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ACU — structural market context

Acme United Corporation

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 21. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $63.20 (Oct 21) vs $63.58 (Oct 20): −0.60%.

Volume

1.38× its 20-session average (34K) on Oct 21.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 77K shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 71K (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): no fails listed.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 2 days with fails, largest 955 shares on Sep 8.

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Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

ACU short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
77K
% OF FLOAT
2.5%
DAYS TO COVER
1.4
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+7.3%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (22d ago)

ACU fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-09 · 43d93$61.12
2026-09-08 · 44d955$63.14
2026-08-31 · 52d3$63.06

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

ACU insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 3 sales

InsiderTypeSharesValueFiled
OLSCHAN BRIAN S · director, officer: President and COOSale (S)4K$245K2026-08-19
OLSCHAN BRIAN S · director, officer: President and COOSale (S)3K$204K2026-08-19
BARKER BRIAN · directorSale (S)4K$231K2026-08-17

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

Frequently asked questions

What is ACU's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, ACU had 77K shares sold short — 2.5% of its float, with 1.4 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying ACU?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, ACU recorded 0 insider purchases and 3 sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell ACU?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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