Solesence, Inc. (SLSN) vs United-Guardian, Inc. (UG)

Solesence, Inc. and United-Guardian, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Solesence, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $57.2M against $33.3M — 1.7× the size. Solesence, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 13.1×. United-Guardian, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.23% against −14.1%. United-Guardian, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.0% vs −4.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (71.6% vs −3.65%). Across the 19 metrics below, United-Guardian, Inc. leads on 15 and Solesence, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 13.11 22.55
P/S 1.06 2.90 1.13
P/B 4.46 2.80 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.55 17.73
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.36 12.27
EV/Sales 1.49 2.05 1.26
Earnings yield (4.10%) 7.63% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield (1.45%) 10.48% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 25.87% 46.90% 46.28%
Operating margin (2.79%) 20.82% 0.79%
Net margin (4.42%) 22.00% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin (1.53%) 30.41% 2.89%
Return on equity (15.61%) 21.35% 2.12%
Return on assets (4.60%) 18.27% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (3.65%) 71.59% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (14.05%) 3.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.43%) (35.21%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 29.38% (0.82%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.60% (8.62%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 1.09 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 0.97 7.32 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 5.66 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 1.12% 1.96%
Payout ratio — 0.65 0.49

Size

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 57.22m 33.31m 625.04m

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