On the stock market since 1980, it operates in the everyday-essentials business. It has 633 employees. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The gap is $24.7M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price isn’t cheap next to earnings — that’s why this grade sits in the middle.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 12% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
It pays out $0.63 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 3 years, sales grew only 0% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
On our five-subject report card, ACU sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: ACU is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.