Head to Head Comparison: Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) vs. Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ)

Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) and Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Yunhong Green CTI and Mohawk Industries’ 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%
Mohawk Industries	4.15%	7.50%	4.60%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mohawk Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Yunhong Green CTI and Mohawk Industries”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yunhong Green CTI	$19.70 million	0.34	-$2.53 million	($1.11)	-2.32
Mohawk Industries	$10.79 billion	0.76	$369.90 million	$7.55	16.10

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Yunhong Green CTI and Mohawk Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yunhong Green CTI	1	0	0	0	1.00
Mohawk Industries	0	12	3	1	2.31

Mohawk Industries has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Mohawk Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mohawk Industries is more favorable than Yunhong Green CTI.

Summary

Mohawk Industries beats Yunhong Green CTI on 14 of the 15 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 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.