Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK – Get Free Report) and Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Mohawk Industries and Yunhong Green CTI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mohawk Industries | 4.15% | 7.50% | 4.60% |
| Yunhong Green CTI | -14.43% | -38.81% | -13.25% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
79.0% of Mohawk Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Mohawk Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mohawk Industries | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2.31 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Mohawk Industries presently has a consensus price target of $132.08, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Mohawk Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mohawk Industries is more favorable than Yunhong Green CTI.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Mohawk Industries and Yunhong Green CTI”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mohawk Industries | $10.79 billion | 0.78 | $369.90 million | $7.55 | 16.54 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | $19.50 million | 0.37 | -$2.53 million | ($1.11) | -2.52 |
Mohawk Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Yunhong Green CTI. Yunhong Green CTI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mohawk Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Mohawk Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mohawk Industries beats Yunhong Green CTI on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mohawk Industries
Mohawk Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, distributes, and markets flooring products for residential and commercial remodeling, and new construction channels in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Global Ceramic, Flooring North America, and Flooring Rest of the World. The company provides ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tiles products for floor and wall applications; natural stones, porcelain slabs, and quartz countertops, as well as installation materials; floor covering products comprising broadloom carpets, carpet tiles, rugs and mats, carpet pads, laminates, medium-density fiberboards, wood floorings, luxury vinyl tiles, and sheet vinyl; and roofing panels, insulation boards, mezzanine flooring products, medium-density fiberboard, and chipboards. It also licenses its intellectual property to flooring manufacturers. The company sells its products under the American Olean, Daltile, Decortiles, Eliane, EmilGroup, KAI, Kerama Marazzi, Marazzi, Ragno, Aladdin Commercial, Durkan, Foss, IVC, Karastan, Mohawk, Mohawk Group, Mohawk Home, Pergo, Portico, Quick-Step, Feltex, GH Commercial, Godfrey Hirst, Hycraft, IVC Commercial, IVC Home, Lentex, Leoline, and Moduleo, Redbook, Unilin, and Vitromex brands. It offers its products to company-owned service centers and stores, company-operated distributors, floor covering retailers, wholesalers, mass merchandisers, department stores, shop at home, buying groups, ceramic tile specialists, e-commerce retailers, residential builders, independent distributors, commercial contractors, and commercial end users. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia.
About Yunhong Green CTI
Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. develops, produces, distributes, and sells consumer products in the United States and internationally. It offers novelty products, including foil balloons; latex balloons under the Partyloons name; and toy balloon products, which include punch balls, water bombs, and balloons twisted into shapes, as well as other inflatable toy items. The company also offers packaging films and custom film products for food, and other commercial and packaging applications; and container products, as well as assembles and sells Candy Blossom product line. It primarily serves various retail outlets, including general merchandise stores, discount and drugstore chains, grocery chains, card and gift shops, party goods stores, and florists and balloon decorators. The company sells its products directly, as well as through a network of distributors and wholesalers, retail chains, and independent sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Yunhong CTI Ltd. and changed its name to Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. in August 2023. Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lake Barrington, Illinois.
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