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CSAN vs. ACI, VIPS, FND, OLLI, GAP, MNSO, MUSA, FCFS, BOOT, and BBWI

Should you be buying Cosan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cosan include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Vipshop (VIPS), Floor & Decor (FND), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), GAP (GAP), MINISO Group (MNSO), Murphy USA (MUSA), FirstCash (FCFS), Boot Barn (BOOT), and Bath & Body Works (BBWI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Cosan vs. Its Competitors

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

Cosan presently has a consensus price target of $9.47, indicating a potential upside of 90.28%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus price target of $23.94, indicating a potential upside of 34.98%. Given Cosan's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cosan
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Albertsons Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

Cosan has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cosan$8.15B0.28-$1.75B$1.323.77
Albertsons Companies$80.39B0.12$958.60M$1.6410.81

Albertsons Companies has a net margin of 1.18% compared to Cosan's net margin of -28.08%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 37.92% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cosan-28.08% -27.61% -8.25%
Albertsons Companies 1.18%37.92%4.63%

In the previous week, Cosan had 1 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cosan and 14 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Cosan's score of 0.26 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cosan
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Albertsons Companies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Albertsons Companies beats Cosan on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CSAN vs. The Competition

MetricCosanOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.23B$10.37B$8.07B$21.69B
Dividend YieldN/A4.06%10.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio3.7772.1040.2129.43
Price / Sales0.28969.021,300.1084.67
Price / Cash4.0626.2036.5424.47
Price / Book0.325.984.154.56
Net Income-$1.75B$276.88M$4.28B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-15.39%4.84%2.00%-0.51%
1 Month Performance24.38%13.23%5.12%2.89%
1 Year Performance-45.45%68.61%17.36%14.77%

Cosan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSAN
Cosan
4.8248 of 5 stars
$4.98
+4.3%
$9.47
+90.3%
-46.4%$2.23B$8.15B3.7712,090Analyst Forecast
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.908 of 5 stars
$17.74
-0.9%
$23.94
+35.0%
-4.2%$10.02B$80.39B10.81195,000
VIPS
Vipshop
3.301 of 5 stars
$18.25
-0.7%
$18.33
+0.4%
+28.0%$9.42B$14.85B9.9214,966
FND
Floor & Decor
3.2346 of 5 stars
$81.12
-2.7%
$87.82
+8.3%
-34.0%$8.98B$4.46B41.6013,690Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.661 of 5 stars
$132.94
-3.3%
$144.15
+8.4%
+32.0%$8.43B$2.27B38.5312,800Positive News
Insider Trade
GAP
GAP
3.5685 of 5 stars
$22.62
+1.6%
$25.47
+12.6%
+10.4%$8.26B$15.09B9.5182,000Trending News
MNSO
MINISO Group
2.644 of 5 stars
$24.46
-2.3%
$24.86
+1.6%
+72.8%$7.78B$2.33B22.867,003
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.3678 of 5 stars
$381.78
-0.3%
$483.17
+26.6%
-19.2%$7.39B$20.24B15.8117,200Positive News
Analyst Revision
FCFS
FirstCash
4.7829 of 5 stars
$147.39
+0.7%
$143.00
-3.0%
+30.5%$6.50B$3.39B22.6420,000Positive News
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.6624 of 5 stars
$175.66
-0.2%
$182.54
+3.9%
+1.1%$5.38B$1.91B27.7110,400
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
4.8601 of 5 stars
$25.88
+3.2%
$39.69
+53.4%
-11.0%$5.17B$7.31B7.6859,210Options Volume

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This page (NYSE:CSAN) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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