All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-24.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-03-24); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-03-17) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $125 million in fiscal 2016 to $197 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 3.2% a year. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 19 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Acme United Corporation's diluted share count grew about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 19 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 31%: owes 31¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Acme United Corporation earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 45 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 31 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 40% of 9 in its family; net margin 5.2%.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $197 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 19% by size; a net margin of 5.2% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 7% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Johnsen, Walter C (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-08-03, 20.3 years (top 7% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 20.3 years (top 6%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (top 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 40% of 9 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4 million against debt of $12 million leaves -4.8% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.9% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of 39.4% (top 21%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 47% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.4% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 1.1% (top 50%); research spending grew -30.6% a year (bottom 7%); capital spending grew 35.3% a year (top 31%) (its annual reports). Acme United Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: United States at $165 million (84%), Europe at $16 million (8%), Canada at $15 million (8%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 39% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Acme United Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $197 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.9% above the $195 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $10 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of 5.2% against 5.3% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made