Acme United Corporation is classed by the SEC under Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware (industry code 3420), based in Shelton, CT. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $197 million and a profit of $10 million (its filed statements).
Product businessCutlery, Handtools & General HardwareShelton, CTfilings since 19949 of 9 filed
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3420, Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.4 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 4.2 out of ten, present 6.5 out of ten, future 5.1 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
Surviving crises (past): 2.2 out of ten. 3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-24. 22nd percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Track record (past): 6.9 out of ten. +5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 69th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Shareholder treatment (past): 1.7 out of ten. Share count grew 3.2% a year. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases. 17th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Financial health (present): 6.9 out of ten. ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 31%: owes 31¢ per asset dollar. 69th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Industry position (present): 4.0 out of ten. bottom 40% of 9 in its family; net margin 5.2%. 40th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Leadership (present): 9.3 out of ten. top 7% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006. 93rd percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
Room to expand (future): 6.0 out of ten. top 40% of 9 in its family for room to expand. 60th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Growth drivers (future): 4.7 out of ten. bottom 47% of 9 in its family for growth drivers. 47th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Expectations vs reality (future): 3.9 out of ten. bottom 39% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality. 39th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-03-11 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-23 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form S-8, 2026-10-02. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: United States 84%, Europe 8%, Canada 8%. By geography: United States 84%, Europe 8%, Canada 8%, Reportable Segments C 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-03-11).
Who runs it
Johnsen, Walter C (Chairman and CEO); Olschan, Brian S (President and COO); Driscoll, Paul G (Chief Financial Officer); Barker, Brian (director); Davidson, Rex Lynn (director); Conway, Paul J (director); Holden, Richmond Y Jr (director); Murphy, Susan H (director). 8 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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