Acme United (ACU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Acme United (ACU) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.78% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 105.0% year-over-year to 8.78%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.78% (down 105.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.25%, down 40.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 8.78% in Q1 2026, from 9.87% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.6% in Q2 2024 to a low of 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.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 615 bps in 2022 and soared 615 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Tracing ACU's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 4.26% in 2022, then surged by 144 bps to 10.4% in 2023, then decreased by 4 bps to 10.03% in 2024, then retreated by 2 bps to 9.87% in 2025, then dropped by 11 bps to 8.78% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows ACU's Return on Capital Employed at 8.78% in Q1 2026, 9.87% in Q4 2025, and 9.41% in Q3 2025.