The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 9%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%.
United-Guardian Inc UG
Outside both standardsAn entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.
In plain words · United-Guardian, Inc.
read at $7.55
United-Guardian Inc holds its Markup at $7.55.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markup label
- INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
- SCScreen · does not pass the values gate
- edge confirmed
- edge broken
- edge forming
Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.
The investor read · the season, not the day
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 74 days |
| Price | $7.55 |
| Valuation | 14.52 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.96 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Trailing P/E | 14.5x reasonably valued |
| Revenue growth | 15.8% steady growth |
| Profit margin | 21.6% healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 21.7% an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Current ratio | 8.05 comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.96 steadier than the market |
| Market cap | $35M |
| Employees | 23 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
The political ledger · congressional disclosures
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar2026 | Alan Armstrong | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 30 Mar2026 | Alan Armstrong | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2025-04-24 | John Fetterman | Democrat | Purchase | 1K–15K |
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $7.00 | -1.0% | · | $990 | -1.0% |
| 2 months | $6.55 | +5.8% | · | $1,058 | +5.8% |
| 3 months | $6.55 | +5.8% | · | $1,058 | +5.8% |
| 6 months | $5.79 | +19.7% | $0.25 | $1,240 | +24.0% |
| 1 year | $7.66 | -9.5% | $0.50 | $971 | -2.9% |
| 2 years | $7.92 | -12.5% | $1.20 | $1,027 | +2.7% |
| 3 years | $7.67 | -9.7% | $1.55 | $1,105 | +10.5% |
| 5 years | $12.23 | -43.4% | $2.88 | $802 | -19.8% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.