Acme United (ACU) CEO pay: $1.5M actually paid in FY2025
$ACU · ACME UNITED CORPData through FY2025 — latest proxy filed 2026-03-27, checked for new filings 2026-08-21. Every number links to its source.
0.4× the tracked-company median CEO pay ($3.9M).
Pay vs. Performance (Compensation Actually Paid)
What the CEO was actually paid, by fiscal year
What $100 invested was worth, company vs peer group
Pay-vs-Performance table
| FY | CEO pay on paper | CEO pay actually earned | Other top execs (avg) | Value of $100 invested since FY2021 | Same, peer group since FY2021 | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.0M | $194.00 | — | $10.2M |
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $723,375 | $116.00 | — | $10.0M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2.5M | $1.7M | $131.00 | — | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $996,952 | $682,743 | $67.00 | — | $3.0M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.0M | $111.00 | — | $10.1M |
Frequently asked
How much did the ACU CEO make in 2025?
$1,476,451 in Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) as ACME UNITED CORP's CEO (the filing reports this year's PEO pay without tagging which named executive it belongs to), updated 2026-03-27.
What is pay vs. performance (PvP)?
An SEC disclosure (Item 402(v), required since FY2022) linking named-executive pay to company total shareholder return (TSR) over up to 5 years.
What is Compensation Actually Paid (CAP)?
CAP starts from the Summary Compensation Table total and adjusts equity awards to fair value as of each year-end/vesting date, rather than grant-date value — see the glossary entry for the full walk-through.
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