Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CELH or FLO?

Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Flowers Foods 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	$1.36B	10.50	$145.07M	$0.37	149.16
Flowers Foods	$5.10B	0.55	$248.12M	$1.04	12.79

Which has more risk and volatility, CELH or FLO?

Celsius has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CELH or FLO?

Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $61.95, suggesting a potential upside of 12.25%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Given Flowers Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than Celsius.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celsius	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Flowers Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer CELH or FLO?

In the previous week, Celsius had 7 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Celsius and 8 mentions for Flowers Foods. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.94 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celsius	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flowers Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CELH or FLO?

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CELH or FLO more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 4.30%. Celsius' return on equity of 36.88% beat Flowers Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celsius	7.91%	36.88%	10.24%
Flowers Foods	4.30%	17.85%	6.52%

Summary

Celsius beats Flowers Foods on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.