Business Description

Acme United Corporation is a supplier of first aid, safety, cutting, and measuring products for the school, home, office, hardware, and industrial markets. The company's portfolio includes brands such as Westcott, Clauss, Camillus, First Aid Only, and PhysiciansCare. Operating primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, Acme United distributes its products through mass market retailers, office supply stores, and industrial distributors.

Everything on Acme United Corporation

Revenue (FY2025) $197M
YoY growth +1.1%
Operating margin 7.5%
Direction Expanding
Gross margin 39.4%
Net margin 5.2%

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Leadership & board

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Share Repurchase Program

Total authorized
Ongoing stock repurchase program originally announced in 2019 (share-count based). The Company also pays a quarterly cash dividend, which it raised to $0.16 per share in 2025.
Remaining (Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025)
A total of 160,365 shares remained available for repurchase in the future under the 2019 program as of December 31, 2025.
Latest FY repurchased
The Company disclosed no dollar amount of shares repurchased during fiscal 2025; management noted on earnings calls that it buys in shares mainly to offset option exercises rather than through active open-market repurchases, preferring to preserve cash for acquisitions.

Named Competitors

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Customer Concentration

Acme United sells primarily through mass-market and e-commerce retailers, industrial and medical distributors, office-supply superstores, sporting-goods stores and hardware chains, and its sales are concentrated among a small number of large retail customers. In both 2025 and 2024 two customers each individually exceeded 10% of consolidated net sales, with net sales to each of those two customers approximately 13% of the consolidated total in 2025 (14% and 13% in 2024). As of December 31, 2025, three customers each represented 10% or more of total trade receivables (approximately 17%, 13% and 11%). The Company does not name these customers, but management commentary identifies large big-box and e-commerce retailers such as Walmart and Amazon (along with industrial distributors such as Grainger and Fastenal) as key channels; the loss of a major customer could result in a decrease in future sales and earnings.

Recent SEC Filings

2026-07-23 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2026-07-21 Entered a material agreement (+2 more) View filing ↗
2026-04-28 Shareholder vote results View filing ↗
2026-04-23 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2026-02-26 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2026-01-22 Entered a material agreement (+1 more) View filing ↗
2025-10-21 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2025-07-23 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2025-07-01 Entered a material agreement (+1 more) View filing ↗
2025-04-23 Shareholder vote results View filing ↗
2025-04-17 Reported quarterly results View filing ↗
2025-03-24 Current report View filing ↗

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