Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC – Get Free Report) and Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Edgewell Personal Care and Yunhong Green CTI, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given Edgewell Personal Care’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than Yunhong Green CTI.
Volatility and Risk
Insider and Institutional Ownership
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and Yunhong Green CTI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | -1.76% | 7.16% | 2.90% |
| Yunhong Green CTI | -12.84% | -28.77% | -11.01% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and Yunhong Green CTI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | $2.22 billion | 0.44 | $25.40 million | ($0.85) | -24.44 |
| Yunhong Green CTI | $19.70 million | 0.39 | -$2.53 million | ($1.04) | -2.81 |
Edgewell Personal Care has higher revenue and earnings than Yunhong Green CTI. Edgewell Personal Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yunhong Green CTI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Yunhong Green CTI on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Edgewell Personal Care
Edgewell Personal Care Company is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, feminine care and infant care categories. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had a portfolio of over 25 brands. It manages its business in four segments: Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care, Feminine Care and All Other. Its Wet shave products are sold under the Schick, Wilkinson Sword, Edge, Skintimate, Shave Guard and Personna brand names. Its Sun and Skin Care products are sold under the Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones and Playtex brand names and offers Wet Ones, portable hand wipes category, and Playtex household gloves, the branded household glove in the United States. Its Feminine Care segment markets its products under the Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree and o.b. brands and markets pads and liners. Its All Other segment includes infant care, pet care and miscellaneous other products.
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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