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UG vs. GPRO, BRLT, VIOT, PRPL, CPSH, NTZ, SHOT, RAY, NVFY, and ATER

Should you be buying United-Guardian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United-Guardian include GoPro (GPRO), Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT), Viomi Technology (VIOT), PURPLE INNOVATION (PRPL), CPS Technologies (CPSH), Natuzzi (NTZ), Safety Shot (SHOT), Raytech (RAY), Nova Lifestyle (NVFY), and Aterian (ATER). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

United-Guardian vs. Its Competitors

United-Guardian (NASDAQ:UG) and GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

23.2% of United-Guardian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of GoPro shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of United-Guardian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of GoPro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

United-Guardian has a net margin of 25.31% compared to GoPro's net margin of -17.93%. United-Guardian's return on equity of 24.98% beat GoPro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United-Guardian25.31% 24.98% 21.52%
GoPro -17.93%-60.09%-17.03%

United-Guardian has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoPro has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GoPro has a consensus target price of $0.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.76%. Given GoPro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GoPro is more favorable than United-Guardian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United-Guardian
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
GoPro
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, GoPro had 2 more articles in the media than United-Guardian. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GoPro and 1 mentions for United-Guardian. GoPro's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat United-Guardian's score of 0.00 indicating that GoPro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United-Guardian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GoPro
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

United-Guardian has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GoPro. GoPro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United-Guardian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United-Guardian$12.18M3.06$3.25M$0.6312.88
GoPro$801.47M0.14-$432.31M-$0.90-0.82

Summary

United-Guardian beats GoPro on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UG vs. The Competition

MetricUnited-GuardianMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$37.25M$10.34B$5.50B$9.01B
Dividend Yield8.72%2.09%5.39%4.11%
P/E Ratio12.8816.7627.4220.07
Price / Sales3.0629.50398.50109.13
Price / Cash11.0222.7836.1356.90
Price / Book3.133.678.015.70
Net Income$3.25M$235.40M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance-1.40%2.09%2.08%2.92%
1 Month Performance-1.77%4.05%4.38%5.77%
1 Year Performance-15.32%-9.87%35.81%21.39%

United-Guardian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UG
United-Guardian
2.2777 of 5 stars
$8.12
+0.6%
N/A-13.3%$37.25M$12.18M12.8820
GPRO
GoPro
2.2836 of 5 stars
$0.86
-5.3%
$0.75
-12.7%
-45.2%$143.02M$801.47M-0.95880
BRLT
Brilliant Earth Group
3.1922 of 5 stars
$1.33
-1.5%
$1.80
+35.3%
-36.7%$134.07M$422.16M-133.00420
VIOT
Viomi Technology
2.4144 of 5 stars
$1.35
flat
N/A+58.5%$92.10M$290.30M22.501,470Gap Up
PRPL
PURPLE INNOVATION
2.6525 of 5 stars
$0.76
+7.4%
$1.25
+64.5%
-23.6%$76.23M$487.88M-1.231,200Positive News
CPSH
CPS Technologies
1.1673 of 5 stars
$3.04
+1.7%
N/A+72.2%$43.43M$21.12M-15.20100High Trading Volume
NTZ
Natuzzi
0.4338 of 5 stars
$3.53
+0.6%
N/A-25.1%$38.66M$345.01M0.003,205News Coverage
Gap Down
SHOT
Safety Shot
N/A$0.33
+6.4%
N/A-64.8%$23.12M$700K0.0010High Trading Volume
RAY
Raytech
N/A$1.18
-4.1%
N/A-68.0%$21.66M$8.56M0.00N/ANews Coverage
NVFY
Nova Lifestyle
0.7482 of 5 stars
$1.37
-9.9%
N/A-10.0%$20.84M$9.69M-0.3030
ATER
Aterian
2.5147 of 5 stars
$1.40
+1.4%
$4.00
+185.7%
-42.4%$12.08M$99.04M-0.95160

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This page (NASDAQ:UG) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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