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 $33.3M against $9.7M — 3.4× the size. Tantech Holdings Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 13.1×. 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 13.11 22.55
P/S n/m 2.90 1.13
P/B n/m 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 (0.26) 2.05 1.26
Earnings yield (15.24%) 7.63% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 10.48% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 19.09% 46.90% 46.28%
Operating margin 0.00% 20.82% 0.79%
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% 0.00%

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%) —
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 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 2.41 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 1.12% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.65 0.49

Size

Metric TANH UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 9.68m 33.31m 625.04m

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