Acme United (ACU) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026)

Acme United (ACU) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.08% for Q1 2026, up 1.0% on a YoY basis from 0.08% in Q1 2025, and down 3.88% sequentially from 0.08% in Q4 2025.

Acme United (ACU) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Acme United (ACU) has 9 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.08% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.08% (up 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.33%, up 5.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital eased to 0.08% in Q1 2026, from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.27% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.07% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital tumbled 34 bps in 2023 and soared 34 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing ACU's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.22% in 2022, then sank by 70 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then rose by 9 bps to 0.07% in 2024, then increased by 18 bps to 0.08% in 2025, then dropped by 4 bps to 0.08% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ACU's Return on Invested Capital at 0.08% in Q1 2026, 0.08% in Q4 2025, and 0.07% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.95 Bn 333.64 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.00%
2 Unilever 134.07 Bn 123.59 Bn - 0.00%
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.64 Bn 72.30 Bn 3.23 Bn -
4 Kenvue 37.28 Bn 37.17 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.00%
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.01%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.06 Bn 26.94 Bn 2.84 Bn -0.02%
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.02%
8 Clorox 11.85 Bn 10.66 Bn 722.00 Mn -
9 Yatsen Holding 6.39 Bn 6.25 Bn 153.20 Mn -0.01%
10 Acme United 215.23 Mn 211.03 Mn 20.79 Mn 0.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.08%
Dec 31, 2025 0.08%
Sep 30, 2025 0.07%
Jun 30, 2025 0.07%
Mar 31, 2025 0.07%
Dec 31, 2024 0.07%
Sep 30, 2024 0.07%
Jun 30, 2024 0.07%
Mar 31, 2024 0.07%
Dec 31, 2023 0.06%
Sep 30, 2023 0.04%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.27%
Dec 31, 2022 0.22%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.03%
Jun 30, 2022 0.02%
Mar 31, 2022 0.06%
Dec 31, 2021 0.08%
Sep 30, 2021 0.11%
Jun 30, 2021 0.12%