Acme United (ACU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Acme United (ACU) posted Return on Capital Employed of 8.78% for Q1 2026, down 11.1% sequentially from 9.87% in Q4 2025, and down 105.0% YoY from 175.53% in Q1 2025.
Acme United (ACU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Acme United has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 8.78% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 105.0% year-over-year to 8.78% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.78% (down 105.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.25%, down 40.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 8.78% in Q1 2026 per ACU's latest filing, from 9.87% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.6% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 4.26% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 8.58% and a median of 9.41% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed plunged 615 bps in 2022, then surged 615 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.26% in 2022, then surged by 144 bps to 10.4% in 2023, then declined by 4 bps to 10.03% in 2024, then dropped by 2 bps to 9.87% in 2025, then retreated by 11 bps to 8.78% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 8.78%, 9.87%, and 9.41% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.88% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.78% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.87% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.77% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.48% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.23% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.18% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.26% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.58% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.41% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.41% |