Growth Metrics

Acme United (ACU) Return on Sales (2017 - 2025)

Acme United's Return on Sales history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.0%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.06%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Acme United, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.16% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.21% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.04% (2023), against an average of 0.01%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 7bps in 2021 before it decreased -18bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then plummeted by -117bps to 0.01% in 2022, then plummeted by -1697bps to 0.19% in 2023, then fell by -16bps to 0.21% in 2024, then rose by 8bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ACU's Return on Sales are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).