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Acme United (Acme United) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 5.20% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Acme United 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Acme United's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.15.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acme United's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

ACU' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -32.1   Med: 8.1   Max: 38.7
Current: 5.2

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Acme United was 38.70% per year. The lowest was -32.10% per year. And the median was 8.10% per year.

ACU's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
60.55% of 659 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 7.7 vs ACU: 5.20

During the past 12 months, Acme United's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Acme United's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.05. As of today, Acme United's Dividend Yield % is 1.41%.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of Acme United's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Acme United's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Acme United's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acme United's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Acme United 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Acme United  (AMEX:ACU) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Acme United's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.15/ 3.03
=0.05

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Acme United was 0.67. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.27.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Acme United Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1502024-03-272024-03-282024-04-19Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1502024-01-042024-01-052024-01-26Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1402023-10-032023-10-042023-10-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1402023-06-302023-07-032023-07-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Acme United's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.58/41.21
=1.41 %

Current Share Price is $41.21.
Acme United's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.58.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Acme United was 3.09%. The lowest was 1.10%. And the median was 1.96%.

* 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 (Acme United) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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