Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) vs. Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE:HBB) Critical Comparison

Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) and Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE:HBB) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Yunhong Green CTI and Hamilton Beach Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yunhong Green CTI	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hamilton Beach Brands	0	0	1	0	3.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Yunhong Green CTI and Hamilton Beach Brands”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yunhong Green CTI	$19.50 million	0.45	-$2.53 million	($1.11)	-3.06
Hamilton Beach Brands	$606.85 million	0.71	$26.45 million	$4.39	7.32

Hamilton Beach Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Yunhong Green CTI. Yunhong Green CTI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Beach Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Beach Brands has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Yunhong Green CTI and Hamilton Beach Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yunhong Green CTI	-14.43%	-38.81%	-13.25%
Hamilton Beach Brands	9.60%	29.48%	14.77%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hamilton Beach Brands beats Yunhong Green CTI on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Hamilton Beach Brands

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, markets, and distributes small electric household and specialty housewares appliances in the United States and internationally. It offers air fryers, blenders, coffee makers, food processors, indoor electric grills, irons, juicers, mixers, slow cookers, toasters, and toaster ovens. The company also provides consumer products under the Hamilton Beach and Proctor Silex brands; products under the Hamilton Beach Professional in the premium market; farm-to-table and field-to-table food processing equipment under the Weston brand; countertop appliances under the Wolf Gourmet brand; garment care products under the CHI brand; cocktail delivery system under the Bartesian brand; air purifiers under the Clorox and TrueAir brands; and water filtration systems under the Brita brand. In addition, it offers injection care management system under the Hamilton Beach Health brand; and commercial products under the Hamilton Beach Commercial and the Proctor Silex Commercial brands, as well as supplies private label products. The company sells its products through a network of mass merchandisers, e-commerce retailers, national department stores, variety store and drug store chains, specialty home retailers, distributors, restaurants, fast food chains, bars, hotels, and other retail outlets. Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.