Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BBW or CSAN?

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BBW or CSAN?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Build-A-Bear Workshop, 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
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$496.40M	1.32	$51.78M	$4.16	11.95
Cosan	$8.15B	0.26	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.48

Is BBW or CSAN a better dividend stock?

Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cosan pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cosan pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Build-A-Bear Workshop has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend BBW or CSAN?

Build-A-Bear Workshop currently has a consensus price target of $51.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 313.94%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is BBW or CSAN more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Cosan's net margin of -25.77%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 40.74% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.91%	40.74%	18.98%
Cosan	-25.77%	-24.39%	-7.53%

Which has more volatility and risk, BBW or CSAN?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BBW or CSAN?

In the previous week, Cosan had 2 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cosan and 0 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Cosan's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's score of 0.00 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Neutral
Cosan	Positive

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats Cosan on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.