Celsius (CELH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CELH or COKE?

Celsius has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CELH or COKE?

In the previous week, Celsius had 5 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Celsius and 8 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.62 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celsius	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola Consolidated	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CELH or COKE?

Celsius presently has a consensus target price of $85.10, suggesting a potential upside of 21.62%. Given Celsius' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Celsius is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celsius	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CELH or COKE?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 6 more outperform votes than Celsius when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Celsius an outperform vote while only 62.73% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Celsius	Outperform Votes 270 63.68%	Underperform Votes 154 36.32%
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 276 62.73%	Underperform Votes 164 37.27%

Is CELH or COKE more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 17.21% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 6.14%. Celsius' return on equity of 131.58% beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celsius	17.21%	131.58%	15.71%
Coca-Cola Consolidated	6.14%	44.12%	15.16%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CELH or COKE?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Coca-Cola Consolidated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, 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
Celsius	$1.32B	12.26	$226.80M	$0.77	90.48
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.65B	1.13	$408.38M	$43.47	18.43

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CELH or COKE?

61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Celsius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Celsius beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.