Cosan (CSAN) Competitors

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

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	$763.25M	2.94	$91.91M	$1.31	24.06
Cosan	$7.91B	0.30	$219.21M	N/A	N/A

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 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer TR or CSAN?

In the previous week, Cosan had 5 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cosan and 0 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Cosan's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries	Neutral
Cosan	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TR or CSAN?

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TR or CSAN?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TR or CSAN more profitable?

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 13.02% compared to Cosan's net margin of 0.00%. Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity of 11.13% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries	13.02%	11.13%	8.47%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer TR or CSAN?

Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 268.57%. 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

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

Cosan beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.