Acme United Corporation supplies first aid and safety, cutting, sharpening, and measuring products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides fixed blades, folding knives, sight cutting tools, and tactical tools under the Camillus brand; fishing tools and knives, as well as cut and puncture resistant gloves, telescopic landing nets, net containment systems, and tools and fishing gaffs under the Cuda brand; and sharpening tools under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kit and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; and alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes, castile soaps, and lens cleaning wipes under the Med-Nap brand. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply super stores; school supply distributors; industrial distributors; wholesale florists; mass market and e-commerce retailers; and hardware chains, as well as sells a selection of products through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Acme United Corporation have bought $0 and sold $1.33M worth of Acme United Corporation stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Acme United Corporation have bought $79,749 and sold $2.41M worth of stock each year.
There was no buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months.
The last purchase of 75 shares for transaction amount of $2,168 was made by Davidson Rex Lynn () on 2022‑08‑31.
2024-12-03 | Sale | Chief Financial Officer | 1,000 0.0263% | $43.32 | $43,320 | +1.31% | ||
2024-11-29 | Sale | Chief Financial Officer | 2,000 0.0532% | $44.33 | $88,660 | -0.85% | ||
2024-07-26 | Sale | President and COO | 3,149 0.0806% | $40.88 | $128,731 | -2.59% | ||
2024-05-24 | Sale | President and COO | 186 0.0052% | $40.00 | $7,440 | +6.15% | ||
2024-05-21 | Sale | President and COO | 1,219 0.0334% | $40.30 | $49,126 | +3.58% | ||
2024-05-20 | Sale | President and COO | 3,086 0.0855% | $40.33 | $124,458 | +3.94% | ||
2024-05-16 | Sale | President and COO | 2 <0.0001% | $40.25 | $81 | +4.27% | ||
2024-05-15 | Sale | President and COO | 1,517 0.0416% | $40.25 | $61,059 | +3.52% | ||
2024-05-14 | Sale | President and COO | 7,800 0.2183% | $40.33 | $314,574 | +5.39% | ||
2024-05-09 | Sale | President and COO | 1,320 0.0367% | $42.08 | $55,546 | -0.79% | ||
2024-05-08 | Sale | President and COO | 400 0.0112% | $43.12 | $17,248 | -2.10% | ||
2024-05-07 | Sale | President and COO | 4,649 0.1275% | $43.61 | $202,743 | -3.31% | ||
2024-05-06 | Sale | President and COO | 5,566 0.1503% | $42.93 | $238,948 | -4.91% | ||
2023-12-05 | Sale | President and COO | 1,715 0.0467% | $38.02 | $65,204 | +8.32% | ||
2023-12-04 | Sale | President and COO | 6,000 0.1634% | $37.55 | $225,300 | +10.32% | ||
2023-12-01 | Sale | President and COO | 4,339 0.1212% | $35.84 | $155,510 | +17.08% | ||
2023-11-30 | Sale | President and COO | 1,015 0.0285% | $36.00 | $36,540 | +16.81% | ||
2023-11-28 | Sale | President and COO | 950 0.0274% | $36.60 | $34,770 | +19.83% | ||
2023-11-27 | Sale | President and COO | 5,260 0.1473% | $37.12 | $195,251 | +15.19% | ||
2023-11-27 | Sale | director | 4,980 0.1321% | $35.18 | $175,196 | +15.19% |
DRISCOLL PAUL G | Chief Financial Officer | 50398 1.347% | $43.88 | 3 | 10 | <0.0001% |
OLSCHAN BRIAN S | President and COO | 41103 1.0986% | $43.88 | 0 | 101 | |
North Star Investment Management Corp. | 10 percent owner | 400432 10.7026% | $43.88 | 51 | 3 | +18.52% |
ASEN R SCOTT | 10 percent owner | 348842 9.3237% | $43.88 | 0 | 33 | |
JOHNSEN WALTER C | Chairman and CEO | 304898 8.1492% | $43.88 | 3 | 75 | +7.35% |
PENISTEN GARY D | Chairman Emeritus | 75500 2.0179% | $43.88 | 0 | 4 | |
WARD STEVENSON E III | director | 32874 0.8786% | $43.88 | 1 | 3 | +87.4% |
MOORE WAYNE R | director | 16643 0.4448% | $43.88 | 0 | 4 | |
HOLDEN RICHMOND Y JR | director | 15250 0.4076% | $43.88 | 1 | 11 | |
MURPHY SUSAN H | director | 7516 0.2009% | $43.88 | 0 | 1 | |
BARKER BRIAN | 1300 0.0347% | $43.88 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% | |
Davidson Rex Lynn | director | 1228 0.0328% | $43.88 | 4 | 5 | <0.0001% |
BENKOVIC JAMES A | Vice President of Sales | 0 0% | $43.88 | 2 | 8 |
Capital Management Corp Va | $24.77M | 14.4 | 527,190 | -9.04% | -$2.46M | 4.87 | |
North Star Investment Management Corp | $15.39M | 8.95 | 327,570 | -10.8% | -$1.86M | 1.08 | |
Dimensional Fund Advisors | $8.6M | 5 | 183,007 | -0.34% | -$29,227.78 | <0.01 | |
The Vanguard Group | $6.71M | 3.9 | 142,858 | +8.08% | +$501,618.22 | <0.0001 | |
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES INC | $6.38M | 3.71 | 135,712 | -2.79% | -$183,261.00 | 0.06 | |
Renaissance Technologies | $6.08M | 3.53 | 129,307 | +3.61% | +$211,450.27 | 0.01 | |
Bard Associates, Inc. | $5.7M | 3.3 | 120,898 | -2.27% | -$132,212.79 | 2.16 | |
Mork Capital Management Llc | $2.82M | 1.64 | 60,000 | -14.29% | -$469,900.00 | 2.14 | |
Bridgeway Capital Management | $2.03M | 1.18 | 43,236 | +8.85% | +$165,216.87 | 0.03 | |
Envestnet Asset Management Inc | $1.82M | 1.06 | 38,691 | -14.61% | -$311,168.96 | <0.01 | |
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc | $1.8M | 1.05 | 38,342 | New | +$1.8M | 0.04 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | $1.68M | 0.98 | 35,800 | +2.09% | +$34,391.73 | <0.0001 | |
First Manhattan Co. | $1.66M | 0.96 | 35,298 | 0% | +$0 | 0.01 | |
Geode Capital Management | $1.58M | 0.92 | 33,544 | +2.42% | +$37,319.11 | <0.0001 | |
American Century Investments | $1.46M | 0.85 | 31,137 | New | +$1.46M | <0.01 | |
Acadian Asset Management | $1.4M | 0.82 | 29,872 | +117.35% | +$755,865.02 | 0.01 | |
Teton Advisors Inc | $1.32M | 0.77 | 28,000 | -45.1% | -$1.08M | 0.48 | |
O Shaughnessy Asset Management Llc | $1.26M | 0.73 | 26,755 | +71.05% | +$522,190.54 | 0.01 | |
Susquehanna International Group | $1.22M | 0.71 | 26,045 | New | +$1.22M | <0.01 | |
Millennium Management LLC | $1.21M | 0.7 | 25,737 | New | +$1.21M | <0.01 | |
Ridgewood Investments | $1.07M | 0.62 | 22,735 | -6.02% | -$68,464.45 | 0.33 | |
Aristides Capital | $961,979.00 | 0.56 | 20,472 | -41.13% | -$671,956.80 | 0.44 | |
BNY Mellon | $833,092.00 | 0.48 | 17,729 | -5.74% | -$50,749.58 | <0.0001 | |
Citigroup | $823,218.00 | 0.48 | 17,519 | +120.98% | +$450,681.19 | <0.01 | |
Goldman Sachs | $761,285.00 | 0.44 | 16,201 | New | +$761,285.00 | <0.0001 | |
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | $750,000.00 | 0.44 | 15,958 | +9.15% | +$62,883.82 | <0.01 | |
Jane Street Capital | $735,582.00 | 0.43 | 15,654 | +210.1% | +$498,376.31 | <0.01 | |
Man Group Plc | $715,188.00 | 0.42 | 15,220 | New | +$715,188.00 | <0.01 | |
State Street | $599,762.00 | 0.35 | 12,723 | +29.52% | +$136,705.95 | <0.0001 | |
BlackRock | $525,066.00 | 0.31 | 11,174 | -1.49% | -$7,941.31 | <0.0001 | |
Marshall Wace | $461,113.00 | 0.27 | 9,813 | New | +$461,113.00 | <0.0001 | |
Ritholtz Wealth Management | $451,957.00 | 0.26 | 9,618 | +84.78% | +$207,370.16 | 0.02 | |
Qube Research & Technologies | $341,147.00 | 0.2 | 7,260 | +111.85% | +$180,112.46 | <0.0001 | |
Hightower Advisors | $339,000.00 | 0.2 | 7,194 | +12.95% | +$38,876.15 | <0.01 | |
Squarepoint Ops LLC | $314,645.00 | 0.18 | 6,696 | New | +$314,645.00 | <0.01 | |
Tontine Asset Management LLC | $278,651.00 | 0.16 | 5,930 | -40.7% | -$191,249.51 | 0.07 | |
Bank of Montreal | $268,343.00 | 0.16 | 5,707 | New | +$268,343.00 | <0.0001 | |
Northern Trust | $268,547.00 | 0.16 | 5,715 | -0.09% | -$234.95 | <0.0001 | |
Jump Financial Llc | $243,784.00 | 0.14 | 5,188 | New | +$243,784.00 | <0.01 | |
Evercore Wealth Management LLC | $239,649.00 | 0.14 | 5,100 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
James Investment Research Inc | $223,437.00 | 0.13 | 4,755 | New | +$223,437.00 | 0.03 | |
Morgan Stanley | $165,650.00 | 0.1 | 3,525 | +1.12% | +$1,832.72 | <0.0001 | |
Bank of America | $132,747.00 | 0.08 | 2,825 | -31.68% | -$61,557.02 | <0.0001 | |
JPMorgan Chase | $124,852.00 | 0.07 | 2,657 | -16.52% | -$24,716.65 | <0.0001 | |
UBS | $75,043.00 | 0.04 | 1,597 | +219.4% | +$51,548.01 | <0.0001 | |
Fidelity Investments | $28,077.00 | 0.02 | 597 | +7.57% | +$1,975.27 | <0.0001 | |
Perritt Capital Management Inc | $9,427.00 | 0.01 | 200 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
Advisor Group Holdings Inc | $8,364.00 | 0.01 | 178 | -99.46% | -$1.54M | <0.0001 | |
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | $6,000.00 | <0.01 | 147 | +157.9% | +$3,673.47 | <0.0001 | |
Comerica | $3,195.00 | <0.01 | 68 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 |