Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CSAN or BBW?

Cosan has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CSAN or BBW a better dividend stock?

Cosan pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cosan pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 21.2% 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. Build-A-Bear Workshop has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CSAN or BBW?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Build-A-Bear Workshop, 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	$43.77B	0.05	-$1.75B	$1.32	3.38
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$496.40M	1.38	$51.78M	$4.16	12.50

Does the media favor CSAN or BBW?

In the previous week, Cosan had 1 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cosan and 0 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Cosan's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's score of 0.00 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cosan	Positive
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CSAN or BBW?

Cosan presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 326.49%. Build-A-Bear Workshop has a consensus price target of $51.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than Build-A-Bear Workshop.

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
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CSAN or BBW more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Cosan's net margin of -25.77%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 40.74% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosan	-25.77%	-24.39%	-7.53%
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.91%	40.74%	18.98%

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats Cosan on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.