Acme United (ACU) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Acme United (ACU) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.96% in Q2 2026, down 1.23 percentage points from 6.19% a year earlier and down 0.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Acme United (ACU) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Acme United reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.11%, down 0.32 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -0.62 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 6.44% in FY2024 (-4.91 pp), 11.35% in FY2023 (+9.38 pp), 1.97% in FY2022 (-7.99 pp) and 9.96% in FY2021 (+3.22 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.14 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 9.96 percentage points in Q1 2024, against a drop of 7.76 percentage points in Q4 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 5.20% (Q1 2026), 5.92% (Q4 2025) and 5.82% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 266.22 Bn | 242.86 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 6.24% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 191.31 Bn | 165.77 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 4.32% |
| 3 | Danaher | 166.16 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 4.67% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.98 Bn | 136.40 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 14.78% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 130.05 Bn | 96.18 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 9.46% |
| 6 | Stryker | 123.40 Bn | 109.59 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -2.00% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.81 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 7.71% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 59.87 Bn | 43.18 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 7.24% |
| 9 | Medline | 53.84 Bn | 50.96 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 2.20% |
| 10 | Acme United | 278.14 Mn | 257.36 Mn | 26.30 Mn | 5.56% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.56% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.96% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.20% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.82% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 33.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 65.77% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 91.72% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 94.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 97.30% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 103.61% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 105.24% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 93.66% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 92.91% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 94.30% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 88.09% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 86.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 90.88% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 93.06% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 96.99% |
API Access
Acme United Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "ACU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();