Head-To-Head Analysis: Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) versus Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD)

Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomad Foods	4.50%	9.83%	3.95%
Celsius	4.29%	37.68%	9.62%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nomad Foods and Celsius”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nomad Foods	$3.03 billion	0.45	$154.66 million	$1.02	9.41
Celsius	$2.52 billion	3.48	$108.00 million	$0.25	136.32

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Nomad Foods and Celsius, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomad Foods	2	1	3	0	2.17
Celsius	0	3	20	0	2.87

Nomad Foods presently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.88%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $66.61, indicating a potential upside of 95.46%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Nomad Foods.

Summary

Celsius beats Nomad Foods on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nomad Foods

Nomad Foods Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of frozen food products in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company offers frozen fish products, including fish fingers, coated fish, and natural fish; ready-to-cook vegetable products, such as peas and spinach; and frozen poultry and meat products comprising nuggets, grills, and burgers. It also provides meal products that include ready-to-cook noodles, pasta, lasagna, pancakes, and other ready-made meals; ice creams, such as in-home and out-of-home ice creams; and other products consisting of soups, pizzas, bakery goods, and meat substitutes. The company sells its products to supermarkets and food retail chains primarily under the Birds Eye, Green Cuisine, iglo, Findus, Aunt Bessie's, Goodfella's, Frikom, Ledo, La Cocinera, and Belviva brand names. Nomad Foods Limited was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Feltham, the United Kingdom.

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.