Head to Head Comparison: Celsius (CELH) and Its Rivals

Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) is one of 137 publicly-traded companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Celsius to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celsius	4.24%	36.52%	8.53%
Celsius Competitors	-8.60%	-34.42%	0.16%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Celsius and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celsius	1	6	14	0	2.62
Celsius Competitors	1282	4324	5765	230	2.43

Celsius presently has a consensus price target of $41.53, suggesting a potential upside of 38.52%. As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Celsius has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Celsius’ competitors have a beta of -0.23, suggesting that their average share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Celsius and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Celsius	$2.52 billion	$108.00 million	124.92
Celsius Competitors	$8.49 billion	$869.16 million	9.36

Celsius’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Celsius is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Celsius beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.