Why is United-Guardian, Inc. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 29.76%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Flat results in Mar 26
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 2.24 MM
- NET PROFIT(9M) At USD 1.51 MM has Grown at -21.69%
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 9.58% (YoY)
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With ROE of 18.49%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 2.68 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -11.45%, its profits have fallen by -35.6%
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High Institutional Holdings at 25.89%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
- Their stake has increased by 2.65% over the previous quarter.
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -11.45% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to United-Guardian, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is United-Guardian, Inc. for you?
High Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
United-Guardian, Inc.
-11.45%
-0.56
35.15%
S&P 500
20.78%
1.56
13.28%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-0.81%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-9.25%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.83
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.75
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.00
Tax Ratio
20.93%
Dividend Payout Ratio
130.92%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
25.89%
ROCE (avg)
139.51%
ROE (avg)
29.76%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
15
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.68
EV to EBIT
9.61
EV to EBITDA
9.17
EV to Capital Employed
8.11
EV to Sales
2.04
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
7.62%
ROCE (Latest)
84.39%
ROE (Latest)
18.49%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Technical Movement
1What is working for the Company
EPS(Q)
Highest at USD 0.18
-8What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Lowest at USD 2.24 MM
NET PROFIT(9M)
At USD 1.51 MM has Grown at -21.69%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Grown by 9.58% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Highest at -73.71 %
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 6.14 times
Here's what is working for United-Guardian, Inc.
EPS
Highest at USD 0.18
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders
EPS (USD)
Here's what is not working for United-Guardian, Inc.
Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 2.24 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Net Profit
At USD 1.51 MM has Grown at -21.69%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at -73.71 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed
Debt-Equity Ratio
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.14 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Grown by 9.58% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






