United-Guardian, Inc. (UG)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US9105711082
17 March 1980  –  18 April 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
2.57%
Sharpe Ratio
0.31
Maximum Drawdown
-89.85%

Metrics

Metric United-Guardian, Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $30,647
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 2.75%
Year-To-Date 12.33%
3M 3.29%
6M 27.97%
Annual Return (3Y) -15.71%
Annual Return (5Y) -11.85%
Annual Return (All) 2.57%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 52.18%
Max Drawdown -89.85%
Sharpe Ratio 0.31
Sortino Ratio 0.47
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.33

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on March 1980.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of April 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 44 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
United-Guardian, Inc. -14.49% -15.71% -11.85% -7.82% 5.34% 2.57%

Annual Returns

Year United-Guardian, Inc.
1980 -23.91%
1981 -42.86%
1982 77.5%
1983 1.41%
1984 77.92%
1985 -24.26%
1986 -41.43%
1987 29.27%
1988 -22.64%
1989 36.59%
1990 -28.57%
1991 40%
1992 -10.71%
1993 -33%
1994 -56.72%
1995 -10.34%
1996 7.69%
1997 145.6%
1998 6.24%
1999 -20.07%
2000 20.7%
2001 28.48%
2002 -17.11%
2003 89.4%
2004 13.62%
2005 12.59%
2006 6.67%
2007 21.09%
2008 -6.72%
2009 32.24%
2010 27.99%
2011 14.83%
2012 38.24%
2013 48.63%
2014 -27.42%
2015 1.4%
2016 -15.4%
2017 28.47%
2018 4.98%
2019 13.2%
2020 -23.3%
2021 22.22%
2022 -33.44%
2023 -30.22%
2024 12.33%

United-Guardian, Inc. had 27 positive years and 18 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 60%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1980 - - -34.8% 13.3% 17.7% 5% -4.8% -12.5% -5.7% -3% 25% -12.5% -23.9%
1981 -2.9% -8.8% 6.5% 6.1% -8.6% -12.5% -14.3% -12.5% -14.3% -11.1% 25% 0% -42.9%
1982 0% -30% -7.1% 46.2% 26.3% 4.2% -12% -13.6% 10.5% -14.3% 83.3% 7.6% 77.5%
1983 1.4% 2.8% -12.2% 1.5% 7.6% 15.5% -17.1% -2.9% 7.6% -5.6% 34.3% -20% 1.4%
1984 -13.9% -6.5% 31% -8.8% -15.2% -1.8% -1.8% 37% 13.5% 11.9% 2.1% 27.1% 77.9%
1985 19.7% -23.2% -18.6% 2.4% -1.2% 8.3% 23.1% -8% -25.4% -9.4% 20.7% -0% -24.3%
1986 22.9% 4.7% 7.8% -11.3% -10.5% -11.7% -8.8% -9.7% -21.4% 31.8% -15.5% -16.3% -41.4%
1987 34.2% 23.6% -5.9% 15.6% -13.5% 23.4% -5.1% -1.3% -16.2% -45.2% 17.7% 32.5% 29.3%
1988 -7.6% 18.4% -13.8% 0% 10% -0% -12.7% 20.8% -0% -13.8% -20% 2.5% -22.6%
1989 17.1% -0% 18.8% -1.8% 17.9% 3% 17.7% -5% -2.6% -16.2% -1.6% -8.2% 36.6%
1990 -1.8% 7.3% 1.7% -8.3% 20% -9.1% -3.3% -13.8% -0% -34% 27.3% -4.8% -28.6%
1991 2.5% 26.8% 0% 13.5% -6.8% -9.1% -12% 27.3% -10.7% 24% -1.6% -8.2% 40%
1992 14.3% 10.9% 1.4% -5.6% -8.8% -29% 29.6% -14% 28.6% -3.2% -8.2% -10.7% -10.7%
1993 2% -9.8% 2.2% -12.8% -2.4% -0% 5% -11.9% -5.4% 11.4% -12.8% -1.5% -33%
1994 4.5% 20% -14.3% -2.8% -5.7% -6.1% -16.1% -38.5% 6.3% -5.9% -12.5% 3.6% -56.7%
1995 20.7% 2.9% -16.7% 13.3% -17.7% 14.3% -6.3% 13.3% -8.8% -9.7% 28.6% -27.8% -10.3%
1996 7.7% 7.1% -13.3% 53.9% 20% -6.3% -26.7% 3% -14.7% -13.8% 24% -9.7% 7.7%
1997 14.3% 6.3% -0% -0% 47.1% 36% -1.5% 9% -1.4% 13.9% 12.2% -25.3% 145.6%
1998 17.7% -2.5% 18% -10.9% 29.3% -17% -6.8% -24.4% 9.7% -14.7% 41.4% -11.9% 6.2%
1999 -1.4% -12.7% -29% 45.5% -6.3% 26.7% -13.2% 1.5% -9% 3.3% -1.6% -7.2% -20.1%
2000 7.1% 20% 8.3% -14.1% 1.5% 8.8% -2.7% 2.8% 10.8% -14.6% -5.7% 2.4% 20.7%
2001 27.3% 0% 4.8% 30.9% -24.9% -5.9% 22.8% -12.8% -7% 3.6% -2.3% 3.3% 28.5%
2002 12.5% -2.6% 6.1% 17.4% -14.1% -11.8% -12.6% -5.3% -14.2% -8.4% 5.7% 16.5% -17.1%
2003 -4.8% 3.5% 1.5% 8.6% 36.2% 11.9% 5.8% 14.3% -6% 3% 0.7% -3% 89.4%
2004 -1.8% 0.5% -0.8% -2.6% -15% 7.4% -0.7% -12.3% 18.1% -4.9% 21.1% 10.3% 13.6%
2005 -4.2% -3% -3.4% -4.8% 9.8% 6.2% 1.2% -1.8% 2.5% 2.4% 25.6% -13.8% 12.6%
2006 10.2% 10.7% -9.7% -7.1% 2.8% -7.7% -7% 3.5% 15.1% 2.2% 3.7% -6.4% 6.7%
2007 -3.9% 5% 2.5% -1% 41.6% -6.3% -1% -13.5% -0.8% 5.4% -6.9% 6.8% 21.1%
2008 -1.3% -0.2% -1.7% 11.3% 2.9% 3.1% -12.9% 2.6% -1% -12.5% -9.9% 16.9% -6.7%
2009 2.5% -12.1% -15.6% -0% 34.1% 1.8% 3.5% -2.9% 1.2% 5.2% 4.2% 14.3% 32.2%
2010 -1% -0.6% 12.4% -1.7% -1.8% -1% -4.6% 13.6% 11.3% -8.2% 9.5% -0.1% 28%
2011 2.5% 5.9% -0.7% -5.7% 8.5% -3.4% 0.4% -1% 2.9% 0.3% 0.2% 4.7% 14.8%
2012 4.9% 1.5% 13% 4.8% 15.4% -14.9% -5% 13.7% -5.5% -6.7% 3.3% 13.6% 38.2%
2013 10.2% -8.8% -1.9% 15.4% 17.4% -5.4% 12.8% -1.2% -7.9% -0.2% 3.8% 10.7% 48.6%
2014 1.7% -2.8% 5% 6% 4.8% -10.6% -11.4% -1.4% -10.7% -6.6% -1.5% -1.9% -27.4%
2015 7.8% -11.5% -1.4% -0.4% 22.1% -13.9% 1.6% -4.5% -2.8% 6.3% -2.7% 5.6% 1.4%
2016 4.3% 12.1% -7.6% -13.8% -1.5% -6.6% -11.8% 5.9% -2.3% 6.3% 4.4% -2.5% -15.4%
2017 -1.3% -2.6% -0.3% -5.1% 12.6% -0.3% -0.7% 10.8% 14.7% -3.9% -9.3% 14.4% 28.5%
2018 -0.4% 1.8% -5.2% -2.1% 13.1% -0.3% -3.4% 0% -12.7% 6.3% 2.2% 8% 5%
2019 7% 1.7% -4% -0.7% 6.4% -4.4% 4.2% -3.4% 0.3% 0.8% 6% -0.3% 13.2%
2020 -13.7% -13.3% -1.7% 0.7% 8.3% -3.8% -2.6% 1.9% 3.1% -6.3% 5.8% -2% -23.3%
2021 -2.9% 0.2% 8.2% -3.5% 17.3% -10% 2.9% -0.9% -7.3% -1.3% 18.3% 3.2% 22.2%
2022 14.9% 5.6% 13.9% -5.3% -3.5% -26.3% 4.8% 0.6% -28.1% 18.9% -15.9% -5.7% -33.4%
2023 10.1% 2.6% -20.3% 2.5% -10.1% -4.6% 0.5% -7.2% -1.1% -19.3% 33.6% -11.3% -30.2%
2024 6.7% 10.8% -7.5% 2.8% - - - - - - - - 12.3%
Pos 65.1% 59.5% 41.9% 47.6% 59.1% 35.7% 34.1% 39.5% 38.1% 40.9% 63.6% 45.2% 60%
Avg 5.7% 1.5% -2% 4.3% 6.4% -1.5% -2.3% -1.3% -2.1% -3.1% 8.2% -0.2% 8.7%

Other Return Metrics

Metric United-Guardian, Inc.
Cumulative Return 206.47%
Enh Ann Return 7.03%
Best Year 145.6%
Worst Year -56.72%
Best Month 83.33%
Worst Month -45.16%
Best Day 39.05%
Worst Day -31.82%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 60%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 52.25%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 46.96%
Win Ratio (Daily) 49.53%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
United-Guardian, Inc. 49.15% 48.87% 45.66% 40.75% 41.65% 52.18%

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
United-Guardian, Inc. -0.09 -0.11 -0.05 0 0.33 0.31

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

United-Guardian, Inc.

start valley end days Drawdown
1985-02-19 1994-12-16 2007-05-08 8113 -89.85%
1980-06-25 1982-03-22 1984-10-25 1583 -78.72%
2022-04-12 2023-11-03 - 737 -76.06%
2007-07-17 2009-03-06 2010-03-26 983 -56.5%
2014-05-09 2016-08-02 2022-03-31 2883 -56.15%

The United-Guardian, Inc. took approximately 95 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 270 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric United-Guardian, Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.31
Sortino Ratio 0.47
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.33
Calmar Ratio 0.03
Omega Ratio 1.07
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.07
Winckel Ratio 55.56
Ulcer Index 0.49
Kelly Criterion 3.09%
Skew 0.76
Kurtosis 12.99
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