MeritValue

ACME UNITED CORP

ACUdata completeness 100%16 fiscal years on file
i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$182.1M1$194M2$191.5M3$194.5M4$196.5M4
Net income$13.7M5$3.03M6$17.8M7$10M8$10.2M8
Operating cash flow$5.14M9$2.89M10$28.9M11$12M12$18.2M12
Capital expenditure$6.37M13$4.3M14$4.67M15$7.15M16$10.7M16
Free cash flow (derived)−$1.23M9−$1.41M10$24.2M11$4.83M12$7.58M12
Total debt$33M17$49.9M18$13.1M19$17.6M20$11.9M20
Cash & equivalents$4.84M21$6.1M22$4.8M23$6.4M24$3.6M24
Diluted shares4.0M3.7M3.7M4.1M4.1M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
You’d own
0.00024%
of the whole company
Your share of last year’s profit
$24.92
Your share of its debt
$29
Your share of free cash flow
$18.54
iii. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$34.59
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$7.58M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$31.7
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$7.58M
Earnings Power Value
$26.26
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$10.2M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$40.15
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

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iv. The price question — last, on purpose
What does today’s price assume?
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years5.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.78%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $31.7

Default growth 5.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (Revenues)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (Revenues)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (Revenues)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (Revenues)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (NetIncomeLoss)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (NetIncomeLoss)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  14. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  15. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  16. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  17. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  18. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  19. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  20. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  21. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001564590-23-003422 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  22. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-027907 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  23. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-034843 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  24. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-102079 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)