Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) & China Energy Recovery (OTCMKTS:CGYV) Financial Review

China Energy Recovery (OTCMKTS:CGYV) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares China Energy Recovery and Cosan”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Energy Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cosan	$43.55 billion	0.05	-$1.75 billion	$1.32	3.26

China Energy Recovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cosan.

Volatility and Risk

China Energy Recovery has a beta of -1.09, suggesting that its share price is 209% less 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 China Energy Recovery and Cosan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Energy Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cosan	-28.08%	-27.61%	-8.25%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for China Energy Recovery and Cosan, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Energy Recovery	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cosan	2	2	1	1	2.17

Cosan has a consensus price target of $9.47, indicating a potential upside of 120.16%. Given Cosan’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cosan is more favorable than China Energy Recovery.

Summary

Cosan beats China Energy Recovery on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Energy Recovery

China Energy Recovery, Inc. designs, manufactures, installs, and services waste heat recovery systems in China. The company’s energy recovery systems capture industrial waste energy to produce electrical power, which enables industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, shrink their emissions footprint, and generate saleable emissions credits. It serves petrochemical, paper manufacturing, refining/power generation, coke processing, cement, and steel industries. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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.