---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-21-007773"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UG"
cik: "0000101295"
company_name: "UNITED GUARDIAN INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T09:40:37.767333+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United-Guardian Q3 net income up 42% to $1.02M; sales up 36% to $3.18M

## Summary
- Net income $1,016,506 ($0.22 per share) vs $717,532 ($0.16) in Q3 2020, a 42% increase.
- Net sales $3,179,746, up 36% from $2,336,360 year-over-year.
- Cosmetic ingredient sales rose 187% in Q3; Ashland Asia sales surged over 300%.
- Nine-month 2021 net income $3,542,232 ($0.77 per share), up 31%; sales $10,268,592, up 19%.
- Management expects full-year 2021 results significantly better than 2020 despite supply chain headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-21-007773
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UG
- cik: 0000101295
- company_name: UNITED GUARDIAN INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184321007773/0001171843-21-007773-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184321007773/f8k_110821.htm

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