Cosan (CSAN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CSAN or GAP?

Cosan currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 350.77%. GAP has a consensus price target of $28.53, suggesting a potential upside of 40.11%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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

Is CSAN or GAP more profitable?

GAP has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Cosan's net margin of -25.77%. GAP's return on equity of 27.86% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosan	-25.77%	-24.39%	-7.53%
GAP	5.80%	27.86%	7.51%

Which has more risk & volatility, CSAN or GAP?

Cosan has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CSAN or GAP?

In the previous week, GAP had 26 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GAP and 1 mentions for Cosan. GAP's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Cosan's score of -0.97 indicating that GAP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cosan	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
GAP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CSAN or GAP a better dividend stock?

Cosan pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CSAN or GAP?

GAP has higher revenue and 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	$8.15B	0.24	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.19
GAP	$15.09B	0.51	$844M	$2.31	8.82

Summary

GAP beats Cosan on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.