Acme United price to free cash flow ACU

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 15.7×
10-year median: 16.7×
Against its 10-year history: 48th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 4.0× to 136×
Peer median: 11.8×

Acme United's price to free cash flow is 15.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.7×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.0× in Nov 2023 to 136× in May 2021.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 11.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 16.7×

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	15.7×	13.9×	34.3×
2025	30.9×	11.8×	32.3×
2024	22.2×	5.5×	29.2×
2023	5.6×	4.0×	9.7×
2022	72.3×	66.7×	74.0×
2021	71.5×	16.0×	136×
2020	15.4×	4.7×	16.7×
2019	5.5×	4.7×	45.4×
2018	70.3×	23.2×	88.5×
2017	24.8×	10.8×	55.1×
2016	52.2×	43.8×	193×
2015	90.4×	23.1×	165×
2014	29.1×	27.4×	104×
2013	142×	133×	143×
2012	127×	19.8×	127×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
ACUAcme United	15.7×
OFLXOmega Flex	23.0×
TGTredegar	11.3×
LCUTLifetime Brands	9.3×
CIXCompx International	21.0×
JBIJanus International	7.4×
PKOHPark Ohio	30.3×
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	10.1×
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure	11.8×
XPELXPEL	n/m
HLMNHillman Solutions	22.9×
Peer median	11.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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