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Acme United's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $2.0 Mil. Acme United's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $30.8 Mil. Acme United's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $107.0 Mil. Acme United's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.31.
A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for Acme United's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Acme United was 0.95. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.71.
The historical data trend for Acme United's Debt-to-Equity 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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0.77 | 0.62 | 0.81 | 0.27 | 0.31 |
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0.40 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Acme United's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Acme United's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Acme United's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Acme United's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
Debt to Equity | = | Total Debt | / | Total Stockholders Equity | ||
= | (Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) | / | Total Stockholders Equity | |
= | (2.001 | + | 30.84) | / | 106.981 | |
= | 0.31 |
Acme United's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
Debt to Equity | = | Total Debt | / | Total Stockholders Equity | ||
= | (Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) | / | Total Stockholders Equity | |
= | (2.001 | + | 30.84) | / | 106.981 | |
= | 0.31 |
* 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 (AMEX:ACU) Debt-to-Equity Explanation
In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.
Be Aware
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Paul G Driscoll | officer: Vice President and CFO | C/O ACME UNITED CORP, 60 ROUND HILL ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824 |
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 |
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 |
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