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KHC vs. CELH, CPB, MDLZ, PEP, VITL, BRK.A, BRK.B, CAG, GIS, and LW

Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Celsius (CELH), Campbell's (CPB), Mondelez International (MDLZ), PepsiCo (PEP), Vital Farms (VITL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Conagra Brands (CAG), General Mills (GIS), and Lamb Weston (LW).

Kraft Heinz vs. Its Competitors

Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Kraft Heinz currently has a consensus target price of $30.35, indicating a potential upside of 10.74%. Celsius has a consensus target price of $47.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.96%. Given Kraft Heinz's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than Celsius.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kraft Heinz
3 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kraft Heinz$25.85B1.26$2.74B-$4.49-6.10
Celsius$1.36B8.50$145.07M$0.32139.75

Celsius has a net margin of 8.40% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of -20.83%. Celsius' return on equity of 42.12% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kraft Heinz-20.83% 7.40% 4.01%
Celsius 8.40%42.12%10.05%

78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 8 more articles in the media than Celsius. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 44 mentions for Celsius. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Celsius' score of 0.69 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kraft Heinz
19 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Celsius
17 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Celsius beats Kraft Heinz on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KHC vs. The Competition

MetricKraft HeinzFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.50B$8.29B$15.75B$9.53B
Dividend Yield5.83%3.51%3.20%4.08%
P/E Ratio-6.1023.9318.5223.80
Price / Sales1.261.7145.9088.12
Price / Cash7.1212.4014.5057.96
Price / Book0.783.585.885.55
Net Income$2.74B$403.59M$690.35M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-4.43%-4.06%-5.09%-4.56%
1 Month Performance1.29%-2.60%-3.51%4.49%
1 Year Performance-23.99%-4.40%0.01%18.05%

Kraft Heinz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.3101 of 5 stars
$27.41
-0.2%
$30.35
+10.7%
-22.6%$32.50B$25.85B-6.1036,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CELH
Celsius
2.8014 of 5 stars
$46.96
+0.7%
$46.94
0.0%
-0.2%$12.10B$1.33B146.751,073Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CPB
Campbell's
3.0073 of 5 stars
$32.24
-1.3%
$39.33
+22.0%
-32.5%$9.61B$10.23B21.3514,400Analyst Forecast
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.8012 of 5 stars
$69.57
-1.4%
$70.72
+1.7%
-6.4%$90.08B$36.44B25.8690,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
PEP
PepsiCo
4.5168 of 5 stars
$141.57
-1.3%
$158.73
+12.1%
-20.4%$193.82B$91.75B25.79319,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
VITL
Vital Farms
3.5723 of 5 stars
$36.28
-0.3%
$44.67
+23.1%
-3.4%$1.62B$606.31M32.39290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4722 of 5 stars
$722,837.76
-0.5%
N/A+9.8%$1.04T$371.43B12.84372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.6502 of 5 stars
$481.68
-0.5%
$575.00
+19.4%
+9.5%$1.04T$371.43B12.84392,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.6272 of 5 stars
$19.20
-0.1%
$22.58
+17.6%
-38.8%$9.17B$11.61B8.0318,300
GIS
General Mills
4.4193 of 5 stars
$49.87
-2.3%
$59.73
+19.8%
-27.7%$27.05B$19.49B12.1633,000Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.2831 of 5 stars
$59.32
-2.5%
$67.40
+13.6%
-5.6%$8.26B$6.45B23.6310,100

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