profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
United-Guardian
$8.85+31.89% today
+39.4% in 1 year
1-year low $5.621-year high $8.85
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.31 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What United-Guardian sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $12.7 million in 2022 to $10.5 million in 2025, with $2.11 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
United-Guardian handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$3M
Free cash flow 2025$2M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$3M
United-Guardian vs. similar companies
United-Guardian grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| United-Guardian | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.3× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 38.9× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.5× · Cheap | ||
 Colgate-Palmolive | 36.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads United-Guardian's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.46 | |
| 52.8% | 49.7% | 53.0% | 48.8% | |
| 31.8% | 26.3% | 29.9% | 21.3% | |
| 20.2% | 23.7% | 26.7% | 20.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Cash | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 34.4% | 19.9% | 24.2% | 15.8% | |
| 27.7% | 22.7% | 27.4% | 18.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Dividends paid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 19.3×
- –
- –
- 2.8×
- 3.9×
- 21.3×
- 16.8×
- 4.7%
- 5.2%
- 7.3%
Profitability
- 48.8%
- 21.3%
- 20.0%
- 22.3%
- 15.2%
- 28.8%
- 19.1%
- 15.6%
- 19.0%
- 4.4%
Growth
- −6.0%
- −6.3%
- −37.1%
- −5.1%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- -0.5×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- 7.31
- 7.31
- 0.78
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 23%of 670
Top 16%of 674
Bottom 48%of 624
Bottom 5%of 673
Bottom 49%of 668
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | 0.18 | – | – |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 0.14 | – | – |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.06 | – | – |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 0.14 | – | – |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.12 | – | – |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 0.11 | – | – |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 0.19 | – | – |
| Aug 9, 2024 | 0.21 | – | – |
7.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$73a year at today's yield, before tax
−5.1%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.00 in 2015 → $0.60 in 2025
How safe it looks
131.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 145.0%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
69Pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
67Pass
Peter Lynch
37No pass
Joel Greenblatt
42No pass
Charlie Munger
82Pass
Terry Smith
72Pass
Questions about United-Guardian
Is United-Guardian a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the United-Guardian AI analysis
What does United-Guardian do?
United-Guardian, Inc. manufactures and markets cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceuticals, medical lubricants, and proprietary specialty industrial products in the United States and internationally. It is in Household & Personal Products.
Does United-Guardian pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.3% a year, about 131% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $2.77 million in dividends.
Is United-Guardian stock halal?
Yes. United-Guardian passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has United-Guardian stock done over the past year?
Up 39.4% over the past twelve months, to $8.85. It traded between $5.62 and $8.85, close to its high.
Who are United-Guardian's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with United-Guardian's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.