Analyzing Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) & Kirin (OTCMKTS:KNBWY)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Kirin and Celsius, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kirin	1	0	0	0	1.00
Celsius	2	5	16	0	2.61

Celsius has a consensus price target of $44.94, indicating a potential upside of 42.45%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Kirin.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kirin and Celsius”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kirin	$16.28 billion	0.94	$988.53 million	$1.57	12.08
Celsius	$2.52 billion	3.17	$108.00 million	$0.24	131.45

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kirin	7.79%	12.29%	5.63%
Celsius	4.24%	36.52%	8.53%

Risk and Volatility

Kirin has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Celsius beats Kirin on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kirin

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited engages in food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and health science businesses. The company's products include beer, wine, whiskey, spirits, soft drinks, dairy products, and other products. It also produces and sells pharmaceutical products, biochemical products, and other products. In addition, the company engages in the factories and theme park businesses; management and operation of a chain of Kirin City beer pubs; and manufacture and sale of amino acids and nucleic acids for pharmaceutical and industrial use bulk pharmaceuticals, as well as margarine, jams, and honey. Further, it is involved in the manufacture and sale of Coca-Cola products and other soft drinks; manufacture of Four Roses bourbon; transport logistic services; shared services, such as accounting, human resources, and real estate; Internal information system development; sales of feed; insurance agent; and sales of the supplements; research, development, manufacture, and sale of cosmetics and health foods. The company was formerly known as Kirin Brewery Company, Limited and changed its name to Kirin Holdings Company, Limited in July 2007. Kirin Holdings Company, Limited was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.