Contrasting Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and Nocera (NASDAQ:NCRA)

Nocera (NASDAQ:NCRA) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Nocera has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Nocera and Celsius, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nocera	1	0	0	0	1.00
Celsius	2	3	18	0	2.70

Celsius has a consensus target price of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.28%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Nocera.

Profitability

This table compares Nocera and Celsius’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nocera	-24.59%	-81.74%	-69.13%
Celsius	3.03%	41.88%	10.94%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nocera and Celsius”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nocera	$17.01 million	0.32	-$2.35 million	($0.24)	-1.58
Celsius	$1.36 billion	9.19	$145.07 million	$0.10	483.20

Celsius has higher revenue and earnings than Nocera. Nocera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.3% of Nocera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Nocera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Celsius beats Nocera on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nocera

Nocera, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and produces recirculating aquaculture systems for fish farms in Taiwan. The company also offers consulting, technology transfer, and aquaculture project management services to new and existing aquaculture management business services. In addition, the company sells signature seafood porridge bowl through its flagship bento box store. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

About Celsius

Celsius Holdings, Inc. develops, processes, markets, distributes, and sells functional energy drinks and liquid supplements in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canadian, European, Middle Eastern, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company offers CELSIUS, a fitness drink or supplement designed to accelerate metabolism and burn body fat; various flavors and carbonated and non-carbonated functional energy drinks under the CELSIUS Originals and Vibe name, as well as functional energy drink under the CELSIUS Essentials and CELSIUS On-the-Go Powder names; and CELSIUS ready-to drink products. It distributes its products through direct-to-store delivery, distributors, supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, nutritional stores, and mass merchants, as well as health clubs, gyms, the military, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Vector Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to Celsius Holdings, Inc. in January 2007. Celsius Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.