BAK vs. CSAN, EC, GBR, PBR, VOC, WDS, CNEY, ORGN, VGAS, and GEVO
Should you be buying Braskem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braskem include Cosan (CSAN), Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), CN Energy Group. (CNEY), Origin Materials (ORGN), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), and Gevo (GEVO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Braskem (NYSE:BAK) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Braskem has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Braskem received 63 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.85% of users gave Braskem an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.
Braskem currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 226.50%. Given Braskem's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Braskem is more favorable than Cosan.
Cosan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braskem.
Cosan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Braskem's net margin of -6.61%. Cosan's return on equity of 0.00% beat Braskem's return on equity.
In the previous week, Braskem had 4 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Braskem and 1 mentions for Cosan. Cosan's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Braskem's score of -0.14 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Braskem beats Cosan on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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