ARKO (ARKO) Competitors

ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARKO or CSAN?

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARKO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARKO	$8.73B	0.06	$20.84M	$0.08	61.81
Cosan	$8.15B	0.30	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.97

Which has more volatility & risk, ARKO or CSAN?

ARKO has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ARKO or CSAN?

In the previous week, Cosan had 1 more articles in the media than ARKO. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cosan and 4 mentions for ARKO. ARKO's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Cosan's score of 0.60 indicating that ARKO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARKO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARKO or CSAN more profitable?

ARKO has a net margin of 0.18% compared to Cosan's net margin of -28.08%. ARKO's return on equity of 5.50% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARKO	0.18%	5.50%	0.41%
Cosan	-28.08%	-27.61%	-8.25%

Do analysts recommend ARKO or CSAN?

ARKO currently has a consensus price target of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 44.08%. Cosan has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 128.79%. Given Cosan's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than ARKO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARKO	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARKO or CSAN?

78.3% of ARKO shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of ARKO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ARKO beats Cosan on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.