Acme United (ACU) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Acme United's (ACU) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 39.74% in Q1 2026, up 76.0% year-on-year from 22.58% in Q1 2025, and up 4.07% quarter-over-quarter from 38.19% in Q4 2025.

Acme United (ACU) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Acme United has disclosed Gross Margin across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 39.74% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 39.74%, up 76.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 39.57% (up 25.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 39.39%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 39.74% for Q1 2026 at Acme United, up from 38.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 41.02% in Q2 2025 to a low of 31.93% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 38.66% (2024), against an average of 37.4%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 347 bps in 2022 and jumped 718 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Acme United's Gross Margin stood at 31.93% in 2022, then climbed by 22 bps to 39.11% in 2023, then fell by 1 bps to 38.66% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 38.19% in 2025, then rose by 4 bps to 39.74% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 39.74% (Q1 2026), 38.19% (Q4 2025), and 39.12% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 49.51%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 60.59%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 58.89%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 36.85%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 76.40%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 46.38%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 43.23%
10 Acme United 168.01 Mn 163.81 Mn 20.79 Mn 39.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 39.74%
Dec 31, 2025 38.19%
Sep 30, 2025 39.12%
Jun 30, 2025 41.02%
Mar 31, 2025 38.99%
Dec 31, 2024 38.66%
Sep 30, 2024 38.54%
Jun 30, 2024 40.82%
Mar 31, 2024 38.70%
Dec 31, 2023 39.11%
Sep 30, 2023 38.71%
Jun 30, 2023 37.54%
Mar 31, 2023 35.52%
Dec 31, 2022 31.93%
Sep 30, 2022 32.01%
Jun 30, 2022 32.67%
Mar 31, 2022 34.54%
Dec 31, 2021 35.06%
Sep 30, 2021 35.48%
Jun 30, 2021 36.02%