RealReal (REAL) Competitors

Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) and RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, CSAN or REAL?

Cosan has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RealReal has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CSAN or REAL?

In the previous week, RealReal had 1 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RealReal and 8 mentions for Cosan. RealReal's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Cosan's score of 0.18 indicating that RealReal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cosan	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RealReal	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSAN or REAL more profitable?

Cosan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to RealReal's net margin of -22.35%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A
RealReal	-22.35%	N/A	-30.53%

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

64.7% of RealReal shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of RealReal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CSAN or REAL?

Cosan currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 254.15%. RealReal has a consensus price target of $8.40, suggesting a potential upside of 66.96%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than RealReal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
RealReal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CSAN or REAL?

Cosan has higher revenue and earnings than RealReal. RealReal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cosan, 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
Cosan	$43.77B	0.06	$219.21M	$1.32	4.06
RealReal	$616.72M	0.92	-$168.47M	-$1.13	-4.45

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSAN or REAL?

RealReal received 130 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.65% of users gave RealReal an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%
RealReal	Outperform Votes 132 56.65%	Underperform Votes 101 43.35%

Summary

RealReal beats Cosan on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.