Tantech Holdings Ltd. (TANH) vs United-Guardian, Inc. (UG)

Tantech Holdings Ltd. and United-Guardian, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. United-Guardian, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $31.5M against $8.6M — 3.7× the size. Tantech Holdings Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 12.7×. Tantech Holdings Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.3% against 3.23%. United-Guardian, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.0% vs 3.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (71.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, United-Guardian, Inc. leads on 14 and Tantech Holdings Ltd. on 3.

Valuation

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 12.67 23.53
P/S n/m 2.80 1.58
P/B n/m 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 (0.24) 1.95 1.42
Earnings yield (17.02%) 7.89% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 10.84% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 19.09% 46.90% 47.14%
Operating margin 0.00% 20.82% 1.31%
Net margin 3.01% 22.00% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 30.41% 2.89%
Return on equity 0.00% 21.35% 2.12%
Return on assets 0.00% 18.27% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 71.59% 0.24%

Growth

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.27% 3.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (78.07%) (35.21%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.93%) (0.82%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (8.62%) 0.00%

Health

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 6.59 7.32 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 2.41 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

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

Size

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 8.57m 31.47m 620.01m

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