Cosan (CSAN) Competitors

Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) and GAP (NYSE:GAP) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.

Is CSAN or GAP more profitable?

GAP has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Cosan's net margin of 0.00%. GAP's return on equity of 29.03% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAP	5.40%	29.03%	7.26%

Is CSAN or GAP a better dividend stock?

Cosan pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cosan pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 28.6% 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. GAP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cosan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CSAN or GAP?

In the previous week, GAP had 18 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for GAP and 1 mentions for Cosan. Cosan's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat GAP's score of 0.03 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cosan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GAP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSAN or GAP?

GAP received 17 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.50% of users gave GAP an outperform vote while only 10.00% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.00%	Underperform Votes 18 90.00%
GAP	Outperform Votes 19 47.50%	Underperform Votes 21 52.50%

Do analysts rate CSAN or GAP?

Cosan presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 218.52%. GAP has a consensus price target of $28.47, suggesting a potential upside of 28.20%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than GAP.

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
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has more risk and volatility, CSAN or GAP?

Cosan has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CSAN or GAP?

GAP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAP, 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	4.52
GAP	$15.16B	0.55	$502M	$2.31	9.61

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

58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of GAP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GAP beats Cosan on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.