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UNITED GUARDIAN INC

Next earnings Aug 6, 2026

Last earnings -1.9% on 2026-05-08

Hold
$7.16
▲ +0.42%
$7.16▼ -7.16%
over 1Y
L $5.42EODHDH $9.00
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+0.4%
1W+2.3%
1M+2.0%
3M+9.1%
YTD+21.0%
1Y-7.2%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Hold
Quality
B-
Valuation
Undervalued
Filings
Clean
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Healthy net margin (20.0%); but revenue fell -13.4% YoY.

Revenue (FY2025) $10.5M · FY2025

The read

Middling fundamentals offset by an attractive price (~38% below fair value) — worth a look on the value angle.

UNITED GUARDIAN INC shows $10.5M in FY2025 revenue (-13.4% YoY), a 20.0% net margin, and 18.7% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$13.9M$12.7M$10.9M$12.2M$10.5M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$5.67M$4.04M$2.86M$3.65M$2.24M
Net income$4.66M$2.57M$2.58M$3.25M$2.11M
Diluted EPS$1.01————
Net margin33.4%20.2%23.7%26.7%20.0%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$31.6M
EV / EBITDA13.5
EV / Sales3.0
EV / FCF16.6
P / FCF17.2
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield6.4%
FCF yield5.8%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)15.8%
Free cash flow$1.91M
Total debt—
Net cash$1.25M
Altman Z-Score14.00 safe
Piotroski F-Score4/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield11.4%
Dividend yield (est.)8.4%
Shareholder yield19.8%
Shares Δ YoY+0.0%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-05-15
  2. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-12
  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-08
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-06
  5. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-27
  6. 10-K Annual report2026-03-27
  7. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-01-29
  8. 8-K Earnings results2025-11-06
  9. 10-Q Quarterly report2025-11-06

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-132026-05-15open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-12open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-082026-05-08open ↗ARSPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-04-22open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-05-132026-04-06open ↗10-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-03-27open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-03-272026-03-27open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-01-292026-01-29open ↗4Period ending 2026-01-212026-01-23open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2025-09-302025-11-06open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2025-11-062025-11-06open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2025-06-302025-08-08open ↗

Quality score

B-
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthF
ProfitabilityA
Financial healthA
Momentum—
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✓Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
  • ✓P/E below 25

Fair value est.

$9.92

Undervalued +38% vs price

cheapfair valueexpensive

Modified Graham: EPS $1.01 × (8.5 + 1.5 × 0.0% growth) × 1.16 quality = 9.8× multiple. An estimate, not a price target.

Revenue
$10.5M
-13.4% YoY
Net margin
20.0%
ROE
18.7%
P/E
7.1

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$10.5M-13.4%
Net income$2.11M-35.2%
Operating income$2.24M-38.5%
Diluted EPS$1.01+40.3%
Cash & equivalents$1.25M-33.3%
Total assets$13.1M-5.0%
Total liabilities$1.88M-2.0%
Stockholders' equity$11.2M-5.5%
Op.: 21.3%L/E: 0.17x

Frequently asked

Is UNITED GUARDIAN INC (UG) a buy?
UG currently carries a Hold rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Healthy net margin (20.0%); but revenue fell -13.4% YoY.
What is UG's fair value?
A Modified-Graham model based on UG's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $9.92. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
Is UG overvalued or undervalued?
Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, UG currently appears undervalued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
What is UNITED GUARDIAN INC's quality score?
UG scores 69.23529411764706/100 (grade B-) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000101295, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-12) · EODHD · as of 6/28/2026, 11:23:12 AM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-01-21
GLOBUS KENNETH H
Director
Gift7.48K
2021-02-19
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift8.40K
2020-03-05
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift8.00K
2019-05-20
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift5.60K
2018-09-24
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift5.62K
2017-08-01
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift2.00K
2017-07-05
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift6.70K
2016-12-09
GLOBUS KENNETH H
President
Gift5.30K

Dividends

Semi-annual
Yield (TTM)
7.0%
Annual / share
$0.50
Last ex-date
2026-02-09
Last amount
$0.25
ex 2026-02-09paid 2026-02-17$0.25
ex 2025-07-25paid 2025-08-01$0.25
ex 2025-02-10paid 2025-02-18$0.35
ex 2024-07-23paid 2024-07-31$0.35
ex 2024-02-09paid 2024-02-20$0.25
ex 2023-07-25paid 2023-08-02$0.10

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-08—▼ -1.86%8-K ↗
2026-03-27—▲ +4.96%8-K ↗
2025-11-06—▼ -6.29%8-K ↗
2025-08-08—▼ -0.50%8-K ↗
2025-05-08—▲ +0.61%8-K ↗
2025-03-21—▼ -3.03%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

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Vs tracked universe

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1043 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score69 vs 67
Revenue growth-13.4% vs 7.1%
Net margin20.0% vs 10.5%
Return on equity18.7% vs 12.3%
P/E7.1 vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 2d
Bullish
+0.18
vs typical · 2 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.