Financial Survey: Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV)

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Vault	$203.67 million	2.50	-$103.61 million	($0.71)	-4.02
Cosan	$7.24 billion	0.44	-$1.74 billion	($2.46)	-1.31

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Vault	-52.97%	-171.09%	-40.28%
Cosan	-24.09%	-14.30%	-3.49%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Energy Vault shares are owned by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Energy Vault and Cosan, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Vault	2	1	3	0	2.17
Cosan	2	4	0	0	1.67

Energy Vault presently has a consensus target price of $5.01, suggesting a potential upside of 75.57%. Cosan has a consensus target price of $3.85, suggesting a potential upside of 19.75%. Given Energy Vault’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Cosan.

Risk & Volatility

Energy Vault has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Energy Vault beats Cosan on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Energy Vault

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. develops and sells energy storage solutions. The company offers B-Vault, an electrochemical battery energy storage systems for shorter-duration energy storage needs; G-Vault, a proprietary gravity energy storage solution, including EVx solution; and H-Vault, a hybrid energy storage systems including systems that integrate green hydrogen. Its software solutions includes Vault-OS, an energy management system the management of one or more diverse storage mediums; Vault-Bidder that utilizes machine learning algorithms to match node-specific data with real-time weather and asset performance information; and Vault-Manager which designs to safeguard asset management and to help blend developing technologies seamlessly into existing solutions. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. is based in Westlake Village, 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.