ACU
Acme United Corporation
NYSE American Consumer Defensive United States
63,58 $US
+3.94% today
+58.12% YTD · +68.42% 1Y
0
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · AMF · BaFin — rolling 90 days
5
Hedge funds tracked
Latest available SEC 13F filings
66
/ 100
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Analysis Acme United Corporation (ACU) — Kairos Score 66/100

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About Acme United Corporation

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 info

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CEO
Mr. Walter C. Johnsen
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HQ
1 Waterview Drive, Suite 200, Shelton, CT, 06484, United States
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Employees
649
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Market cap
243 754 480,00 $US
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P/E
26.7
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Dividend yield
1.05%

🕴️ Insider activity (90 days)

0 transactions — 0 buys and 0 sales reported by Acme United Corporation executives.

🏦 Hedge Funds

5 institutional funds report a position on ACU in their latest SEC quarterly filing.

GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor)
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND

📰 Recent news

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