United-Guardian (UG) Competitors

Sleep Number (NASDAQ:SNBR) and United-Guardian (NASDAQ:UG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SNBR or UG?

85.7% of Sleep Number shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of United-Guardian shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Sleep Number shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of United-Guardian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SNBR or UG?

Sleep Number has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United-Guardian has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SNBR or UG?

Sleep Number currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.31%. Given Sleep Number's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sleep Number is more favorable than United-Guardian.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sleep Number	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
United-Guardian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SNBR or UG more profitable?

United-Guardian has a net margin of 28.30% compared to Sleep Number's net margin of -2.35%. United-Guardian's return on equity of 30.25% beat Sleep Number's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sleep Number	-2.35%	N/A	-1.98%
United-Guardian	28.30%	30.25%	26.26%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNBR or UG?

Sleep Number received 225 more outperform votes than United-Guardian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.66% of users gave United-Guardian an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Sleep Number an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sleep Number	Outperform Votes 427 57.09%	Underperform Votes 321 42.91%
United-Guardian	Outperform Votes 202 75.66%	Underperform Votes 65 24.34%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SNBR or UG?

United-Guardian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sleep Number. Sleep Number is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United-Guardian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sleep Number	$1.68B	0.09	-$15.29M	-$0.90	-7.48
United-Guardian	$12.31M	3.43	$2.58M	$0.71	12.96

Does the media refer more to SNBR or UG?

In the previous week, Sleep Number had 2 more articles in the media than United-Guardian. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sleep Number and 4 mentions for United-Guardian. Sleep Number's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat United-Guardian's score of 0.39 indicating that Sleep Number is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sleep Number	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
United-Guardian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

United-Guardian beats Sleep Number on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.