Celsius (CELH) Competitors

Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and Primo Water (NYSE:PRMW) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CELH or PRMW?

Primo Water has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Primo Water 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	4.87	$226.80M	$0.72	37.90
Primo Water	$1.77B	2.19	$238.10M	$1.61	15.04

Is CELH or PRMW more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Primo Water's net margin of 13.63%. Celsius' return on equity of 59.40% beat Primo Water's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celsius	15.61%	59.40%	12.96%
Primo Water	13.63%	8.80%	3.62%

Which has more volatility & risk, CELH or PRMW?

Celsius has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Water has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CELH or PRMW?

Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $54.40, indicating a potential upside of 99.34%. Primo Water has a consensus price target of $25.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Celsius' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Celsius is more favorable than Primo Water.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celsius	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Primo Water	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to CELH or PRMW?

In the previous week, Celsius had 19 more articles in the media than Primo Water. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Celsius and 6 mentions for Primo Water. Primo Water's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Celsius' score of 0.55 indicating that Primo Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celsius	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Primo Water	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CELH or PRMW?

Celsius received 250 more outperform votes than Primo Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave Celsius an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Primo Water an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Celsius	Outperform Votes 304 64.14%	Underperform Votes 170 35.86%
Primo Water	Outperform Votes 54 61.36%	Underperform Votes 34 38.64%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CELH or PRMW?

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Primo Water shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Primo Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Celsius beats Primo Water on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.