Cosan (CSAN) Competitors

Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is FND or CSAN more profitable?

Floor & Decor has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Cosan's net margin of 0.00%. Floor & Decor's return on equity of 9.80% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Floor & Decor	4.62%	9.80%	4.17%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer FND or CSAN?

Floor & Decor currently has a consensus price target of $104.11, indicating a potential upside of 25.75%. Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 251.85%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than Floor & Decor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Floor & Decor	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has more volatility & risk, FND or CSAN?

Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FND or CSAN?

Floor & Decor received 362 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.17% of users gave Floor & Decor an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Floor & Decor	Outperform Votes 364 56.17%	Underperform Votes 284 43.83%
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%

Does the media refer more to FND or CSAN?

In the previous week, Floor & Decor had 7 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Floor & Decor and 3 mentions for Cosan. Floor & Decor's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Cosan's score of 0.32 indicating that Floor & Decor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Floor & Decor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cosan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FND or CSAN?

Floor & Decor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Floor & Decor, 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
Floor & Decor	$4.46B	2.00	$245.98M	$1.90	43.57
Cosan	$43.95B	0.06	$219.21M	$1.32	4.09

Summary

Floor & Decor beats Cosan on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.