Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) vs. Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) Financial Contrast

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and Cosan”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	13.65	-$29.23 million	$0.04	2,149.98
Cosan	$8.15 billion	0.25	-$1.75 billion	$1.32	3.28

Bloom Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan. Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloom Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.48, suggesting that its share price is 248% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and Cosan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	1.45%	6.80%	1.48%
Cosan	-28.08%	-27.61%	-8.25%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Bloom Energy and Cosan, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	4	8	9	3	2.46
Cosan	2	2	1	1	2.17

Bloom Energy presently has a consensus target price of $46.63, indicating a potential downside of 45.78%. Cosan has a consensus target price of $9.47, indicating a potential upside of 118.38%. Given Cosan’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Cosan on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.