Growth Metrics

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

Acme United (ACU) has disclosed Return on Sales for 15 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 19.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.01% through Dec 2025, down 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.01% for FY2025, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.15% in Q4 2025 for Acme United, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.16% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.17% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.01% across 5 years, with a median of 0.04% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 21bps in 2024 and later dropped -19bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.16% in 2021, then surged by 38bps to 0.1% in 2022, then crashed by -72bps to 0.17% in 2023, then surged by 122bps to 0.04% in 2024, then plummeted by -500bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for ACU at 0.15% in Q4 2025, 0.04% in Q3 2025, and 0.09% in Q2 2025.