Compare Stocks: ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACU Acme United	$68.11 +1.9%	$62.73	$35.50 ▼ $69.83	$259.50M	0.4	24,522 shs	37,906 shs
ALC Alcon	$71.17 +1.9%	$67.67	$61.83 ▼ $87.64	$34.54B	0.88	1.65 million shs	1.26 million shs
NEPH Nephros	$3.27 +3.2%	$3.93	$2.66 ▼ $6.42	$34.46M	1.64	56,109 shs	72,436 shs
RVP Retractable Technologies	$0.58 -0.7%	$0.67	$0.58 ▼ $0.92	$17.45M	1.2	53,950 shs	17,483 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACU Acme United	+1.88%	+6.14%	+6.89%	+19.79%	+77.42%
ALC Alcon	+2.10%	+0.75%	+8.90%	+3.27%	-3.25%
NEPH Nephros	+3.15%	-7.10%	-15.94%	-3.54%	-40.00%
RVP Retractable Technologies	-0.69%	-0.69%	-16.93%	-12.30%	-35.57%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACU Acme United	$68.11 +1.9%	$62.73	$35.50 ▼ $69.83	$259.50M	0.4	24,522 shs	37,906 shs
ALC Alcon	$71.17 +1.9%	$67.67	$61.83 ▼ $87.64	$34.54B	0.88	1.65 million shs	1.26 million shs
NEPH Nephros	$3.27 +3.2%	$3.93	$2.66 ▼ $6.42	$34.46M	1.64	56,109 shs	72,436 shs
RVP Retractable Technologies	$0.58 -0.7%	$0.67	$0.58 ▼ $0.92	$17.45M	1.2	53,950 shs	17,483 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACU Acme United	+1.88%	+6.14%	+6.89%	+19.79%	+77.42%
ALC Alcon	+2.10%	+0.75%	+8.90%	+3.27%	-3.25%
NEPH Nephros	+3.15%	-7.10%	-15.94%	-3.54%	-40.00%
RVP Retractable Technologies	-0.69%	-0.69%	-16.93%	-12.30%	-35.57%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACU Acme United	3.00	Buy	$70.00	2.77% Upside
ALC Alcon	2.63	Moderate Buy	$82.89	16.47% Upside
NEPH Nephros	2.25	Hold	$4.00	22.32% Upside
RVP Retractable Technologies	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/28/2026	ACU Acme United	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Hold	$58.00 ➝ $70.00
10/27/2026	ALC Alcon	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$88.00 ➝ $84.00
10/21/2026	ALC Alcon	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$98.00
10/12/2026	ALC Alcon	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$82.00 ➝ $74.00
10/7/2026	ALC Alcon	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold
10/6/2026	ALC Alcon	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$70.00
9/22/2026	ALC Alcon	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$95.00 ➝ $85.00
9/15/2026	ALC Alcon	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$98.00
8/31/2026	ALC Alcon	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
8/18/2026	NEPH Nephros	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Speculative Buy
8/17/2026	ALC Alcon	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy

(Data available from 10/30/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACU Acme United	$211.60M	1.23	$6.80 per share	10.02	$27.31 per share	2.49
ALC Alcon	$10.40B	3.38	$5.59 per share	12.74	$44.55 per share	1.60
NEPH Nephros	$18.79M	1.89	$0.13 per share	25.27	$0.96 per share	3.41
RVP Retractable Technologies	$33.90M	0.51	$0.01 per share	48.25	$3.31 per share	0.17

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACU Acme United	$17.79M	$2.38	13.93	N/A	N/A	10.25%	9.70%	6.10%	N/A
ALC Alcon	$980M	$1.31	21.42	18.16	2.10	5.92%	7.29%	5.09%	11/10/2026 (Estimated)
NEPH Nephros	$1.19M	$0.16	20.44	10.55	N/A	8.38%	10.60%	8.05%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
RVP Retractable Technologies	-$7.01M	-$0.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	-41.11%	-17.15%	-9.33%	N/A

Latest ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/10/2026	Q3 2026	ALC Alcon	$0.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.68 billion	N/A
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	NEPH Nephros	$0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.49 million	N/A
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	ALC Alcon	$0.77	$0.84	+$0.07	N/A	$2.72 billion	$2.82 billion
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	NEPH Nephros	$0.0033	$0.06	+$0.0567	$0.11	$4.99 million	$6.02 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACU Acme United	$0.64	0.94%	+5.25%	26.89%	20 Years
ALC Alcon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4 Years
NEPH Nephros	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RVP Retractable Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/18/2026	ACU Acme United	quarterly	$0.16	1.01%	10/2/2026	10/2/2026	10/22/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACU Acme United	0.30	4.41	1.91
ALC Alcon	0.19	2.09	1.30
NEPH Nephros	N/A	4.07	2.71
RVP Retractable Technologies	0.01	8.57	5.92

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACU Acme United	62.10%
ALC Alcon	53.86%
NEPH Nephros	41.10%
RVP Retractable Technologies	7.58%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACU Acme United	29.50%
ALC Alcon	1.52%
NEPH Nephros	8.30%
RVP Retractable Technologies	59.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACU Acme United	649	3.81 million	2.50 million	Not Optionable
ALC Alcon	25,942	494.62 million	487.10 million	Optionable
NEPH Nephros	36	10.87 million	9.97 million	Not Optionable
RVP Retractable Technologies	201	29.94 million	13.47 million	Optionable

ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) Trading at $0.58

October 22, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Retractable Technologies Announces Dividend for Series II and III Preferred Stockholders

October 2, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Declares Dividends to Series II and III Class B Preferred Stock Shareholders

September 30, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Supports Senator Blackburn’s ONSHORE Manufacturing Act

September 3, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Supports Senator Blackburn's ONSHORE Manufacturing Act

September 3, 2026 | businesswire.com

RVP Stock Gains Post Q2 Earnings Despite Fall in Sales & Unit Volumes

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Results for the Periods Ended June 30, 2026

August 14, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Declares Dividends to Series II and III Class B Preferred Stock Shareholders

June 30, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Stock Slips Post Q1 Earnings, Sales Decline Y/Y

May 21, 2026 | zacks.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Results for the Period Ended March 31, 2026

May 15, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Technologies Shareholders Reelect Class 2 Directors

May 13, 2026 | tipranks.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Announces Workforce Reduction

April 9, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Technologies Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | AMEX:RVP | Benzinga

April 9, 2026 | benzinga.com

RVP Stock Plunges Post Q4 Earnings Despite Revenue Growth

April 1, 2026 | zacks.com

Retractable Technologies Declares Preferred Dividend Amid Tariff Pressures

March 27, 2026 | tipranks.com

Retractable Technologies: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

March 27, 2026 | houstonchronicle.comH

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Reports Results for 2025

March 27, 2026 | businesswire.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Declares Dividends to Series II and III Class B Preferred Stock Shareholders

March 27, 2026 | businesswire.com

RVP Stock Rises Post Q3 Earnings Despite Tariff and Cost Pressures

November 20, 2025 | zacks.com

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Results for the Periods Ended September 30, 2025

November 14, 2025 | businesswire.com

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ACU, NEPH, RVP, and ALC Company Descriptions

Acme United NYSE:ACU

$68.11 +1.26 (+1.88%)

Closing price 10/29/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$68.11 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:11 AM Eastern

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 edge under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kit 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, castile soaps, and lens cleaning 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 super stores, 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.

Alcon NYSE:ALC

$71.17 +1.34 (+1.92%)

Closing price 10/29/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$71.97 +0.80 (+1.12%)

As of 04:34 AM Eastern

Alcon Inc. researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products for eye care professionals and their patients worldwide. The company's Surgical segment offers equipment, instrumentation and diagnostics, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and other implantables; and consumables, including viscoelastics, surgical solutions, incisional instruments, surgical custom packs, and other products for surgical procedures. Its cataract products include Centurion vision system, LenSx laser system, ARGOS biometer, LuxOR surgical ophthalmic microscope, SMARTCATARACT health platform, NGENUITY 3D visualization system, Verion reference unit and Verion digital marker, and ORA system for intra-operative measurements; custom pak surgical procedure packs; vitreoretinal products comprising constellation vision systems, procedure packs, lasers and hand-held microsurgical instruments, and grieshaber and MIVS instruments, as well as scissors, forceps and micro-instruments, medical grade vitreous tamponades, and Hypervit vitrectomy probes; refractive surgery products, including WaveLight lasers and Contoura Vision used for LASIK treatment; EX-PRESS glaucoma filtration device; and implantable products, including AcrySof IQ products, such as monofocal IOLs and advanced technology IOLs for the correction of presbyopia and astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery. Its Vision Care segment provides daily disposable, reusable, and color-enhancing contact lenses; ocular health products, such as dry eye, glaucoma, contact lens care, and ocular allergies; and ocular vitamins and redness relievers. The company was formerly known as Alcon Universal S.A. and changed its name to Alcon Inc. in December 2001. Alcon Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Nephros NASDAQ:NEPH

$3.27 +0.10 (+3.15%)

Closing price 10/29/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$3.33 +0.06 (+1.83%)

As of 10/29/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Nephros, Inc., a commercial-stage company, develops and sells water solutions to the medical and commercial markets in the United States. It offers ultrafiltration products that are used in dialysis centers for the removal of biological contaminants from water and bicarbonate concentrate; and in hospitals for the prevention of infection from waterborne pathogens, such as legionella and pseudomonas, as well as in military and outdoor recreation, commercial, and other healthcare facilities. The company also manufactures and sells water filters that enhance the taste and odor of water, as well as reduce biofilm, cysts, particulates, and scale build-up in downstream equipment. It markets its products to food service, hospitality, convenience store, and health care markets, as well as medical institutions. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in South Orange, New Jersey.

Retractable Technologies NYSE:RVP

$0.58 0.00 (-0.69%)

Closing price 10/29/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$0.58 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 10/29/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Retractable Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets safety syringes and other safety medical products for the healthcare profession in the United States, rest of North and South America, and internationally. The company offers VanishPoint insulin syringes; tuberculin, insulin, and allergy antigen syringes; small diameter tube adapters; blood collection tube holders; allergy trays; IV safety catheters; Patient Safe syringes and Luer Caps; VanishPoint blood collection sets; EasyPoint needles; and VanishPoint autodisable syringes. It distributes its products through general line and specialty distributor; international distributors; and a direct marketing network. Retractable Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Little Elm, Texas.

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