Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable 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	$1.67B	8.87	$145.07M	$0.37	154.86
Flowers Foods	$5.10B	0.65	$248.12M	$1.08	14.56

Which has more risk & volatility, CELH or FLO?

Celsius has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CELH or FLO?

In the previous week, Celsius had 20 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Celsius and 32 mentions for Flowers Foods. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.54 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celsius	21 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flowers Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CELH or FLO more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 4.49%. 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	4.49%	18.91%	7.28%

Do analysts recommend CELH or FLO?

Celsius currently has a consensus target price of $52.28, suggesting a potential downside of 8.76%. Flowers Foods has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.87%. 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)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Flowers Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

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