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Acme United is a supplier of cutting, measuring, first aid and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods and industrial markets. Its operations in the United States, Canada and Europe are involved in product development, marketing, sales, administrative and distribution activities. The Company's product offerings across various segments include scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, and related products, which are sold primarily to wholesale, contract and retail stationery distributors, office supply super stores, mass market retailers, industrial distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains and wholesale florists. Acme United markets and sells in various brands, such as Westcott brand, First Aid Only, PhysiciansCare and Pac-Kit brands.

TypePublic
Founded1867
HQFairfield, USMap
Websiteacmeunited.com
Employee Ratings2.8More
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2019)441(+2%)
Revenue (FY, 2019)$142.5 M(+4%)
Share Price (Nov 2020)$32.8 (+5%)
Cybersecurity ratingBMore

Key People/Management at Acme United

Walter C. Johnsen

Walter C. Johnsen

Chairman and CEO
Brian S. Olschan

Brian S. Olschan

President and COO
Paul G. Driscoll

Paul G. Driscoll

Vice President and CFO, Secretary and Treasurer
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Acme United Office Locations

Acme United has offices in Fairfield, Rocky Mount, Vancouver, Orangeville and in 3 other locations
Fairfield, US (HQ)
55 Walls Dr #201
Rocky Mount, US
2280 Tanner Rd
Vancouver, US
11101 NE 37th Cir
Orangeville, CA
204 210 Broadway
Guangzhou Shi, CN
2 Xin Bao Li Da Sha
Solingen, DE
13 Junkerstraße
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Acme United Financials and Metrics

Acme United Revenue

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Acme United's revenue was reported to be $142.46 m in FY, 2019
USD

Revenue (Q3, 2020)

43.3m

Gross profit (Q3, 2020)

15.0m

Gross profit margin (Q3, 2020), %

34.5%

Net income (Q3, 2020)

1.6m

EBIT (Q3, 2020)

2.1m

Market capitalization (17-Nov-2020)

109.4m

Closing stock price (17-Nov-2020)

32.8

Cash (30-Sept-2020)

3.0m

EV

139.7m
Acme United's current market capitalization is $109.4 m.
Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Revenue

73.3m84.4m89.6m107.2m109.8m124.6m130.6m137.3m142.5m

Revenue growth, %

20%2%13%

Cost of goods sold

47.0m54.6m57.8m69.0m70.3m79.0m82.7m86.7m90.5m

Gross profit

26.3m29.7m31.8m38.2m39.6m45.6m47.9m50.6m52.0m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Revenue

24.0m19.0m16.9m27.6m20.4m17.7m22.1m19.2m33.4m30.0m22.8m34.0m29.9m25.3m41.0m31.9m27.7m38.8m33.8m31.7m39.8m34.7m31.4m40.2m37.0m35.8m44.0m43.3m

Cost of goods sold

15.3m12.4m10.9m17.8m12.9m11.2m14.2m12.3m21.7m19.4m14.4m21.4m19.6m16.1m26.3m20.1m17.2m24.4m21.6m19.6m25.0m22.3m19.6m25.4m23.9m22.2m28.0m28.4m

Gross profit

8.7m6.6m5.9m9.8m7.4m6.4m7.9m6.9m11.7m10.6m8.4m12.5m10.3m9.2m14.7m11.9m10.6m14.5m12.2m12.1m14.7m12.5m11.8m14.8m13.1m13.5m16.1m15.0m

Gross profit Margin, %

36%35%35%36%36%36%36%36%35%35%37%37%35%36%36%37%38%37%36%38%37%36%38%37%36%38%36%35%
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Cash

7.9m9.7m11.6m2.3m2.4m5.9m9.3m4.4m6.8m

Accounts Receivable

12.9m16.4m15.6m19.5m19.6m530.0k26.0m25.1m25.5m

Prepaid Expenses

988.3k1.5m1.2m1.8m1.7m2.4m2.1m1.6m

Inventories

24.5m30.3m28.2m33.7m35.5m37.2m40.1m41.3m39.3m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Cash

4.2m6.3m4.1m7.1m10.1m8.9m8.5m11.8m3.4m2.4m5.8m1.8m1.9m4.6m1.5m2.1m6.3m6.2m5.7m7.0m1.1m1.9m4.0m3.8m1.9m5.7m4.3m5.2m3.0m

Accounts Receivable

23.5m16.7m14.7m23.9m16.1m14.9m25.4m17.5m16.1m30.8m24.0m16.7m27.1m23.6m19.1m34.6m25.9m21.3m32.6m31.6m24.5m34.5m30.9m25.2m35.5m30.6m27.4m33.7m32.2m

Prepaid Expenses

1.3m1.1m1.9m1.9m1.9m1.9m2.1m1.9m1.8m2.0m1.8m2.5m2.4m2.2m2.7m2.4m2.0m2.9m2.4m2.4m2.8m2.5m2.3m2.3m2.1m1.8m1.9m2.4m2.1m

Inventories

23.6m22.8m23.6m26.7m30.0m30.5m29.5m29.3m29.0m30.9m31.5m35.9m36.2m34.5m37.6m38.4m38.1m37.3m35.6m36.8m41.9m42.5m41.3m40.6m39.6m39.0m36.3m44.3m48.4m
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Net Income

2.8m3.5m4.0m4.8m4.8m5.9m4.1m4.6m5.5m

Depreciation and Amortization

795.5k1.1m1.2m1.7m2.1m2.4m2.9m3.2m3.4m

Inventories

(1.1m)(5.3m)2.1m(4.4m)(2.6m)(1.5m)(1.8m)(1.6m)2.1m

Accounts Payable

(1.0m)1.5m(1.8m)1.9m(1.1m)610.5k3.7m(3.1m)(1.5m)
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Net Income

1.9m2.5m260.0k2.3m3.1m309.0k2.5m3.5m368.0k2.9m4.1m436.0k3.1m4.4m565.0k3.8m5.3m659.0k3.5m4.7m764.0k3.2m4.0m807.0k3.5m4.5m1.3m4.5m6.1m

Depreciation and Amortization

396.0k596.0k209.0k421.0k623.0k220.0k455.0k875.0k321.0k715.0k1.2m501.0k1.0m1.6m575.0k1.2m1.8m674.0k1.4m2.1m781.0k1.6m2.4m859.0k1.7m2.6m897.0k1.8m2.8m

Inventories

248.0k693.0k998.0k(1.9m)(5.1m)(288.0k)667.0k1.0m(871.0k)(1.0m)(1.9m)(2.8m)(3.0m)(1.4m)(1.6m)(2.4m)(2.1m)502.0k2.3m1.4m(1.8m)(2.6m)(1.4m)770.0k1.8m2.3m3.0m(4.7m)(8.5m)

Accounts Payable

2.1m(1.6m)(1.4m)5.0m1.6m(1.6m)2.6m(1.4m)(505.0k)5.2m863.0k(1.4m)1.8m(372.0k)(489.0k)4.9m21.0k(1.6m)141.0k1.1m(3.6m)1.9m(4.4m)(2.5m)1.6m(1.2m)(1.5m)2.0m2.0m
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USDQ2, 2011

Financial Leverage

2.2 x
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Acme United Cybersecurity Score

Cybersecurity ratingPremium dataset

B

83/100

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Acme United News and Updates

November 11, 2020

Acme United Corporation to Present at the Sidoti & Company Virtual Microcap Conference on November 19th

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Nov. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) will present at the Sidoti & Company Virtual Microcap Conference on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 10:45am- 11:15am ET
October 21, 2020

Acme United Reports 17% Sales Increase and 49% Net Income Increase for Third Quarter of 2020

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) today announced that net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 were $43.3 million compared to $37.0 million in the third quarter of 2019, an increase of 17%. Net sales for the nine months ende…
July 17, 2020

Acme United Reports 9% Sales Increase and 20% Net Income Increase for Second Quarter of 2020

FAIRFIELD, Conn., July 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) today announced that net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 were $44.0 million compared to $40.2 million in the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 9%. Net sales for the six months ended June…
July 10, 2020

Acme United Corporation Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call

FAIRFIELD, Conn., July 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) will release its financial results for the Second Quarter of 2020 on Friday, July 17, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
April 17, 2020

Acme United Reports 14% Sales Increase and 50% EPS Increase for First Quarter of 2020

FAIRFIELD, Conn., April 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) today announced that net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 were $35.8 million compared to $31.4 million in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 14%.
February 27, 2020

Acme United Reports 9% Sales Increase, and 65% Net Income and EPS Increase for Fourth Quarter of 2019

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) today announced that net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2019 were $33.9 million, compared to $31.1 million in the comparable period of 2018, an increase of 9%. Net sales for the year e…
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 Acme United Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Acme United founded?

    Acme United was founded in 1867.

  • Who are Acme United key executives?

    Acme United's key executives are Walter C. Johnsen, Brian S. Olschan and Paul G. Driscoll.

  • How many employees does Acme United have?

    Acme United has 441 employees.

  • What is Acme United revenue?

    Latest Acme United annual revenue is $142.5 m.

  • What is Acme United revenue per employee?

    Latest Acme United revenue per employee is $323 k.

  • Who are Acme United competitors?

    Competitors of Acme United include ACCO Brands, SmokingPipes.com and PackIt.

  • Where is Acme United headquarters?

    Acme United headquarters is located at 55 Walls Dr #201, Fairfield.

  • Where are Acme United offices?

    Acme United has offices in Fairfield, Rocky Mount, Vancouver, Orangeville and in 3 other locations.

  • How many offices does Acme United have?

    Acme United has 7 offices.