United Guardian Inc

Consumer Discretionary
Package Goods/Cosmetics
www.u-g.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score

Market Cap $50.08M
PE 14
Debt -
Cash $2.44M
EV -
FCF $4.11M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$3.48M
EBIT	$4.40M
ROE	31%
ROA	33%
FCF	$4.11M
Equity	$11.38M
Growth Stability	61%
PE	14.37
PEG	-1.31
PB	4.4
P/FCF	12.17
P/S	4.07
Price/Cash	0.05
Net Margins	28%
Gross Margins	53%
Op. Margins	36%
Earnings CAGR	-2%
Sales Growth YoY	0%
Sales Growth QoQ	-10%
Sales CAGR	0%
FCF CAGR	-1%
Equity CAGR	-4%
Earnings Stability	0.03
Earnings Growth YoY	38%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-9%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	-11%
Sales CAGR 5Y	-3%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-7%
Equity CAGR 5Y	0%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-8%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-8%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-7%
Equity CAGR 3Y	7%
Market Cap	$50.08M
Revenue	$12.31M
Dividend Yield	6%
Payout Ratio	79%
Assets	$13.25M
Cash	$2.44M
Shares Outstanding	4.59M
Earnings Score	6%
Moat Score	97%
Working Capital	10.61M
Current Ratio	6.66
Gross Profit	$6.58M
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	-6%
Equity Growth YoY	7%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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United-Guardian Inc manufactures and markets cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceuticals, medical lubricants, and specialty industrial products. Its product portfolio includes Klensoft, Deselex, Renacidin, Lubrajel Fluid and others. The company's pharmaceutical products are sold to and distributed by, full-line drug wholesalers throughout the United States. Its medical and specialty industrial products are sold directly by the company to the end-users of those products or, in some cases, to contract manufacturers used by some of those end users.

SEC Filings

Direct access to United Guardian Inc (UG) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of United Guardian Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR -2%

Stability 3%

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United Guardian Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $39M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$4.1M	$4.1M	$4.1M	$4M	$4M	$4M	$3.9M	$3.9M	$3.9M	$3.9M	$3.8M	$38M
DCF		$3.7M	$3.4M	$3M	$2.7M	$2.5M	$2.2M	$2M	$1.8M	$1.6M	$1.5M	$15M
Value	$39M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Net Margins	33%	24%	30%	32%	35%	30%	33%	20%	24%	28%
ROA	-	22%	41%	44%	44%	35%	48%	38%	25%	33%
ROE	-	19%	34%	40%	45%	32%	47%	28%	23%	31%

Good Net Margins (28.31%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debt over Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	77%	100%	61%	74%	61%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (-)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (-)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (61%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-23%	20%	6%	-1%	-19%	27%	-9%	-14%	-3%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-44%	49%	13%	9%	-31%	41%	-45%	0%	-11%
Equity YoY growth	-	-5%	-18%	-4%	-3%	-3%	-5%	-6%	23%	0%
FCF YoY growth	-	-59%	86%	23%	-11%	-19%	46%	-53%	22%	-7%