---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-097714"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACU"
cik: "0000002098"
company_name: "ACME UNITED CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T03:44:05.341107+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acme United reports record Q2 net income of $4.8M; sales down 3% to $54.0M

## Summary
- Q2 net income $4.8M ($1.16 diluted EPS), up 7% YoY; record quarterly net income.
- Q2 net sales $54.0M, down 3% vs $55.4M year ago; H1 sales $100.0M (flat).
- U.S. segment sales -5% Q2; Canada +28%; Europe -3% USD. Gross margin improved to 41.0%.
- Bank debt less cash $22.8M at June 30, 2025, down from $33.1M a year earlier.
- Generated $12.0M free cash flow in trailing 12 months; maintained dividend of $2.2M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-097714
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACU
- cik: 0000002098
- company_name: ACME UNITED CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025097714/0000950170-25-097714-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025097714/acu-20250723.htm

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