Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) versus Clorox (NYSE:CLX) Head-To-Head Review

Clorox (NYSE:CLX) and Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Clorox has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Clorox and Yunhong Green CTI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clorox	11.68%	358.39%	15.05%
Yunhong Green CTI	-3.76%	-7.78%	-3.07%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clorox and Yunhong Green CTI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clorox	$7.10 billion	1.89	$810.00 million	$6.37	17.24
Yunhong Green CTI	$17.95 million	0.58	-$1.50 million	($0.31)	-12.16

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.5% of Clorox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Clorox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Clorox and Yunhong Green CTI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clorox	4	14	1	0	1.84
Yunhong Green CTI	1	0	0	0	1.00

Clorox currently has a consensus target price of $122.19, indicating a potential upside of 11.26%. Given Clorox’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Yunhong Green CTI.

Summary

Clorox beats Yunhong Green CTI on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clorox

The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands in the United States. The Household segment provides cat litter products under the Fresh Step and Scoop Away brands; bags and wraps under the Glad brand; and grilling products under the Kingsford brand in the United States. The Lifestyle segment offers dressings, dips, seasonings, and sauces primarily under the Hidden Valley brand; natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees brand; and water-filtration products under the Brita brand in the United States. The International segment provides laundry additives; home care products; water-filtration systems; digestive health products; grilling products; cat litter products; food products; bags and wraps; natural personal care products; and professional cleaning and disinfecting products internationally primarily under the Clorox, Ayudin, Clorinda, Poett, Pine-Sol, Glad, Brita, RenewLife, Ever Clean and Burt's Bees brands. It sells its products primarily through mass retailers; grocery outlets; warehouse clubs; dollar stores; home hardware centers; drug, pet, and military stores; third-party and owned e-commerce channels; and distributors, as well as a direct sales force The Clorox Company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

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.