Head to Head Analysis: BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) versus Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ’s Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.8% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of BJ’s Wholesale Club shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yunhong Green CTI	-5.86%	-11.99%	-4.75%
BJ’s Wholesale Club	2.72%	28.66%	7.99%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Yunhong Green CTI and BJ’s Wholesale Club”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yunhong Green CTI	$19.38 million	0.69	-$1.50 million	($0.31)	-15.65
BJ’s Wholesale Club	$20.50 billion	0.58	$534.42 million	$4.34	20.93

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Yunhong Green CTI and BJ’s Wholesale Club, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yunhong Green CTI	1	0	0	0	1.00
BJ’s Wholesale Club	0	9	10	0	2.53

BJ’s Wholesale Club has a consensus price target of $111.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.91%. Given BJ’s Wholesale Club’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BJ’s Wholesale Club is more favorable than Yunhong Green CTI.

Volatility & Risk

Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ’s Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BJ’s Wholesale Club beats Yunhong Green CTI on 11 of the 14 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 BJ’s Wholesale Club

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.