RealReal (REAL) Competitors

RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer REAL or CSAN?

RealReal presently has a consensus price target of $8.33, suggesting a potential upside of 63.72%. Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 301.27%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than RealReal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RealReal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of REAL or CSAN?

64.7% of RealReal shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of RealReal 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.

Is REAL or CSAN more profitable?

Cosan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to RealReal's net margin of -22.35%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RealReal	-22.35%	N/A	-30.53%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor REAL or CSAN?

In the previous week, RealReal had 5 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RealReal and 4 mentions for Cosan. RealReal's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cosan's score of 0.52 indicating that RealReal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RealReal	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, REAL or CSAN?

Cosan has higher revenue and earnings than RealReal. RealReal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cosan, 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
RealReal	$600.48M	0.94	-$168.47M	-$1.29	-3.95
Cosan	$43.95B	0.05	$219.21M	$1.32	3.59

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REAL or CSAN?

RealReal received 130 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.90% of users gave RealReal an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RealReal	Outperform Votes 132 56.90%	Underperform Votes 100 43.10%
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%

Which has more volatility & risk, REAL or CSAN?

RealReal has a beta of 2.9, meaning that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RealReal beats Cosan on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.