secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-172010
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United Q1 sales up 14% to $52.3M; net income down 40% to $1.0M on tariff costs
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- Net income $1.0M ($0.24 diluted EPS) vs $1.7M ($0.41) YoY, down 40% and 41% respectively.
- Gross margin improved to 39.7% from 39.0%; tariff-related costs and Med-Nap quality protocols pressured earnings.
- My Medic acquisition (closed Jan 2026) added sales but minimal Q1 profit; expects majority of its profitability in Q4.
- Company added ~$10M of incremental inventory orders for H2 2026 due to Iran conflict supply concerns.
- Bank debt less cash rose to $38.6M from $27.2M; spent $14.6M on My Medic and $1.6M on German cutting line.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000119312526172010/0001193125-26-172010-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000119312526172010/acu-20260423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-172010

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