Head to Head Survey: Reborn Coffee (NASDAQ:REBN) & Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ)

Reborn Coffee (NASDAQ:REBN) and Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Reborn Coffee and Yunhong Green CTI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reborn Coffee	$5.93 million	2.23	-$4.81 million	($2.18)	-1.02
Yunhong Green CTI	$18.96 million	0.75	-$1.50 million	($0.50)	-10.32

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reborn Coffee	-152.76%	-995.56%	-118.07%
Yunhong Green CTI	-5.86%	-11.99%	-4.75%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Reborn Coffee shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Reborn Coffee shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reborn Coffee	1	0	0	0	1.00
Yunhong Green CTI	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk & Volatility

Reborn Coffee has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Yunhong Green CTI beats Reborn Coffee on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Reborn Coffee

Reborn Coffee, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates and franchises retail locations, kiosks, and cafes that focus on serving specialty-roasted coffee in California. It purchases, roasts, and sells coffee, tea and other beverages, and various food items. It offers products in various form factors, such as whole bean roasted coffee bags, single-serve drip bags, and pour over packs. The company also offers its products online. Reborn Coffee, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Brea, 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.