Financial Contrast: Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) versus Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK)
by Kim Johansen · The Markets DailyGreen Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK – Get Free Report) and Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Green Brick Partners and Yunhong Green CTI, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Green Brick Partners | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Volatility & Risk
Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Green Brick Partners and Yunhong Green CTI”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Green Brick Partners | $2.03 billion | 1.41 | $284.63 million | $6.64 | 10.04 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | $19.70 million | 0.37 | -$2.53 million | ($1.11) | -2.51 |
Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Yunhong Green CTI. Yunhong Green CTI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Brick Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Green Brick Partners and Yunhong Green CTI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Green Brick Partners | 17.70% | 25.35% | 17.29% |
| Yunhong Green CTI | -14.43% | -38.81% | -13.25% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Green Brick Partners beats Yunhong Green CTI on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Green Brick Partners
Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, Texas.
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.