As of today (2024-04-19), Acme United's share price is $38.58.
Acme United's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.49. Hence, Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 5.95.
The historical rank and industry rank for Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
ACU'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.54 Med: 27.35 Max: 659.64
Current: 5.95
During the past 13 years, Acme United's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 659.64. The lowest was 3.54. And the median was 27.35.
ACU's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 79.4% of 1107
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.21
vs ACU: 5.95
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 93.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, Acme United's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 197.90% per year. The lowest was -112.50% per year. And the median was 25.70% per year.
Acme United Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
6.31
33.55
-
-
6.55
Acme United Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
-
7.05
6.04
3.93
6.55
Competitive Comparison
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Acme United Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Acme United's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Acme United's Share Price of today is $38.58.
Acme United's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.49.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Acme United (AMEX:ACU) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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.
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