Acme United (ACU) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Acme United (ACU) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 8.25% for Q2 2026, down 1.07 percentage points from 9.31% a year earlier but up 0.13 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Acme United (ACU) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Acme United's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 9.07%, down 0.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of -4.61 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Acme United's Return on Equity [ROE] was 9.78% in FY2024 (-10.33 pp), 20.11% in FY2023 (+16.23 pp), 3.89% in FY2022 (-15.65 pp) and 19.54% in FY2021 (+5.86 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of 3.84% in Q4 2022 to a high of 19.36% in Q4 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.81 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q4 2023, with a gain of 15.52 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a drop of 13.94 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 8.12% (Q1 2026), 8.73% (Q4 2025) and 8.73% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 266.22 Bn | 242.86 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 13.20% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 191.31 Bn | 165.77 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 9.09% |
| 3 | Danaher | 166.16 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 8.15% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.98 Bn | 136.40 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 17.28% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 130.05 Bn | 96.18 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 17.46% |
| 6 | Stryker | 123.40 Bn | 109.59 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -4.01% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.81 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 13.69% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 59.87 Bn | 43.18 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 9.36% |
| 9 | Medline | 53.84 Bn | 50.96 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 4.56% |
| 10 | Acme United | 278.14 Mn | 257.36 Mn | 26.30 Mn | 9.22% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.22% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.25% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.73% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 50.70% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 99.37% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 140.89% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 151.95% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 159.54% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 162.33% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 174.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 175.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 181.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 190.71% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 188.91% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 191.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 190.82% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 178.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 180.47% |
API Access
Acme United Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();