Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ANDE scored 54.4, CELH scored 67.0 — CELH leads.
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ANDE
The Andersons, Inc.
Food Distribution · Quality-Growth
54.4
$63.89 · $2.2B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.6
CELH leads
CELH
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Quality-Growth
67
$28.58 · $7.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestANDE12.8x
Fastest growthCELH+85.5%
Strongest balance sheetCELH0.23
Highest qualityCELH61 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCELH-33%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ANDE
stronger →← stronger
CELH
57
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
61
43
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
95
66
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
52
CELH is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ANDE
CELH
$57mC-
FCF
$463mC
-2.2%D+
Rev
+85.5%A
0.66B
D/E
0.23A-
12.8xA-
P/E
124.3xD
0.89B+
PEG
0.25A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ANDE
CELH
84% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
33% below
~19%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~5%/yr
-46%
1-yr DCF upside
+14%
-46%
5-yr DCF upside
+48%
-45%
10-yr DCF upside
+118%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
The companies
ANDEThe Andersons, Inc.
Food Distribution · $63.89 · beta 0.66
Why now
Food Distribution · market cap $2.2b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $82.11 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.89 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $88.33 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Net margin 1.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
CELHCelsius Holdings, Inc.
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · $28.58 · beta 1.00
Why now
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · market cap $7.2b. Down 57% from 52-week high of $66.74 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +86% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.25 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $42.19 (implying +48% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($295m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Trailing P/E 124.3x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 57% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 4.2% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where ANDE and CELH diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.6 points in favor of CELH. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthANDE 42.6 · CELH 94.9CELH +52.3
ValueANDE 66.2 · CELH 52.0ANDE +14.2
QualityANDE 57.0 · CELH 60.9CELH +3.9
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CELH or ANDE the better stock?
CELH scores higher: CELH 67.0, ANDE 54.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CELH and ANDE differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where CELH leads by 52 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are CELH and ANDE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.