Acme United Corporation (ACU) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $44.09. It has a SharesGrow Score of 72/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 4 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of ACU = $21.27 (-51.8% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued).
Valuation: ACU trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 16.9 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.12.
Financials: revenue is $197M, +0.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $10M, growing at +148.1%/yr. Net profit margin is 5.2% (thin). Gross margin is 39.4% (+6.6 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $29M against $118M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.24, conservative). Current ratio is 4.21 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 16.4%. Total assets: $175M.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 1 analysts rate ACU as buy (100%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 42/100 (Partial), Growth 73/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 44/100 (Fail), Future 100/100 (Pass), Income 45/100 (Partial).
