Acme United Corporation operates in the Cutlery sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Acme United with three other cutlery, handtool and hardware manufacturers in North America: Black Diamond Group Ltd of CANADA (2020 sales of 179.86 million Canadian Dollars [US$147.91 million] of which 52% was Modular space solutions), Broadwind Inc ($198.50 million of which 78% was Heavy Fabrications), and Mueller (Paul) Company ($201.12 million of which 50% was Industrial Equipment).

Sales Analysis. During the first quarter of 2021, sales at Acme United totalled $43.53 million. This is an increase of 21.7% from the $35.78 million in sales at the company during the first quarter of 2020. This was the largest same quarter increase in sales since the third quarter of 2014. During the previous 8 quarters, sales at Acme United have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year. Sales at Acme United appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 9 years, sales have been highest during the second quarter, which has accounted for between 26.9% and 32.9% of the annual sales. Acme United reported sales of $164.00 million for the year ending December of 2020. This represents an increase of 15.1% versus 2019, when the company's sales were $142.46 million. Sales at Acme United have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 49%). Sales of Canada saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 64.5% in 2020, from $6.68 million to $10.99 million. Acme United also saw significant increases in sales in Europe (up 27.5% to $12.83 million) .