TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer THS or CELH?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus price target of $27.83, indicating a potential upside of 32.60%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $45.18, indicating a potential downside of 0.91%. Given TreeHouse Foods' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Celsius.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Celsius	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals & insiders believe in THS or CELH?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, THS or CELH?

Celsius has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TreeHouse Foods. Celsius is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, 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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.35B	0.32	$26.90M	$0.13	161.46
Celsius	$1.36B	8.67	$145.07M	$0.32	142.47

Does the media favor THS or CELH?

In the previous week, Celsius had 11 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Celsius and 4 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.76 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celsius	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, THS or CELH?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is THS or CELH more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 8.40% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.20%. Celsius' return on equity of 42.12% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.20%	6.73%	2.63%
Celsius	8.40%	42.12%	10.05%

Summary

Celsius beats TreeHouse Foods on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.