Acme United (ACU) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Acme United's (ACU) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.15 in Q1 2026, down 23.28% year-on-year from 0.19 in Q1 2025, and down 276.41% quarter-over-quarter from 0.08 in Q4 2025.

Acme United (ACU) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Acme United has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.15 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.15, down 23.28% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.29 (up 57.23% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.31, down 32.82% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.15 for Q1 2026 at Acme United, down from 0.08 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.87 in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.24 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.07 (2023), against an average of 0.13.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 166.84% in 2024 and surged 2444.45% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Acme United's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.05 in 2022, then surged by 59.28% to 0.08 in 2023, then surged by 44.89% to 0.12 in 2024, then plunged by 30.34% to 0.08 in 2025, then slumped by 276.41% to 0.15 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.15 (Q1 2026), 0.08 (Q4 2025), and 1.87 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.84
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.68
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 1.14
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 1.30
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.00
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.51
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn -0.92
10 Acme United 168.01 Mn 163.81 Mn 20.79 Mn -0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.15
Dec 31, 2025 0.08
Sep 30, 2025 1.87
Jun 30, 2025 0.13
Mar 31, 2025 -0.12
Dec 31, 2024 0.12
Sep 30, 2024 0.07
Jun 30, 2024 0.12
Mar 31, 2024 -0.05
Dec 31, 2023 0.08
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.38
Mar 31, 2023 0.07
Dec 31, 2022 0.05
Sep 30, 2022 -0.17
Jun 30, 2022 -0.24
Mar 31, 2022 -0.08
Dec 31, 2021 0.80
Sep 30, 2021 0.33
Jun 30, 2021 -0.31