Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT) vs Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. (YHGJ)

Karat Packaging Inc. and Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Karat Packaging Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $7.1M — 151.7× the size. Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Karat Packaging Inc. trades at 21.2×. Karat Packaging Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against 2.83%. Karat Packaging Inc. has the higher net margin (10.2% vs −15.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.5% vs −12.0%). Across the 20 metrics below, Karat Packaging Inc. leads on 14 and Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
P/E 21.24 n/m 17.11
P/S 2.16 0.35 0.87
P/B 6.10 1.13 1.66
Price to free cash flow 20.37 7.42 13.16
EV/EBITDA 12.27 n/m 9.21
EV/Sales 2.12 0.59 1.35
Earnings yield 4.71% (41.89%) 4.96%
Free cash flow yield 4.91% 13.48% 6.15%

Profitability

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 40.73% 16.92% 20.03%
Operating margin 12.79% (11.84%) 8.36%
Net margin 10.18% (15.31%) 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 10.58% 4.78% 5.14%
Return on equity 29.80% (37.15%) 11.28%
Return on assets 15.74% (14.44%) 4.29%
Return on invested capital 25.49% (12.03%) 6.43%

Growth

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.62% 2.83% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.70% (44.29%) 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.62% (1.32%) 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.44% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.59 0.78
Current ratio 2.25 1.41 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA (0.03) (5.02) 2.65

Dividend

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 3.41% — 3.14%
Payout ratio 0.73 — 0.56

Size

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 1.08b 7.12m 3.71b

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