Cosan (CSAN) Competitors

Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Is TR or CSAN more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Cosan's net margin of 0.00%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 10.23% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	12.14%	10.23%	7.79%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TR or CSAN?

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 68.5% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, TR or CSAN?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TR or CSAN a better dividend stock?

Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cosan pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to TR or CSAN?

In the previous week, Tootsie Roll Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries and 2 mentions for Cosan. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Cosan's score of 0.97 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend TR or CSAN?

Cosan has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 270.73%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tootsie Roll Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, TR or CSAN?

Cosan has higher revenue and earnings than Tootsie Roll Industries.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tootsie Roll Industries	$715.53M	3.22	$86.83M	$1.22	26.46
Cosan	$7.91B	0.30	$219.21M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TR or CSAN?

Tootsie Roll Industries received 158 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.39% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tootsie Roll Industries	Outperform Votes 160 58.39%	Underperform Votes 114 41.61%
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Cosan on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.