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Acme United (Acme United) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.87 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Acme United Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Acme United's current share price is $41.10. Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $47.49. Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.87.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ACU' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 0.76   Max: 1.23
Current: 0.87

During the past years, Acme United's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.23. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 0.76.

ACU's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
53.54% of 1356 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs ACU: 0.87

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Acme United's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.914. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $47.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Acme United Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Acme United Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 0.84 0.84 0.49 0.90

Acme United Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.54 0.63 0.90 -

Competitive Comparison of Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Acme United Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=41.10/47.49
=0.87

* 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.

Acme United's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Acme United's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=10.914/129.4194*129.4194
=10.914

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Acme United Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 5.563 99.695 7.222
201406 9.437 100.560 12.145
201409 8.462 100.428 10.905
201412 6.764 99.070 8.836
201503 6.165 99.621 8.009
201506 9.224 100.684 11.857
201509 8.084 100.392 10.421
201512 6.325 99.792 8.203
201603 7.080 100.470 9.120
201606 11.442 101.688 14.562
201609 8.765 101.861 11.136
201612 7.276 101.863 9.244
201703 7.438 102.862 9.358
201706 10.278 103.349 12.871
201709 8.905 104.136 11.067
201712 8.374 104.011 10.420
201803 8.659 105.290 10.643
201806 10.969 106.317 13.353
201809 9.781 106.507 11.885
201812 9.034 105.998 11.030
201903 9.248 107.251 11.160
201906 11.541 108.070 13.821
201909 10.612 108.329 12.678
201912 9.756 108.420 11.646
202003 10.166 108.902 12.081
202006 12.652 108.767 15.054
202009 12.512 109.815 14.746
202012 11.118 109.897 13.093
202103 11.129 111.754 12.888
202106 11.314 114.631 12.774
202109 11.810 115.734 13.206
202112 11.700 117.630 12.873
202203 11.261 121.301 12.015
202206 14.781 125.017 15.302
202209 13.473 125.227 13.924
202212 12.475 125.222 12.893
202303 12.945 127.348 13.156
202306 14.853 128.729 14.933
202309 13.540 129.860 13.494
202312 10.914 129.419 10.914

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Acme United  (AMEX:ACU) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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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