Beyond (BYON) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to BYON or CSAN?

In the previous week, Cosan had 7 more articles in the media than Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cosan and 1 mentions for Beyond. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Cosan's score of -0.12 indicating that Beyond is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate BYON or CSAN?

Beyond currently has a consensus target price of $8.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. Cosan has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 369.14%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.36	-$258.80M	-$4.07	-2.17
Cosan	$8.15B	0.23	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.07

Is BYON or CSAN more profitable?

Beyond has a net margin of -17.86% compared to Cosan's net margin of -28.08%. Cosan's return on equity of -27.61% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-17.86%	-78.27%	-31.94%
Cosan	-28.08%	-27.61%	-8.25%

Which has more volatility & risk, BYON or CSAN?

Beyond has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BYON or CSAN?

76.3% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Beyond shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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