Acme United Corporation

ACU · NYSE American · Stock · Consumer Defensive
$61.56
+0.29% today
Delayed price,

What Acme United does

Acme United Corporation supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides sharpening knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kits and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; first aid kits for the promotional products industry under Safety Made brand; alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes under the Med-Nap brand, and Pac-Kit, as well as My Medic brands. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply superstores, mass market retailers, industrial and medical distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains, and wholesale florists, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

Key facts

Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Household & Personal Products
Market cap
$236.0M
P/E (ttm)
26.3
Forward P/E
—
Dividend yield
1.03%
Beta
0.41
Profit margin
4.6%
Employees
649
Headquarters
Shelton, CT, United States
Exchange
NYSE American

Performance

1 Month
+0.1%
3 Months
+29.5%
6 Months
+33.7%
1 Year
+61.1%
5 Years
+76.1%
$35.5052-week range$64.87
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-11.5%
13 Apr 2026 → 11 May 2026
Fell from $46.03 to $40.72 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+72.4%
3 Nov 2025 → 28 Sept 2026
Ran from $36.84 to $63.50 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Above long-term trend
Price sits above its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$55.81 (-9.3%)$61.56$67.91 (+10.3%)
3 Months$51.94 (-15.6%)$61.56$72.96 (+18.5%)
6 Months$48.41 (-21.4%)$61.56$78.28 (+27.2%)
12 Months$43.82 (-28.8%)$61.56$86.47 (+40.5%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 34.0%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Sold 7,308 shares at $61.63 — OLSCHAN BRIAN S, President and COO · 2026-08-19
Sold 32,692 shares at $60.77 — OLSCHAN BRIAN S, President and COO · 2026-08-17
Sold 3,821 shares at $60.50 — BARKER BRIAN, Director · 2026-08-17
Sold 5,479 shares at $57.35 — BARKER BRIAN, Director · 2026-08-12
Sold 10,909 shares at $58.39 — OLSCHAN BRIAN S, President and COO · 2026-08-12
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