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 $62.8M against $31.5M — 2.0× the size. Solesence, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 12.7×. 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 12.67 23.53
P/S 1.15 2.80 1.58
P/B 4.83 2.70 3.36
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.22 19.95
EV/EBITDA n/m 8.91 13.02
EV/Sales 1.58 1.95 1.42
Earnings yield (3.78%) 7.89% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield (1.34%) 10.84% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 25.87% 46.90% 47.14%
Operating margin (2.79%) 20.82% 1.31%
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% 0.24%

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%) (12.73%)
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 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 5.66 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 8.04% 2.79%
Payout ratio — 1.02 0.87

Size

Metric SLSN UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 62.76m 31.47m 620.01m

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