Celsius (CELH) Competitors

Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is COKE or CELH more profitable?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a net margin of 7.14% compared to Celsius' net margin of -19.58%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 49.66% beat Celsius' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	7.14%	49.66%	14.44%
Celsius	-19.58%	9.01%	0.90%

Do analysts rate COKE or CELH?

Celsius has a consensus price target of $131.78, indicating a potential downside of 1.13%. Given Celsius' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Celsius	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, COKE or CELH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.20 billion	1.03	$430.16 million	$48.40	14.05
Celsius	$653.60 million	15.50	-$187.28 million	-$2.31	-57.70

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COKE or CELH?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 24 more outperform votes than Celsius when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Celsius an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 270 62.21%	Underperform Votes 164 37.79%
Celsius	Outperform Votes 246 64.74%	Underperform Votes 134 35.26%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COKE or CELH?

36.3% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, COKE or CELH?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COKE or CELH?

In the previous week, Celsius had 2 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Celsius and 9 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.15 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Consolidated	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Celsius	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Celsius beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.