secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-007906
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United Q4 sales up 12% to $45.8M, net income up 14% to $2.34M; FY2021 sales $182.1M, record profits
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- Q4 net sales $45.8M (+12%); net income $2.34M ($0.60 diluted EPS) vs $2.04M ($0.54).
- FY net sales $182.1M (+11%); adjusted net income (excl. PPP) $10.15M ($2.57 EPS) vs $8.10M ($2.31).
- Gross margin Q4 35.1% vs 36.8%, FY 35.6% vs 36.3%; cost inflation and transport headwinds partially offset by price increases.
- US segment Q4 +11%, FY +9%; Europe +15% local currency; Canada +22% USD; driven by first aid and Westcott craft products.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459022007906/0001564590-22-007906-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459022007906/acu-8k_20220301.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-007906

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