Financial Contrast: Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) vs. Wuhan General Group (OTCMKTS:WUHN)

Wuhan General Group (OTCMKTS:WUHN) and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Wuhan General Group and Middleby, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wuhan General Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Middleby	1	2	5	0	2.50

Middleby has a consensus price target of $163.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.69%. Given Middleby’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Wuhan General Group.

Risk and Volatility

Wuhan General Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middleby has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.6% of Middleby shares are held by institutional investors. 61.1% of Wuhan General Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Middleby shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Wuhan General Group and Middleby’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wuhan General Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Middleby	-5.22%	14.66%	7.20%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Wuhan General Group and Middleby”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wuhan General Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Middleby	$3.88 billion	2.09	$428.43 million	($4.40)	-36.62

Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Wuhan General Group.

Summary

Middleby beats Wuhan General Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wuhan General Group

Wuhan General Group (China), Inc., through its subsidiaries, researches, develops, and commercializes a range of cannabidiol (CBD)-based products under the Dr. AnnaRx brand for pharmacies. It also focuses on exploring and developing other indications for psilocybin new therapies that will enable patients who suffer from mental illness. The company offers its products for medical applications, including cancer, mental disorders, chronic pain, and others. Wuhan General Group (China), Inc. is headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Canada.

About Middleby

The Middleby Corporation designs, markets, manufactures, distributes, and services foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment worldwide. Its Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment offers conveyor, combi, convection, baking, proofing, deck, speed cooking, and hydrovection ovens; ranges, fryers, and rethermalizers; steam cooking, food warming, catering, induction cooking, and countertop cooking equipment; heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, toasters, griddles, charcoal grills, professional mixers, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, professional refrigerators, blast chillers, cold rooms, ice machines, and freezers; soft serve ice cream, coffee and beverage dispensing, home and professional craft brewing equipment; and fry dispensers, bottle filling and canning equipment, IoT solutions, and controls development and manufacturing. The company's Food Processing Equipment Group segment provides batch, baking, proofing, conveyor belt, and continuous processing ovens; frying and automated thermal processing systems; tumblers, massagers, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, and blenders; battering, breading, and seeding equipment; water cutting systems, food presses, food suspension equipment, filling and depositing solutions, and forming equipment; and automated washing systems, auto-guided vehicles, food safety, food handling, freezing, and defrosting and packaging equipment. Its Residential Kitchen Equipment Group segment offers kitchen equipment comprising cookers, stoves, cooktops, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, undercounter refrigeration, wine cellars, ice machines, beer dispensers, mixers, rotisseries, and ventilation and outdoor cooking equipment. The company was formerly known as Middleby Marshall Oven Company and changed its name to The Middleby Corporation in 1985. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Elgin, Illinois.