Primo Water (PRMW) Competitors

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

Is PRMW or CELH 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
Primo Water	13.63%	8.80%	3.62%
Celsius	15.61%	59.40%	12.96%

Do analysts prefer PRMW or CELH?

Primo Water currently has a consensus price target of $25.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $54.40, indicating a potential upside of 96.32%. Given Celsius' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Celsius is more favorable than Primo Water.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PRMW or CELH?

87.7% of Primo Water shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Primo Water shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Celsius 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PRMW or CELH?

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
Primo Water	$1.77B	2.19	$238.10M	$1.61	15.04
Celsius	$1.32B	4.94	$226.80M	$0.72	38.49

Does the media refer more to PRMW or CELH?

In the previous week, Celsius had 18 more articles in the media than Primo Water. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Celsius and 2 mentions for Primo Water. Primo Water's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Celsius' score of 0.64 indicating that Primo Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Primo Water	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celsius	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRMW or CELH?

Celsius received 249 more outperform votes than Primo Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave Celsius an outperform vote while only 61.80% of users gave Primo Water an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Primo Water	Outperform Votes 55 61.80%	Underperform Votes 34 38.20%
Celsius	Outperform Votes 304 64.14%	Underperform Votes 170 35.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, PRMW or CELH?

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

Summary

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