ACU insider trading
NYSE American Consumer DefensiveACME UNITED CORP — scored insider trade history from SEC Form 4 filings, parsed and contextualised by FilingIQ.
About ACME UNITED CORP
Acme United Corporation supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides sharpening knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kits and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; first aid kits for the promotional products industry under Safety Made brand; and alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes under the Med-Nap brand. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply superstores, mass market retailers, industrial and medical distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains, and wholesale florists, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
Company website: www.acmeunited.com
ACU insider activity at a glance
FilingIQ has scored 575 insider transactions for ACU since Mar 10, 2015. The most recent filing in our index is dated Mar 3, 2026.
Across the full history, 6 open-market purchases
and 164 open-market sales
were filed under transaction codes P and S respectively. Compensatory share awards
(code A) and option exercises (code M) are tracked separately and not counted here.
The average FilingIQ composite score on ACU insider trades is 63.2/100, produced by FilingIQ's multi-factor Form 4 model. Model framework documented at methodology.
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Frequently asked
- How many insider trades does FilingIQ track for ACU?
- FilingIQ tracks 575 Form 4 insider transactions for ACU (ACME UNITED CORP), covering filings from Mar 10, 2015 onwards. 13 of those were filed in the last 90 days.
- Are ACU insiders net buyers or net sellers?
- Across the full Form 4 history for ACU, 6 transactions (1%) were open-market purchases and 164 (29%) were open-market sales. Compensatory awards and option exercises are filtered out of these counts.
- Where does ACU insider data come from?
- Every transaction shown on this page is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings. FilingIQ parses the raw XML, normalises insider identity across reporting variations, and scores each trade on its multi-factor composite model.
- What sector is ACU in?
- ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) is classified in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Household & Personal Products, with a current market capitalisation of $167.27M.
Methodology & sources
Every ACU insider transaction shown on FilingIQ is parsed directly from a public SEC Form 4 XML filing. Insider identity is normalised across reporting variants (CIK changes, name spellings, related-party indirect holdings). The FilingIQ composite score is documented in full on the team page and algo disclosure. Not investment advice; see disclaimer.