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United-Guardian (UG) Competitors

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$7.51 +0.06 (+0.81%)
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$7.53 +0.02 (+0.27%)
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UG vs. NVFY, PRPL, CPSH, SHOT, NTZ, RAY, ATER, LOBO, FEBO, and CTHR

Should you be buying United-Guardian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United-Guardian include Nova Lifestyle (NVFY), Purple Innovation (PRPL), CPS Technologies (CPSH), Safety Shot (SHOT), Natuzzi (NTZ), Raytech (RAY), Aterian (ATER), Lobo EV Technologies (LOBO), Fenbo (FEBO), and Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (CTHR). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

United-Guardian vs. Its Competitors

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nova Lifestyle
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
United-Guardian
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

27.2% of Nova Lifestyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of United-Guardian shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Nova Lifestyle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of United-Guardian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Nova Lifestyle has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United-Guardian has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

United-Guardian has a net margin of 23.56% compared to Nova Lifestyle's net margin of -42.53%. United-Guardian's return on equity of 22.45% beat Nova Lifestyle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nova Lifestyle-42.53% -107.37% -43.32%
United-Guardian 23.56%22.45%19.22%

In the previous week, Nova Lifestyle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled United-Guardian'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nova Lifestyle Neutral
United-Guardian Neutral

United-Guardian has higher revenue and earnings than Nova Lifestyle. Nova Lifestyle 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
Nova Lifestyle$9.69M14.03-$5.56M-$4.50-1.28
United-Guardian$12.18M2.83$3.25M$0.5613.41

Summary

United-Guardian beats Nova Lifestyle on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UG vs. The Competition

MetricUnited-GuardianMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.47M$10.91B$6.17B$10.66B
Dividend Yield6.57%1.87%5.72%4.86%
P/E Ratio13.4120.9729.6328.51
Price / Sales2.8326.52578.55129.15
Price / Cash10.4524.7137.1261.42
Price / Book2.903.4812.046.52
Net Income$3.25M$210.63M$3.32B$276.75M
7 Day Performance-2.09%-0.92%-0.16%0.20%
1 Month Performance-5.12%0.03%5.76%1.67%
1 Year Performance-41.69%-8.18%65.69%32.72%

United-Guardian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UG
United-Guardian
1.2211 of 5 stars
$7.51
+0.8%
N/A-41.6%$34.47M$12.18M13.4120
NVFY
Nova Lifestyle
0.132 of 5 stars
$5.42
-1.0%
N/A+325.0%$127.90M$9.69M-1.2030
PRPL
Purple Innovation
1.7819 of 5 stars
$0.86
+0.2%
$1.00
+15.9%
-7.2%$92.80M$487.88M-1.101,200
CPSH
CPS Technologies
1.0054 of 5 stars
$4.05
+0.7%
N/A+168.3%$72.80M$21.12M-33.74100Upcoming Earnings
SHOT
Safety Shot
N/A$0.41
-3.9%
N/A-63.7%$69.78M$700K0.0010Negative News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
NTZ
Natuzzi
N/A$3.08
-4.8%
N/A-18.9%$33.89M$345.01M0.003,205
RAY
Raytech
N/A$0.41
-4.0%
N/A-79.8%$19.66M$10.12M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
ATER
Aterian
1.9 of 5 stars
$1.02
+0.9%
$4.00
+290.6%
-66.8%$10.23M$99.04M-0.65160News Coverage
LOBO
Lobo EV Technologies
N/A$1.10
+2.3%
N/A-63.6%$9.45M$21.19M0.0085News Coverage
FEBO
Fenbo
0.4759 of 5 stars
$0.75
+4.5%
N/A-79.1%$8.30M$132.91M0.00284Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CTHR
Charles & Colvard, Ltd.
0.4102 of 5 stars
$0.50
flat
N/A-63.8%$1.56M$21.96M-0.0860

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This page (NASDAQ:UG) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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