Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) & Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) Financial Comparison

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Conagra Brands and Celsius, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	4	13	1	0	1.83
Celsius	0	4	20	0	2.83

Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $63.89, indicating a potential upside of 97.88%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Conagra Brands.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conagra Brands	-0.39%	10.15%	4.28%
Celsius	5.85%	38.21%	9.84%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Conagra Brands and Celsius”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conagra Brands	$11.61 billion	0.58	$1.15 billion	($0.10)	-141.26
Celsius	$2.52 billion	3.30	$108.00 million	$0.25	129.16

Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Conagra Brands 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

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Celsius shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Celsius beats Conagra Brands on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products through various retail channels. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature-controlled food products through various retail channels. The International segment offers food products in various temperature states through retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers branded and customized food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for restaurants and other foodservice establishments. The company sells its products under the Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Angie's, BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera brands. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.