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Acme United (Acme United) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $4.8 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Acme United Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Acme United's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Jun. 2023 ($3.40 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($5.57 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($5.57 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.80 Mil).

Acme United's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($4.84 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($6.10 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($6.10 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.80 Mil).


Acme United Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acme United's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Acme United Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Acme United Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.82 4.17 4.84 6.10 4.80

Acme United Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Acme United Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.


Acme United  (AMEX:ACU) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


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Acme United (Acme United) Business Description

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Address
1 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT, USA, 06484
Acme United Corp is a supplier of first aid and medical products and cutting technology to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets. Its principal products sold across all segments are first aid kits and medical products, scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, and sharpening tools. The Company sells its products to mass market and e-commerce retailers, industrial distributors, wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors, office supply superstores, sporting goods stores, and hardware chains. The Company's reportable business segments consist of the United States, Canada, and Europe, out of which a majority of the company's revenue is derived from the United States.
Executives
Brian S Olschan director, officer: Pres, Chief Operations Officer C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Rex Lynn Davidson director 70 BATTERY PLACE #620, NEW YORK NY 10280
Paul G Driscoll officer: Vice President and CFO C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Brian Barker director 55 WALLS DRIVE, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Walter C Johnsen director, officer: See Remarks C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Ward Stevenson E Iii director C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Susan H Murphy director C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Holden Richmond Y Jr director C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
North Star Investment Management Corp. 10 percent owner 20 N. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE # 1416, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gary D Penisten director, officer: Chairman C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
R Scott Asen 10 percent owner 224 E 49TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10017
James A Benkovic officer: Vice President of Sales C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Stephen Jr Spinelli director THE COLONNADE RESIDENCES, 118 HUNTINGTON AVE, APT 1102, BOSTON MA 02116
Wayne R Moore director C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 1931 BLACK ROCK TURNPIKE, FAIRFIELD CT 06825
George R Dunbar director C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824