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United-Guardian Inc

UG

7.950USD

+0.020+0.25%
Close 09/19, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
36.52MMarket Cap
14.28P/E TTM

United-Guardian Inc

7.950

+0.020+0.25%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
96 / 175
Overall Ranking
295 / 4720
Industry
Pharmaceuticals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 0 analysts
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Current Rating
--
Target Price
--
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
United-Guardian, Inc. is engaged in manufacturing and marketing cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceutical products, medical lubricants and sexual wellness ingredients. Cosmetic ingredients include a line of multifunctional hydrogel formulations designed to offer sensory enhancement, lubrication, texture and moisturization to personal care products. Its cosmetic ingredients include Lubrajel Natural, Lubrajel Marine, Lubrajel Oil Natural and Lubrajel Terra. Medical lubricants include a line of hydrogel formulations designed to offer sensory enhancement and lubrication to medical products. Pharmaceutical products include an FDA approved prescription drug that is used primarily to prevent and to dissolve calcifications in urethral catheters, as well as a chlorine-based topical antimicrobial. Sexual wellness ingredients include a line of hydrogel formulations designed to offer sensory enhancement, lubrication and moisturization to sexual wellness applications.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 12.18M.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 26.52.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 84.79%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 84.79%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 14.28, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 2.69M shares, decreasing 2.32% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by James Simons
Star Investor James Simons holds 187.96K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company's current financial score is 9.37, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 7.84. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.84M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 16.28%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 34.45%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.37
Change
0

Financials

9.33

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.64

Operational Efficiency

10.00

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

9.86

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current valuation score is 5.18, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 2.06. Its current P/E ratio is 14.25, which is 18.12% below the recent high of 16.83 and 0.90% above the recent low of 14.12.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.18
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 96/175
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

There is no earnings forecast score for this company; the Pharmaceuticals industry's average is 7.78.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
0.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data
No Data

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.23, which is lower than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 6.84. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 8.54 and the support level at 7.56, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.23
Change
0.03

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(4)
Neutral(2)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.095
Sell
RSI(14)
43.874
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
20.802
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.286
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
-102.262
Sell
Williams %R
84.615
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
-0.032
Sell
StochRSI(14)
19.316
Sell
Moving Average
Sell(6)
Neutral(0)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
8.000
Sell
MA10
8.141
Sell
MA20
8.239
Sell
MA50
8.312
Sell
MA100
8.255
Sell
MA200
9.039
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 5.00, which is lower than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 6.26. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 58.59%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.35%. The largest institutional shareholder is James Simons, holding a total of 187.96K shares, representing 4.09% of shares outstanding, with 1.16% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Globus (Kenneth H)
1.32M
--
Parker (Betsee)
310.59K
-7.87%
Gabelli Funds, LLC
195.50K
-0.51%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Star Investors
188.96K
-0.63%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
150.40K
+9.49%
Monongahela Capital Management
93.63K
-1.83%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
76.88K
+2.51%
Teton Advisors, Inc.
54.16K
--
Parthenon LLC
51.91K
--
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
32.85K
+5.07%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.25, which is lower than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 4.07. The company's beta value is 0.97. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.25
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.96
VaR
+4.16%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+50.29%
240-Day Volatility
+57.04%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+11.97%
120 days
+11.97%
5 years
+27.81%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-10.96%
120 days
-10.96%
5 years
-14.53%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.03
120 days
-0.52
5 years
+0.05
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+50.29%
3 years
+58.10%
5 years
+77.44%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.98
3 years
-0.24
5 years
-0.11
Skewness
240 days
-0.30
3 years
+1.01
5 years
+0.77
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+57.04%
5 years
+56.01%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+5.33%
5 years
+6.71%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-71.28%
240 days
-71.28%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+39.95%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+33.12%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.16%
120 days
+0.18%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-51.47%
60 days
-33.54%
120 days
-25.28%

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