secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-115498
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United Q3 net income rises 3% to $2.23M despite 4% sales decline
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- Net income $2.23M ($0.54/diluted) vs $2.15M ($0.58) in Q3 2023; net income up 3%, EPS down 7%.
- Net sales $48.2M, down 4% YoY; excluding Camillus/Cuda (sold Nov 2023), sales up 4%.
- U.S. segment sales down 6% (ex-div up 3%); Europe up 10% in USD; Canada down 1% (up 2% local).
- Bank debt less cash $26.7M at Sep 30, 2024 vs $38.2M a year ago; generated $6.2M free cash flow.
- Introduced next-gen industrial first aid kits with patent-pending real-time expiration monitoring.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017024115498/0000950170-24-115498-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017024115498/acu-20241018.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115498

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