Critical Contrast: Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) & Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ)

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Utz Brands has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Utz Brands and Celsius”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utz Brands	$1.44 billion	0.73	$800,000.00	($0.10)	-73.33
Celsius	$2.52 billion	3.38	$108.00 million	$0.43	77.37

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

Profitability

This table compares Utz Brands and Celsius’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utz Brands	-0.58%	8.61%	4.17%
Celsius	5.85%	37.95%	9.62%

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utz Brands	1	3	4	0	2.38
Celsius	0	4	21	0	2.84

Utz Brands currently has a consensus price target of $12.06, suggesting a potential upside of 64.40%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $63.55, suggesting a potential upside of 91.01%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Utz Brands.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Utz Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Celsius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Celsius beats Utz Brands on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Utz Brands

Utz Brands, Inc. engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp’s, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

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.