22-$1.41M
FY23$24.23M
FY24$4.83M
FY25$7.58M

Buybacks by year

FY21$1.47M
FY22—
FY23—
FY24—
FY25—

Smart money

Who is trading and holding ACME UNITED CORP, from Form 4, 13F and 13D/13G filings.

Insiders

Insider activity · past 12 months

Open-market trades reported on Form 4 in the past 365 days.

Buys: 0; none reported
Sales: 12; 3 insiders
Value sold: $1.7M
Shares sold: 30,555
Net shares: -30,555; bought minus sold
Last trade: Aug 18, 2026

Purchases 0% of valueSales 100% of value

Latest open-market insider trades from Form 4
Insider	Type	Date	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
OLSCHAN BRIAN SPresident and COO	Sell	Aug 18, 2026	4,000	$61.36	$245,440	View filing on SEC EDGAR
OLSCHAN BRIAN SPresident and COO	Sell	Aug 18, 2026	3,308	$61.63	$203,872	View filing on SEC EDGAR
BARKER BRIANDirector	Sell	Aug 13, 2026	3,821	$60.50	$231,171	View filing on SEC EDGAR

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Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) only. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded. Sales may be made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans.

Ownership

Largest institutional holders

13F

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026; change versus Mar 31, 2026.

Institutions reporting: 19
Top 3 hold: 11.9%; of 4.09M diluted shares, FY2025 10-K

Top 3 holders, share of diluted sharesof 100%

William Mueller9.3%
380,643 sh · $18.2MUnchanged13F-HR · Jun 30, 2026 on SEC EDGAR
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1.7%
71,029 sh · $3.4MAdded 502.8%13F-HR · Jun 30, 2026 on SEC EDGAR
DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC0.8%
34,092 sh · $1.6MAdded 80.2%13F-HR · Jun 30, 2026 on SEC EDGAR

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Bars: share of diluted shares on a shared scale; the tick marks 5%. 13F filings are due 45 days after quarter end, so this is the latest fully reported quarter. Amended filings are counted once.

Blockholders, 5% and over

13D/G

SC 13D / 13G, latest filing per filer.

Filers at 5%+: 4
Combined: 36.1%; sum of latest filings
Activist (13D): 0

5%+ filers, share of the class as filedof 100%

The Capital Management Corporation13.2%
Passive · 13GSC 13G/A · Apr 2, 2026 on SEC EDGAR
William Mueller9.5%
Passive · 13GLast filed 1 yr agoSC 13G/A · May 12, 2025 on SEC EDGAR
Mink Brook Capital GP LLC6.72%
Passive · 13GLast filed 1 yr agoSC 13G/A · Nov 12, 2024 on SEC EDGAR

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No filer switched from a passive 13G to an activist 13D in the last 365 days.

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Restatement Radar

6 numbers ACME UNITED CORP later changed — same XBRL tag, both filings linked.

numbers changed: 6
restating filings: 3
came with an amendment or a non-reliance notice: 0

Mar 31, 1999 · 10-K
changed 4 numbers
No amendment filed
Open filing
- Pretax incomeFY 1996-$3.1M restated to -$4.7M−50.8%
  As reported · Mar 28, 1997fds5:INCOME-PRETAX
- Total revenueFY 1997$47.5M restated to $33.2M−30.1%
  As reported · Mar 27, 1998fds5:TOTAL-REVENUESAny P/S built on the original was 43.0% too low.
- Total revenueFY 1996$47.9M restated to $33.6M−30.0%
  As reported · Mar 28, 1997fds5:TOTAL-REVENUESAny P/S built on the original was 42.8% too low.
- Total assetsAs of Dec 31, 1997$29.9M restated to $29.3M−1.8%
  As reported · Mar 27, 1998fds5:TOTAL-ASSETS
May 10, 2018 · 10-Q
changed 1 number
No amendment filed
Open filing
- Operating incomeQ1 2017$1.2M restated to $1.2M+1.8%
  As reported · May 12, 2017us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Mar 15, 2019 · 10-K
changed 1 number
No amendment filed
Open filing
- Operating incomeFY 2017$7.8M restated to $7.9M+1.1%
  As reported · Mar 15, 2018us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

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Form	Filing	Filed	Document
10-Q	Quarterly report · Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 0001193125-26-338211 · accepted 20:30 UTC	Aug 6, 2026	Open	Filed Aug 6, 2026 · 0001193125-26-338211
8-K	Current report (material events) · Event dated Jul 23, 2026 0001193125-26-313374 · accepted 12:08 UTC	Jul 23, 2026	Open	Filed Jul 23, 2026 · 0001193125-26-313374
8-K	Current report (material events) · Event dated Jul 21, 2026 0001193125-26-310329 · accepted 20:15 UTC	Jul 21, 2026	Open	Filed Jul 21, 2026 · 0001193125-26-310329
10-K	Annual report · Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025 0001193125-26-102079 · accepted 20:00 UTC	Mar 11, 2026	Open	Filed Mar 11, 2026 · 0001193125-26-102079
10-Q/A	Quarterly report amendment · Quarter ended Sep 30, 2002 0001026608-03-000002 · accepted 20:23 UTC	Jan 10, 2003	Open	Filed Jan 10, 2003 · 0001026608-03-000002
10-K/A	Annual report amendment · Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 1995 0000002098-96-000005 · accepted 04:00 UTC	May 17, 1996	Open	Filed May 17, 1996 · 0000002098-96-000005

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Fact receiptOperatingCashFlow

Operating cash flow · FY2025

$0.02B

18,229,449 USD

ACME UNITED CORP reported Operating cash flow of $18.2M for fiscal year 2025 in its 10-K filed Mar 11, 2026.

Fiscal period: 2025 FY
Period end: 2025-12-31
Form: 10-K
Filed: Mar 11, 2026
Entity (CIK): 0000002098

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Filed with the SEC
Form 10-K, filed Mar 11, 2026.
Accession 0001193125-26-102079
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At a glance

Growth

Profitability

Per share

Insiders & holders

02Financial statements

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow Statement

Ratios & valuation

03Cash & capital allocation

Uses of operating cash flow, FY2025

Free cash flow by year

Buybacks by year

04Smart money

Insiders

Insider activity · past 12 months

Ownership

Largest institutional holders

Blockholders, 5% and over

Smart money

Mar 31, 1999 · 10-K

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Ownership

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