Acme United (ACU) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Acme United's Times Interest Earned was 6.67 in Q3 2025, up 29.4% from 5.15 a year earlier but down 55.1% from the prior quarter.
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Acme United (ACU) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Acme United's Times Interest Earned was 7.98 through Sep 30, 2025, up 21.4% year-over-year; for FY2024, it came in at 6.79, up 59.4% from FY2023.
- In earlier years, Times Interest Earned was 4.26 in FY2023 (+62.7%), 2.62 in FY2022 (-81.1%), 13.85 in FY2021 (+14.6%) and 12.09 in FY2020 (+162.1%).
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has moved between -0.03 (Q4 2022) and 16.77 (Q2 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Times Interest Earned has increased for seven straight quarters, with growth averaging 44.3% over the last seven quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned over five years was Q4 2020 (growth of 244.9%); the worst was Q3 2022 (a decline of 89.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, ACU's Times Interest Earned in the three quarters before Q3 2025 was 14.86 (Q2 2025), 5.69 (Q1 2025) and 4.94 (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 266.22 Bn | 242.86 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 5.43 |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 191.31 Bn | 165.77 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 3.88 |
| 3 | Danaher | 166.16 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 9.22 |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.98 Bn | 136.40 Bn | 2.08 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 130.05 Bn | 96.18 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 9.48 |
| 6 | Stryker | 123.40 Bn | 109.59 Bn | 4.25 Bn | 7.23 |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.81 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 8.28 |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 59.87 Bn | 43.18 Bn | 1.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Medline | 53.84 Bn | 50.96 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 10 | Acme United | 278.14 Mn | 257.36 Mn | 26.30 Mn | 10.58 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 10.58 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.94 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.40 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.85 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.67 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.86 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.69 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.94 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.15 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.03 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.37 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.17 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.48 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.10 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.38 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.32 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.29 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.44 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.72 |
API Access
Acme United Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=ACU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();