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 $1.0B against $8.1M — 126.8× the size. Yunhong Green CTI Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Karat Packaging Inc. trades at 20.5×. 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 20.50 n/m 20.50
P/S 2.08 0.41 0.84
P/B 5.89 1.29 1.81
Price to free cash flow 19.67 8.48 13.39
EV/EBITDA 11.83 n/m 9.53
EV/Sales 2.04 0.64 1.39
Earnings yield 4.88% (36.63%) 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 5.09% 11.79% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 40.73% 16.92% 20.09%
Operating margin 12.79% (11.84%) 6.42%
Net margin 10.18% (15.31%) 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 10.58% 4.78% 4.78%
Return on equity 29.80% (37.15%) 2.28%
Return on assets 15.74% (14.44%) 1.04%
Return on invested capital 25.49% (12.03%) 4.57%

Growth

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.62% 2.83% 4.05%
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 0.79
Current ratio 2.25 1.41 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA (0.03) (5.02) 2.59

Dividend

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 3.54% — 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.73 — 0.60

Size

Metric KRT YHGJ Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 1.03b 8.12m 3.71b

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