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| Symbol (US): | ACU |
| Website: | www.acmeunited.com |
Acme United Corporation is an innovative supplier of cutting devices, measuring instruments, and safety products for school, home, office, hardware and industrial use. Its leading brands include Westcott, Clauss, Camillus, PhysiciansCare and Pac-Kit.
As expected, it was a quiet Thanksgiving news week. Acme United (ACU – $9.84) announced that its Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program of up to 200,000 common shares. With slightly over 3 million shares outstanding at the moment, this means that over 6.5% of all shares can potentially be retired. Of course, we’re not sure they […]
Read moreAcme United (NYSE Amex: ACU – $9.80) released positive third quarter 2010 results. Revenues reached $16.1 million, a 5% increase compared with $15.3 million revenues in the comparable period last year. The Company enjoyed strong back to school sales, especially to mass market retailers like Wal-Mart and Target where double digit sales growth was recorded. iPoint pencil sharpener sales again […]
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Smallcaps.us’ latest interview with cutting, measuring, and safety products manufacturer and designer Acme United (ACU – $10.40) is available for review in both audio and text formats. In the interview, Mr. Walter Johnsen, Acme United’s CEO, discusses the Company’s third quarter, that ended September 30, 2010, along with other pertinent points of interest. The interview includes Mr. Johnsen’s thoughts on […]
Read moreAcme United’s (ACU – $10.44) second quarter, ended June 30, 2010, was its strongest quarter ever in earnings per share. Nevertheless, we can identify at least four growth drivers. Products that either recently were brought to the market; are doing well and have plenty of room for growth or outstanding products that will soon enter stores. Next to these growth […]
Read more Acme United Corporation (ACU – $10.50) that manufacturers and sells cutting devices, measuring instruments and safety products for school, home and office use ended its second quarter on June 30, 2010. We asked Mr. Walter Johnsen, ACU’s Chief Executive Officer, to give us an update because we were a bit puzzled. On the one hand we’re getting mixed signals from […]
Read moreTactical Knives, a leading magazine for knife enthusiasts, featured Camillus in its July issue. The magazine includes a 6-page article (pdf) about the 2010 Shot Show, held in Las Vegas earlier this year. The Shot Show was a big success for Camillus, as they spoke with numerous passionate knife collectors and distributors. Three years ago, Acme United (ACU – $11.65) […]
Read moreAcme United (ACU – $10.54), an innovative supplier of cutting devices, measuring instruments and safety products for school, home, office, industrial and hardware use, remains undervalued compared with its peers because: The Company reported strong sales and earnings growth for the first quarter of 2010; At least four growth drivers will contribute significantly to Acme United’s results in the coming […]
Read moreSaj Karsan published a new update on Acme United (ACU – $10.45) titled Getting The Growth For Free. You should check out Saj’s website. This is a informative, well written daily blog on investing in fundamentally undervalued, mostly small cap, stocks. By the way, we will release a new Company Report on Acme United next week.
Read moreLast week, at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, Acme United Corp. (ACU – $10.60) introduced a complete new line of gardening tools, under the Clauss brand. Clauss, which is well known for its scissors and cutting tools for the professional market, launched both the Enviro-Line™ and the AirShoc™ line. The Enviro-Line (pdf) is a new line of lawn […]
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Acme United Corporation (ACU – $11.50) announced strong sales and earnings growth for its first quarter ending march 31, 2010. Sales were $13.1 million, compared to $11.3 million in the first quarter of 2009, an increase of 16%. Net income was $214,000 or $.07 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 compared to $42,000 or $.01 per […]
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