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

Acme United (ACU) posted Gross Margin of 39.74% for Q1 2026, up 4.07% sequentially from 38.19% in Q4 2025, and up 76.0% YoY from 22.58% in Q1 2025.

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

Acme United has reported Gross Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 39.74% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly Gross Margin rose 76.0% year-over-year to 39.74% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 39.57% (up 25.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 39.39%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
Gross Margin improved to 39.74% in Q1 2026 per ACU's latest filing, from 38.19% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 41.02% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 31.93% in Q4 2022.
A 5-year average of 37.4% and a median of 38.66% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin sank 347 bps in 2022, then soared 718 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 31.93% in 2022, then grew by 22 bps to 39.11% in 2023, then retreated 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.
According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 39.74%, 38.19%, and 39.12% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Gross Margin (Qtr)
1	Procter & Gamble	334.68 Bn	324.73 Bn	10.28 Bn	48.50%
2	Unilever	135.06 Bn	122.54 Bn	-	-
3	Colgate Palmolive	73.11 Bn	71.74 Bn	3.30 Bn	61.48%
4	Kenvue	36.14 Bn	35.03 Bn	2.30 Bn	58.18%
5	Kimberly Clark	35.84 Bn	34.89 Bn	1.60 Bn	38.27%
6	Estee Lauder Companies	30.63 Bn	27.51 Bn	2.84 Bn	76.40%
7	Church & Dwight	23.49 Bn	23.23 Bn	693.90 Mn	45.35%
8	Clorox	12.90 Bn	12.75 Bn	804.00 Mn	41.27%
9	Yatsen Holding	5.79 Bn	5.65 Bn	153.20 Mn	77.66%
10	Acme United	240.28 Mn	235.24 Mn	26.69 Mn	42.55%

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