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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 12, 2026

ACU

ACME UNITED CORP
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizonimmediate Processed2mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $228K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

Insider selling is modest and likely routine. The derivative exercise and tax withholding by Olschan are non-informative. No material signal — ignore this cluster. Monitor the company's next quarterly filing for any business-level developments.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d ⚠ clustered
ACU ▼ -0.08% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call -0.08% · α vs SPY +1.66% · entry $60.62 → $60.57
Next anchor: T+60d in 9d
Latest observation: T+50 -19.41% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 12, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-0.61%
call -0.61% · α -0.41%
$60.25
settled 3mo ago
T+5d
+2.19%
call +2.19% · α +4.15%
$61.94
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
-0.08%
call -0.08% · α +1.66%
$60.57
settled 7w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 9d

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Executive Summary

ACU insider cluster shows moderate net selling of $228K (0.1% of market cap), led by President/COO Olschan with a small open-market sale and Director Davidson with a larger sale. The selling appears routine and non-informative.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$228.0K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • Total cluster value: $228K on $232M market cap (0.1%)
  • President/COO Brian Olschan sold 339 open-market shares for $20K on Aug 12
  • Director Rex Lynn Davidson sold 3,700 shares for $208K on Aug 10
  • Olschan also exercised 40,000 derivative shares at $19.48 and surrendered 12,692 shares at $60.77 for tax withholding (non-cash event worth $771K)
  • Prior 30-day insider activity: 4 sells totaling $540K

Financial Impact

Total open-market selling of $228K is 0.1% of $232M market cap — trivial by the proportionality thresholds

insider selling

Risk Factors

  • Low confidence due to small sample of insider trades
  • Selling could accelerate if insiders begin larger open-market sales

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
Analyst Consensus
67% bullish (6 analysts)

Investment Themes

Industrials & Manufacturing

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-ACU-1787033562921
15 reports for ACU
Performance horizon
80% Hit rate @ T+1 4 of 5 directional calls Went positive at some point 4 of 5 best @ T+5▲ +5.47%Apr 23, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for ACU — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 27, 2026
today
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$64.12awaiting T+1—$66.91 (+4.35%)
Oct 27, 2026
today
Press Release
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$64.12awaiting T+1—$66.91 (+4.35%)
Oct 22, 2026
4d ago
SC 13G/A
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$63.48 $63.58▲ +0.16%▼ −0.55%$66.91 (+5.40%)
Oct 19, 2026
8d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$61.17awaiting T+1—$66.91 (+9.38%)
Sep 18, 2026
5w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$61.34 $61.59▲ +0.41%▼ −1.14%$66.91 (+9.07%)
Aug 19, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$61.94 $60.81▲ +1.84%▲ +2.24%$66.91 (−8.02%)
Aug 15, 2026
10w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 4/10
$61.91 $62.83▲ +1.49%▲ +2.16%$66.91 (+8.08%)
Aug 12, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$60.62 $60.25▼ −0.61%▼ −0.41%$66.91 (+10.38%)
Aug 12, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$60.77 $60.40▼ −0.61%▼ −0.41%$66.91 (+10.10%)
Jul 15, 2026
14w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$47.29 $47.52▲ +0.49%▲ +1.03%$66.91 (+41.49%)
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Report published Aug 18, 2026