secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-029633
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United Q4 net sales up 10% to $45.9M; FY adj. net income up 23%
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- Q4 net sales $45.9M (+10% YoY); FY net sales $194.5M (+2% YoY, +6% ex-Camillus/Cuda).
- Q4 adjusted net income $1.70M ($0.41 EPS) vs $1.56M ($0.40) prior year, up 9% and 3% respectively.
- FY adjusted net income $10.02M ($2.45 EPS) vs $8.15M ($2.23) prior year, up 23% and 10%.
- Gross margin improved to 39.3% for FY 2024 vs 37.7% in 2023 on productivity gains.
- Acquired Elite First Aid in May 2024 for ~$6.1M; integrated and expanding distribution.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025029633/0000950170-25-029633-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025029633/acu-20250228.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-029633

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