CVR Refining, (NYSE: CVRR) and Cosan Limited (NYSE:CZZ) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitabiliy, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CVR Refining, and Cosan Limited, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CVR Refining, | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Cosan Limited | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
CVR Refining, presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. Given CVR Refining,’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CVR Refining, is more favorable than Cosan Limited.
Dividends
Cosan Limited pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CVR Refining, does not pay a dividend.
Risk & Volatility
CVR Refining, has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan Limited has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CVR Refining, and Cosan Limited’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CVR Refining, | $5.02 billion | 0.27 | $325.40 million | $1.02 | 8.97 |
| Cosan Limited | $3.83 billion | 0.49 | $1.24 billion | N/A | N/A |
Cosan Limited has higher revenue, but lower earnings than CVR Refining,.
Profitability
This table compares CVR Refining, and Cosan Limited’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CVR Refining, | 2.99% | 11.43% | 6.55% |
| Cosan Limited | 1.35% | -0.34% | -0.11% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
11.4% of CVR Refining, shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Cosan Limited shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cosan Limited beats CVR Refining, on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CVR Refining,
CVR Refining, LP is an independent downstream energy limited partnership with refining and related logistics assets that operates in the mid-continent region. The Company is a petroleum refiner. It owned and operated a complex full coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas with a rated capacity of 115,000 barrels per calendar day (bpcd) and a complex crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma with a rated capacity of 70,000 bpcd capable of processing 20,000 bpcd of light sour crude oils (within its rated capacity of 70,000 bpcd), as of December 31, 2016. In addition, it also controlled and operated supporting logistics assets, including approximately 340 miles of active owned and leased pipelines, approximately 150 crude oil transports, a network of crude oil gathering tank farms, approximately 6.4 million barrels of owned and leased crude oil storage and over 4.5 million barrels of combined refined products and feedstocks storage capacity, as of December 31, 2016.
About Cosan Limited
Cosan Limited (Cosan) is a holding company. The Company’s segments include Raizen Energia, Raizen Combustiveis, COMGAS, Cosan Logistica, Lubricants and Other business. The Company’s other business include other investments, in addition to the corporate activities. The Company offers Logistics services, including transportation, port loading and storage of sugar, leasing or lending of locomotives, wagons and other railway equipment, through its subsidiaries Rumo Logistica Operadora Multimodal S.A. (Rumo), logistic segment (Logistic). The Company is also engaged in production and distribution of lubricants, through its indirect subsidiaries Cosan Lubrificantes e Especialidades S.A. (Moove) and Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd. (Comma), under the Mobil licensed trademark in Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay, in addition to the European and Asian market using the Comma brand and corporate activities (Lubricants).
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