Acme United PE ratio ACU

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 26.7×
10-year median: 16.0×
Against its 10-year history: 93rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 6.9× to 37.7×
Peer median: 20.2×

Acme United's PE ratio is 26.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $63.48 against $2.38 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 16.0×, higher than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.9× in Jun 2024 to 37.7× in Aug 2023.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 20.2×.

PE ratio over time

median 16×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	26.7×	16.5×	26.7×
2025	16.6×	7.1×	17.8×
2024	7.5×	6.9×	30.2×
2023	26.0×	13.9×	37.7×
2022	14.1×	9.1×	16.4×
2021	9.9×	9.5×	20.7×
2020	14.8×	11.6×	16.2×
2019	15.8×	12.3×	18.9×
2018	16.7×	15.5×	22.3×
2017	16.7×	15.2×	18.7×
2016	16.2×	10.0×	16.2×
2015	12.6×	11.8×	15.0×
2014	14.3×	11.9×	14.4×
2013	12.1×	10.6×	13.2×
2012	10.1×	9.8×	11.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest Acme United's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
ACUAcme United	26.7×
OFLXOmega Flex	20.8×
TGTredegar	7.6×
LCUTLifetime Brands	5.9×
CIXCompx International	20.2×
JBIJanus International	18.5×
PKOHPark Ohio	22.8×
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	20.2×
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure	19.5×
XPELXPEL	21.9×
HLMNHillman Solutions	32.7×
Peer median	20.2×

Where Acme United ranks

#22of 26Manufacturing metal fabrication stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on Acme United

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.