ThredUp (TDUP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TDUP or CSAN?

89.1% of ThredUp shares are held by institutional investors. 27.0% of ThredUp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TDUP or CSAN?

Cosan has higher revenue and earnings than ThredUp. ThredUp 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
ThredUp	$266.79M	3.18	-$71.25M	-$0.58	-12.38
Cosan	$43.77B	0.06	$219.21M	$1.32	4.05

Which has more volatility and risk, TDUP or CSAN?

ThredUp has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TDUP or CSAN more profitable?

Cosan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ThredUp's net margin of -22.16%. Cosan's return on equity of 0.00% beat ThredUp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ThredUp	-22.16%	-78.74%	-29.58%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer TDUP or CSAN?

ThredUp currently has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.97%. Cosan has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 255.14%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than ThredUp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ThredUp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TDUP or CSAN?

ThredUp received 64 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave ThredUp an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ThredUp	Outperform Votes 66 61.11%	Underperform Votes 42 38.89%
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%

Does the media prefer TDUP or CSAN?

In the previous week, ThredUp had 1 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ThredUp and 8 mentions for Cosan. ThredUp's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Cosan's score of 0.18 indicating that ThredUp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ThredUp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cosan beats ThredUp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.