HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO – Get Free Report) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for HF Sinclair and Cosan, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
HF Sinclair | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2.54 |
Cosan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
HF Sinclair currently has a consensus price target of $55.82, suggesting a potential upside of 30.14%. Given HF Sinclair’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Cosan.
Dividends
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares HF Sinclair and Cosan”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
HF Sinclair | $31.44 billion | 0.26 | $1.59 billion | $8.08 | 5.31 |
Cosan | $40.34 billion | 0.09 | $1.13 billion | $1.58 | 5.16 |
HF Sinclair has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares HF Sinclair and Cosan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
HF Sinclair | 3.80% | 11.85% | 6.77% |
Cosan | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HF Sinclair beats Cosan on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About HF Sinclair
HF Sinclair Corporation operates as an independent energy company. The company produces and markets gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel, specialty lubricant products, specialty chemicals, specialty and modified asphalt, and others. It owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming; and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest United States and Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest, and in other neighboring Plains states. In addition, the company supplies fuels to approximately 1,500 independent Sinclair branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at approximately 300 additional locations. Further, it produces base oils and other specialized lubricants; and provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage, and throughput services to the petroleum sector. HF Sinclair Corporation is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
About Cosan
Cosan S.A. engages in the fuel distribution business. It operates through Raízen, Compass, Moove, Rumo, and Radar segments. The company’s Raízen segment engages in the production, commercialization, origination, and trading of ethanol, bioenergy, renewable sources, and sugar; trading and resale of electricity; and distribution and commercialization of fuels and lubricants. Its Compass segment distributes piped natural gas to industrial, residential, commercial, automotive, and cogeneration customers; and develops infrastructure projects in a regasification terminal, offshore gas pipeline, and thermal generation projects utilizing natural gas, as well as commercialization of electricity and natural gas. The company’s Moove segment produces and distributes lubricants under the Comma brand. Its Rumo segment provides logistics services for rail transportation, port storage, and loading of goods, including grains and sugar; and leases locomotives, wagons, and another railroad equipment, as well as operates containers. The company’s Radar segment manages agricultural property. It operates in Brazil, England, France, Spain and Portugal, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay, the United States, Asia, and internationally. Cosan S.A. was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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