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UG Stock — United-Guardian Inc
United-Guardian Inc (UG)
Updated October 16, 2026.
Verdict as of October 16, 2026
UG's distribution is rated elevated risk by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (25/100, high confidence). It pays semi-annual and its distribution rate is 8.77%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.30 with an ex-date of July 28, 2026, was 20.0% higher than the previous $0.25. These payments are unclassified; this does not establish a base-dividend change.
Sources: Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.
UG is a Stock. its distribution rate is 8.77%, its trailing-12-month yield is 8.04%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 25/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is 227.8% over the past 46.6 years.
United-Guardian develops and manufactures specialty cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceutical products, medical lubricants, and sexual wellness ingredients for personal care, medical device, and pharmaceutical applications. The company markets products including its LUBRAJEL hydrogel line for medical and cosmetic uses, prescription pharmaceuticals for urology, and specialty ingredients for cosmetic formulations, with operations in the United States and internationally. Distribution information is not currently available.
UG dividend yield and income
Price as of 2026-10-16.
The distribution rate (8.77%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Trailing-12-month yield (8.04%) is the last year of cash distributions by ex-date divided by the current price. The dividend amount is $0.30. The ex-dividend date is 07/28/2026. The payment date is 08/04/2026.
| Ex-date | As paid | Per current share | Change from previous payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | $0.3 | $0.3 | 20.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2026-02-09 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2025-07-25 | $0.25 | $0.25 | -28.6% Unclassified cash |
| 2025-02-10 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2024-07-23 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 40.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2024-02-09 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 150.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2023-07-25 | $0.1 | $0.1 | -67.7% Unclassified cash |
| 2022-11-25 | $0.31 | $0.31 | -16.2% Unclassified cash |
| 2022-05-20 | $0.37 | $0.37 | -43.1% Unclassified cash |
| 2021-11-26 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 35.4% Unclassified cash |
| 2021-05-27 | $0.48 | $0.48 | 33.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2020-11-30 | $0.36 | $0.36 | -14.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2020-06-02 | $0.42 | $0.42 | -23.6% Unclassified cash |
| 2019-12-02 | $0.55 | $0.55 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2019-05-30 | $0.55 | $0.55 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2018-12-07 | $0.55 | $0.55 | 10.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2018-05-29 | $0.5 | $0.5 | -50.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2017-12-08 | $1 | $1 | 138.1% Unclassified cash |
| 2017-05-25 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 5.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2016-12-08 | $0.4 | $0.4 | 14.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2016-05-27 | $0.35 | $0.35 | -30.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2015-11-27 | $0.5 | $0.5 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2015-05-28 | $0.5 | $0.5 | 56.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2014-12-04 | $0.32 | $0.32 | -33.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2014-05-28 | $0.48 | $0.48 | -4.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2013-12-04 | $0.5 | $0.5 | 6.4% Unclassified cash |
| 2013-05-28 | $0.47 | $0.47 | -50.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2012-12-12 | $0.94 | $0.94 | 123.8% Unclassified cash |
| 2012-05-31 | $0.42 | $0.42 | -4.5% Unclassified cash |
| 2011-12-14 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 22.2% Unclassified cash |
| 2011-05-25 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 9.1% Unclassified cash |
| 2010-12-13 | $0.33 | $0.33 | 10.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2010-05-25 | $0.3 | $0.3 | -6.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2009-12-16 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 14.3% Unclassified cash |
| 2009-05-28 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2008-12-11 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 3.7% Unclassified cash |
| 2008-05-29 | $0.27 | $0.27 | -3.6% Unclassified cash |
| 2007-12-13 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 3.7% Unclassified cash |
| 2007-05-30 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 22.7% Unclassified cash |
| 2006-12-22 | $0.22 | $0.22 | -12.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2006-05-31 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 13.6% Unclassified cash |
| 2005-12-13 | $0.22 | $0.22 | -12.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2005-05-27 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 38.9% Unclassified cash |
| 2004-12-13 | $0.18 | $0.18 | -28.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2004-09-22 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 66.7% Unclassified cash |
| 2003-12-11 | $0.15 | $0.15 | 50.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2002-12-18 | $0.1 | $0.1 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2001-12-21 | $0.1 | $0.1 | 0.0% Unclassified cash |
| 2000-12-14 | $0.1 | $0.1 | 25.0% Unclassified cash |
| 1999-12-13 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 14.3% Unclassified cash |
| 1998-12-08 | $0.07 | $0.07 | 16.7% Unclassified cash |
| 1997-12-10 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 20.0% Unclassified cash |
| 1996-12-06 | $0.05 | $0.05 | 73.2% Unclassified cash |
| 1983-05-03 | $0.04 | $0.0289 | 33.3% Unclassified cash |
| 1982-04-02 | $0.03001 | $0.0217 | — |
| 1982 total | — | $0.0217 | — |
| 1983 total | — | $0.0289 | 33.3% |
| 1996 total | — | $0.05 | 73.2% |
| 1997 total | — | $0.06 | 20.0% |
| 1998 total | — | $0.07 | 16.7% |
| 1999 total | — | $0.08 | 14.3% |
| 2000 total | — | $0.1 | 25.0% |
| 2001 total | — | $0.1 | 0.0% |
| 2002 total | — | $0.1 | 0.0% |
| 2003 total | — | $0.15 | 50.0% |
| 2004 total | — | $0.43 | 186.7% |
| 2005 total | — | $0.47 | 9.3% |
| 2006 total | — | $0.47 | 0.0% |
| 2007 total | — | $0.55 | 17.0% |
| 2008 total | — | $0.55 | 0.0% |
| 2009 total | — | $0.6 | 9.1% |
| 2010 total | — | $0.63 | 5.0% |
| 2011 total | — | $0.8 | 27.0% |
| 2012 total | — | $1.36 | 70.0% |
| 2013 total | — | $0.97 | -28.7% |
| 2014 total | — | $0.8 | -17.5% |
| 2015 total | — | $1 | 25.0% |
| 2016 total | — | $0.75 | -25.0% |
| 2017 total | — | $1.42 | 89.3% |
| 2018 total | — | $1.05 | -26.1% |
| 2019 total | — | $1.1 | 4.8% |
| 2020 total | — | $0.78 | -29.1% |
| 2021 total | — | $1.13 | 44.9% |
| 2022 total | — | $0.68 | -39.8% |
| 2023 total | — | $0.1 | -85.3% |
| 2024 total | — | $0.6 | 500.0% |
| 2025 total | — | $0.6 | 0.0% |
| 2026 YTD total | — | $0.55 | -8.3% vs prior-year YTD |
UG dividend growth
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -8.3%. The 1Y row below uses this same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison. The deepest trailing-12-month payout decline in the past five years is -71.40%.
| Window | Change |
|---|---|
| 1Y | -8.3% |
| 3Y | 34.1% |
| 5Y | -34.5% |
| 10Y | -35.3% |
UG performance
Price and return data through 2026-10-16.
Total return is 227.8% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -4.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 26.8%.
| Window | Total return | CAGR |
|---|---|---|
| 1M | -4.1% | — |
| 3M | -5.3% | — |
| 6M | 6.8% | — |
| YTD | 19.4% | — |
| 1Y | -4.1% | — |
| 2Y CAGR | — | -26.70% |
| 3Y CAGR | — | 8.30% |
| 5Y CAGR | — | -8.60% |
| 10Y CAGR | — | -2.30% |
| Since inception (46.6 years) | 227.8% | 2.60% |
UG key facts
- Distribution Safety Score™
- 25 · Elevated risk
- Safety-Adjusted Yield
- 2.19%
- Asset type
- Stock
- Asset class
- Equity
- Inception date
- 03/17/1980
- Distribution rate
- 8.77%
- Distribution frequency
- Semi-Annual
- Trailing yield
- 8.04%
- 5-year average yield
- 5.78
- Last close
- $6.84 (as of 2026-10-16)
- Market cap
- $31,425,142
- Average volume
- 7550.0
- Dividend
- $0.30
- Ex-dividend date
- 07/28/2026
- Payment date
- 08/04/2026
- Beta
- 0.954
- Payout ratio
- 101.6%
- P/E ratio
- 12.67
- Forward P/E
- 26.5252
- EPS
- $0.54
How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns
Distribution rate (8.77%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (8.04%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.
Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology
Sources and review
Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.
Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.
UG risks and drawbacks
Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 26.8%.
Who may consider UG — and who may not
It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (UG pays semi-annual). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.
More on UG
Frequently asked questions
Does UG pay monthly?
No. UG currently pays semi-annual, not monthly.
What is UG's dividend yield?
UG's distribution rate is 8.77%, paid semi-annual — calculation basis unavailable.
How has UG's dividend grown?
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -8.3%. That is the same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison used in the dividend-history table.
When does UG pay a dividend?
UG pays semi-annual. The dividend amount is $0.30. The ex-dividend date is 07/28/2026. The payment date is 08/04/2026.
How has UG performed?
Total return is 227.8% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -4.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 26.8%.
Is UG a good investment?
UG's Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score is 25 (Elevated risk). That is a risk signal, not investment advice. Its distribution rate is 8.77% (calculation basis unavailable). Compare peers below rather than treating any single figure as a buy or sell.
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