Beyond (BYON) Competitors

Beyond (NYSE:BYON) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer BYON or CSAN?

Beyond presently has a consensus price target of $8.86, indicating a potential downside of 12.16%. Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 338.29%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than Beyond.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is BYON or CSAN more profitable?

Beyond has a net margin of -18.06% compared to Cosan's net margin of -25.77%. Cosan's return on equity of -24.39% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-18.06%	-77.61%	-34.55%
Cosan	-25.77%	-24.39%	-7.53%

Which has more risk & volatility, BYON or CSAN?

Beyond has a beta of 3.25, indicating that its share price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

76.3% of Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Beyond shares are owned 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 stronger earnings & valuation, BYON or CSAN?

Beyond has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan. Beyond 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
Beyond	$1.39B	0.42	-$258.80M	-$4.66	-2.16
Cosan	$8.15B	0.25	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.28

Does the media favor BYON or CSAN?

In the previous week, Beyond had 17 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Beyond and 1 mentions for Cosan. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cosan's score of -0.97 indicating that Beyond is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

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