ATRenew (RERE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CSAN or RERE?

Cosan presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 268.93%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than ATRenew.

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
ATRenew	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CSAN or RERE?

ATRenew has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATRenew, 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	0.30	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.90
ATRenew	$2.24B	0.38	-$1.13M	$0.07	50.43

Does the media prefer CSAN or RERE?

In the previous week, ATRenew had 9 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ATRenew and 2 mentions for Cosan. ATRenew's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cosan's score of 0.00 indicating that ATRenew 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ATRenew	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSAN or RERE more profitable?

ATRenew has a net margin of 0.73% compared to Cosan's net margin of -25.77%. ATRenew's return on equity of 8.91% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosan	-25.77%	-24.39%	-7.53%
ATRenew	0.73%	8.91%	6.38%

Which has more risk & volatility, CSAN or RERE?

Cosan has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATRenew has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

19.3% of ATRenew shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of ATRenew shares are owned 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.

Summary

ATRenew beats Cosan on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.