United-Guardian (NASDAQ:UG) Shares Pass Below Fifty Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG) passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $6.64 and traded as low as $6.18. United-Guardian shares last traded at $6.2330, with a volume of 3,697 shares traded.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of United-Guardian in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

United-Guardian Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of $30.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.34 and a beta of 1.01. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $6.73.

United-Guardian (NASDAQ:UG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 27th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $2.96 million for the quarter. United-Guardian had a net margin of 19.48% and a return on equity of 17.51%.

United-Guardian Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 9th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 713.0%. United-Guardian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 116.28%.

Institutional Trading of United-Guardian

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hikari Tsushin Inc. bought a new position in United-Guardian during the 3rd quarter worth $75,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in United-Guardian by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 35,560 shares of the company’s stock worth $219,000 after acquiring an additional 2,691 shares during the period. Teton Advisors LLC acquired a new position in United-Guardian in the 3rd quarter valued at $424,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL raised its stake in United-Guardian by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 162,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of United-Guardian by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 186,645 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,150,000 after acquiring an additional 1,882 shares in the last quarter. 23.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About United-Guardian

United-Guardian, Inc, headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, develops and supplies specialty ingredients and finished products for the personal care, cosmetic and esthetic markets. Its Specialty Ingredients segment offers antimicrobial preservatives, conditioning polymers, emulsifiers, UV filters and other functional actives that are incorporated into lotions, creams, shampoos and professional esthetic formulations.

The company’s Finished Products segment markets a range of skin and hair care items under the Guardian brand, providing private-label and contract manufacturing services to spas, salons and dermatology clinics.