Cosan (CSAN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cosan S.A. engages in the fuel distribution business. It operates through Raízen, Compass, Moove, Rumo, and Radar segments. The company's Raízen segment engages in the production, commercialization, origination, and trading of ethanol, bioenergy, renewable sources, and sugar; trading and resale of electricity; and distribution and commercialization of fuels and lubricants. Its Compass segment distributes piped natural gas to industrial, residential, commercial, automotive, and cogeneration customers; and develops infrastructure projects in a regasification terminal, offshore gas pipeline, and thermal generation projects utilizing natural gas, as well as commercialization of electricity and natural gas. The company's Moove segment produces and distributes lubricants under the Comma brand. Its Rumo segment provides logistics services for rail transportation, port storage, and loading of goods, including grains and sugar; and leases locomotives, wagons, and another railroad equipment, as well as operates containers. The company's Radar segment manages agricultural property. It operates in Brazil, England, France, Spain and Portugal, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay, the United States, Asia, and internationally. Cosan S.A. was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.24 to $4.33
• 50-Day Range: $3.81 to $5.24
• 52-Week Range: $3.80 to $10.12
• Volume: 1.19 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 3.24
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cosan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cosan scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 37th out of 269 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cosan has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cosan has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 100.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cosan are expected to grow by 100.00% in the coming year, from $0.20 to $0.40 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cosan is 3.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 98.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cosan is 3.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 73.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cosan has a PEG Ratio of 0.13. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cosan has a P/B Ratio of 0.27. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.59% of the float of Cosan has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cosan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cosan has recently increased by 37.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Cosan does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Cosan does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Cosan will have a dividend payout ratio of 87.50% in the coming year. This indicates that Cosan may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.59% of the float of Cosan has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cosan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cosan has recently increased by 37.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.21

News Sentiment

Cosan has a news sentiment score of -0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.95 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Cosan this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

15 people have searched for CSAN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 275% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Cosan to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cosan insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

CSAN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CSAN shares performed this year?

Cosan's stock was trading at $5.44 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, CSAN stock has decreased by 21.4% and is now trading at $4.2750.

How were Cosan's earnings last quarter?

Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR (NYSE:CSAN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 14th. The company reported ($0.36) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.00 by $0.36. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.12 billion. Cosan had a negative net margin of 28.08% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.61%.
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Who are Cosan's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Cosan include Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.13%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.09%), Engineers Gate Manager LP (0.03%) and Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda (0.02%).

How do I buy shares of Cosan?

Shares of CSAN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Cosan own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cosan investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2025
• Today: 8/29/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Other Alt Energy
• Sub-Industry: Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CSAN
• CIK: 1430162
• Web: ir.cosan.com.br
• Phone: 55-11-3897-9797
• Fax: 55-11-3897-9799
• Employees: 12,090
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cosan: $12.00
• High Price Target: $19.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +180.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.32
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.38
• P/E Growth: 0.13
• Net Income: -$1.75 billion
• Net Margins: -28.08%
• Pretax Margin: -15.03%
• Return on Equity: -27.61%
• Return on Assets: -8.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.88
• Current Ratio: 2.13
• Quick Ratio: 1.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $43.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.05
• Cash Flow: $1.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.49
• Book Value: $15.65 per share
• Price / Book: 0.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 466,889,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $2.00 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.98