Reviewing Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) & Plant Veda Foods (OTCMKTS:PLVFF)

Plant Veda Foods (OTCMKTS:PLVFF) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Plant Veda Foods and Celsius’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plant Veda Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A
Celsius	5.85%	37.95%	9.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Plant Veda Foods and Celsius, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plant Veda Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00
Celsius	0	4	21	0	2.84

Celsius has a consensus target price of $58.65, indicating a potential upside of 101.20%. Given Celsius’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Plant Veda Foods.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Plant Veda Foods and Celsius”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plant Veda Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Celsius	$2.52 billion	2.96	$108.00 million	$0.43	67.79

Celsius has higher revenue and earnings than Plant Veda Foods.

Summary

Celsius beats Plant Veda Foods on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Plant Veda Foods

Plant Veda Foods Ltd. operates as a plant-based beverage and food company in Canada. It offers milk, creamers, lassi, and yogurts. Plant Veda Foods Ltd. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Surrey, Canada.

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.