CELH vs KO vs SBUX Stock Comparison

Celsius Holdings, Coca Cola and Starbucks Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc.
$30.03 +10.0% 1M -49.9% 1Y
Market cap
$7.56B
P/E
33.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.17B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins
KO Coca Cola Co
$95.73 +11.1% 1M +39.7% 1Y
Market cap
$411.82B
P/E
28.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$51.05B
Div. yield
2.19%
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
6 wins
SBUX Starbucks Corp
$106.16 +10.5% 1M +28.1% 1Y
Market cap
$121.02B
P/E
61.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.34B
Div. yield
2.34%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Coca Cola leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Coca Cola 6, Celsius Holdings 4, Starbucks 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCELHKOSBUXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.56B $411.82B $121.02B KO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.0x 28.2x 61.0x KO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.8x 29.3x 35.0x CELH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.1% +7.1% +4.5% CELH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.3% 28.7% 5.2% KO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.5% 15.6% 31.4% SBUX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 1.7x 2.1x CELH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.19% 2.34% SBUX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -49.9% +39.7% +28.1% KO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.6%/yr +11.0%/yr -1.9%/yr KO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 64.2% 19.2% 27.7% KO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 58/100 36/100 CELH

Percentile Scorecard

CELHKOSBUX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCELHKOSBUX
Valuation 56 #17 of 37 28 #27 of 37 10 #45 of 50
Growth 91 #4 of 33 59 #14 of 33 19 #39 of 48
Profitability 63 #13 of 33 97 #2 of 33 72 #14 of 47
Financial Health 73 #11 of 38 60 #16 of 38 42 #30 of 51
Shareholder Returns 52 #12 of 24 48 #13 of 24 38 #21 of 33
Overall 67 58 36
  • CELH ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • KO ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • SBUX ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCELHKOSBUXSPY
1 month +10.0%+11.1%+10.5% -5.9%
3 months +26.3%+10.2%+1.0% -4.6%
6 months -12.3%+22.1%+1.8% +0.2%
Year to date -34.3%+36.9%+26.1% +7.5%
1 year -49.9%+39.7%+28.1% +8.2%
3 years -49.1%+68.0%+2.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year -20.2%+18.9%+0.7% +19.0%
5 years -16.6%+68.4%-9.2% +56.5%
5 years, per year -3.6%+11.0%-1.9% +9.4%
10 years +4,520.0%+129.6%+101.3% +251.5%
10 years, per year +46.7%+8.7%+7.2% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCELHKOSBUXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 64.2%19.2%27.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.1%16.7%25.1% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.95-0.230.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.782.071.02 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.9%-20.9%-40.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -49.9%-0.3%-3.2% -5.9%
52-week high $59.92$96.00$109.70 $779.14
52-week low $23.77$67.54$82.22 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCELHKOSBUX
P/E now vs peer median 33.0xmedian 24.4x 28.2xmedian 24.4x 61.0xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.7x 8.1xmedian 1.7x 3.2xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 15.0x 26.9xmedian 15.0x 28.1xmedian 13.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.1xmedian 21.3x 28.8xmedian 21.3x 33.2xmedian 18.3x
P/B now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 2.6x 10.4xmedian 2.6x -15.8xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.42median 1.16 2.57median 1.16 -3.17median 0.89

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCELHKOSBUX
Revenue $3.17B $51.05B $38.34B
Gross profit $1.51B $31.82B –
Operating income $412.38M $15.34B $2.98B
Net income $317.09M $14.78B $1.98B
Free cash flow $269.01M $14.28B $3.64B
EPS (diluted) $0.90 $3.39 $1.73
Cash & equivalents $700.62M $13.45B $3.45B
Total debt $667.76M $41.55B $13.28B
Shares (diluted) 254.91M 4.31B 1.14B
Enterprise value $5.28B $400.30B $108.65B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCELHKOSBUX
P/E 33.0x 28.2x 61.0x
P/FCF 28.1x 28.8x 33.2x
P/Operating cash flow 22.9x 25.4x 24.3x
P/S 2.4x 8.1x 3.2x
P/B 5.9x 10.4x -15.8x
P/Tangible book -76.8x 15.2x -15.4x
EV/EBITDA 15.0x 26.9x 28.1x
EV/EBIT 18.3x 28.7x 43.9x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 8.6x 3.4x
EV/FCF 28.0x 30.8x 35.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.8x 27.1x 26.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.42 2.57 -3.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCELHKOSBUX
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.1% 7.1% 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 40.3% 4.3% 3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 38.2% 8.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 40.4% 6.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 327.3% 4.8% -24.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.2% 11.3% -17.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 392.5% 13.4% -24.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.8% 11.1% -19.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 799.0% 12.2% -24.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.2% 11.0% -19.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -40.4% 113.4% 1.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 65.3% 11.0% -1.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -48.6% 156.4% 61.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 68.9% 12.0% 6.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCELHKOSBUX
Gross margin 47.6% 62.3% –
EBITDA margin 15.8% 32.0% 12.1%
Operating margin 13.0% 30.0% 7.8%
Pretax margin 12.4% 35.0% 8.0%
Net margin 7.3% 28.7% 5.2%
FCF margin 8.5% 28.0% 9.5%
Operating cash flow margin 10.4% 31.8% 13.0%
Return on equity 25.6% 38.0% –
Return on assets 6.1% 13.7% 6.7%
Return on invested capital 17.5% 15.6% 31.4%
Return on capital employed 9.8% 18.3% 15.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.1x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.5% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCELHKOSBUX
Debt / assets 13.0% 38.5% 46.9%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.1x -1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 1.7x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 2.5x 2.9x 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 75.2% 63.4% 127.1%
Equity / assets 24.8% 36.6% -27.1%
Interest coverage 8.7x 10.0x 5.4x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.4x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.38 5.77 3.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCELHKOSBUX
Dividend yield – 2.2% 2.3%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 0.1% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.0% 2.3% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCELHKOSBUX
Forward P/E 21.8xFY2026 29.3xFY2026 35.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.38FY2026 $3.27FY2026 $3.03FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +3.0%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 +11.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.0% +10.7% +28.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.30BFY2026 $47.58BFY2026 $36.94BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +30.9%FY2026 -0.7%FY2026 -2.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% -2.5% +9.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCELHKOSBUX
Held by institutions 65.3% 75.3% 85.6%
Institutions holding 542 3,648 2,406
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.3% +1.9% +4.9%
Institutions buying 298 1,810 1,098
Institutions selling 179 1,361 995
Buyers to sellers 1.66 1.33 1.10

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CELHKOSBUX
CELH 1.00 0.22 0.22
KO 0.22 1.00 0.30
SBUX 0.22 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CELH, KO and SBUX?

Coca Cola (KO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Celsius Holdings (CELH) $7.56B, Coca Cola (KO) $411.82B, Starbucks (SBUX) $121.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, CELH, KO and SBUX?

Coca Cola (KO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 33.0x, Coca Cola (KO) 28.2x, Starbucks (SBUX) 61.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Celsius Holdings (CELH) is cheapest (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 21.8x, Coca Cola (KO) 29.3x, Starbucks (SBUX) 35.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Celsius Holdings (CELH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Celsius Holdings (CELH) +49.1%, Coca Cola (KO) +7.1%, Starbucks (SBUX) +4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Coca Cola (KO) has the highest net margin (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 7.3%, Coca Cola (KO) 28.7%, Starbucks (SBUX) 5.2%). On return on invested capital, Starbucks (SBUX) leads (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 17.5%, Coca Cola (KO) 15.6%, Starbucks (SBUX) 31.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Coca Cola (KO) returned the most: Celsius Holdings (CELH) -49.9%, Coca Cola (KO) +39.7%, Starbucks (SBUX) +28.1%. Over five years, Coca Cola (KO) compounded fastest (Celsius Holdings (CELH) -3.6%/yr, Coca Cola (KO) +11.0%/yr, Starbucks (SBUX) -1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Starbucks (SBUX) has the highest dividend yield: Coca Cola (KO) 2.19%, Starbucks (SBUX) 2.34%. Celsius Holdings (CELH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Coca Cola (KO) has been the steadiest (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 64.2%, Coca Cola (KO) 19.2%, Starbucks (SBUX) 27.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CELH, KO and SBUX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Coca Cola (KO) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.