Reviewing Celsius (CELH) and The Competition

Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) is one of 137 public companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Celsius to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Celsius has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Celsius’ peers have a beta of -0.23, indicating that their average share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Celsius and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Celsius	$2.52 billion	$108.00 million	124.92
Celsius Competitors	$8.49 billion	$869.16 million	9.36

Celsius’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Celsius is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Celsius and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celsius	1	6	14	0	2.62
Celsius Competitors	1282	4324	5765	230	2.43

Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $41.53, suggesting a potential upside of 38.52%. As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Celsius is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Celsius shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of shares of all “Beverages” companies 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.

Profitability

This table compares Celsius and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celsius	4.24%	36.52%	8.53%
Celsius Competitors	-8.60%	-34.42%	0.16%

Summary

Celsius beats its peers on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Celsius Company Profile

Celsius Holdings, Inc. develops, processes, markets, distributes, and sells functional energy drinks and liquid supplements in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canadian, European, Middle Eastern, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company offers CELSIUS, a fitness drink or supplement designed to accelerate metabolism and burn body fat; various flavors and carbonated and non-carbonated functional energy drinks under the CELSIUS Originals and Vibe name, as well as functional energy drink under the CELSIUS Essentials and CELSIUS On-the-Go Powder names; and CELSIUS ready-to drink products. It distributes its products through direct-to-store delivery, distributors, supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, nutritional stores, and mass merchants, as well as health clubs, gyms, the military, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Vector Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to Celsius Holdings, Inc. in January 2007. Celsius Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.