Contrasting BranchOut Food (NASDAQ:BOF) & Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH)

BranchOut Food (NASDAQ:BOF) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for BranchOut Food and Celsius, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BranchOut Food	1	0	0	0	1.00
Celsius	2	3	18	0	2.70

Celsius has a consensus price target of $66.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Celsius is more favorable than BranchOut Food.

Profitability

This table compares BranchOut Food and Celsius’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BranchOut Food	-49.75%	-150.04%	-40.76%
Celsius	3.03%	41.88%	10.94%

Volatility & Risk

BranchOut Food has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BranchOut Food and Celsius”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BranchOut Food	$6.52 million	6.13	-$4.75 million	($0.60)	-4.97
Celsius	$1.36 billion	9.98	$145.07 million	$0.10	524.80

Celsius has higher revenue and earnings than BranchOut Food. BranchOut Food is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.6% of BranchOut Food shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of BranchOut Food shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Celsius beats BranchOut Food on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BranchOut Food

BranchOut Food Inc. develops, markets, sells, and distributes plant-based dehydrated fruit and vegetable snacks, and powders in the United States. The company offers dehydrated fruit and vegetable-based snacks, including avocado chips, chewy banana bites, pineapple chips, brussels sprout crisps, and bell pepper crisps; avocado, banana, and blueberry powders; and industrial ingredients, such as bulk avocado powder, dried avocado pieces, and other fruit powders/pieces. It also provides chocolate covered fruit items and private label products for retailers. The company was formerly known as AvoLov, LLC and changed its name to BranchOut Food Inc. in November 2021. BranchOut Food Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Bend, Oregon.

About Celsius

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.