secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-051909
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United Q3 2021 sales up 11% to $47.9M; net income up 30% to $2.05M
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- Diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.46 YoY (+9%), nine-month EPS ex-PPP $1.97 vs $1.75.
- U.S. segment sales +12%; Europe flat; Canada +6% in USD, flat in local currency.
- Gross margin improved to 35.5% from 34.5%; nine-month margin held at 36%.
- Bank debt $38.1M; paid $9.3M for Med-Nap LLC acquisition, paid $1.7M dividends.
- Inventory increased ~33% over 18 months to buffer supply chain disruptions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459021051909/0001564590-21-051909-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459021051909/acu-8k_20211026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-051909

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