CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC. vs PepsiCo, Inc., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CELH and PEP diverge most: on revenue growth, CELH reads +127.9% and PEP reads +5.8%; on p/e, CELH reads 67.4 and PEP reads 18.0. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CELH's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What PEP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CELH | PEP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.00 | $137.08 |
| Market cap | $7.5B | $187.7B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 67.4 | 18.0 |
| P/B | 6.02 | 8.43 |
| P/S | 2.54 | 1.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.0 | 10.5 |
| Revenue growth | +127.9% | +5.8% |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 54.2% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 16.6% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 13.9% | 46.9% |
| Return on assets | 3.4% | 9.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 34.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 5.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | 0.48 |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | 0.93 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.03 | 3.13 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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