Lots of the stock market’s finest names are trading lower in 2025. In consequence, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index is down 7% from February’s all-time high, and lots of investors are backing away from dangerous growth stocks.
However the wet blanket didn’t cover all of Wall Street. A handful of good growth stocks are literally soaring this yr, and you need to consider picking up a couple of shares before they really soar.
As an example, Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) looks like an incredible long-term investment without delay, but you could have to be patient with some potholes and bumps along the best way. As of March 20, its stock is up 17.8% in 2025 and 46.8% from last summer’s distribution-based price drop.
I am unable to promise that Celsius Holdings stock will probably be up in 2025, or next yr. But the energy drink challenger seems to have hit a nerve with its health-conscious alternatives. The classic duopoly of Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) and Red Bull may soon have a 3rd serious component.
Celsius is not quite there yet, after all. Last yr was a difficult one as distribution partner PepsiCo held back on its Celsius orders for several months. Its share of the American energy drink market dwindled from 8.1% at the top of 2023 to 7.3% within the last quarter of 2024. Total fourth-quarter revenue fell 4% yr over yr, despite a 39% increase in international sales.
And that is the important thing to Celsius’ long-term value. International sales in the newest report stood at just 6.1% of total revenue, up from 4.2% within the year-ago period. Management has only began to nibble on the overseas opportunity. The corporate added the Benelux region to its distribution targets this week, following earlier introductions in France, Ireland, the U.K., Australia, and Recent Zealand. Canada has been a minor goal marketplace for years.
The corporate is painting the worldwide map slowly. There are numerous potentially lucrative regions left unexplored, and those with a Celsius presence have lots of sales growth and native marketing to do.
This company is exploring opportunities abroad from a special angle than chief rivals Red Bull and Monster.
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Red Bull runs its own world-class distribution network with local production and shipping facilities in most countries.
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Monster has a world partnership with Coca-Cola, leveraging the soft drink giant’s distribution expertise world wide.
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Celsius’ PepsiCo deal only covers the U.S. and Canada up to now. The opposite countries on this energy drink expert’s distribution map are handled by Japanese beverage giant Suntory Beverage and Food.