Cosan Valuation

Is CSAN3 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CSAN3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CSAN3 (R$11.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (R$35.09)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CSAN3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CSAN3?

Key metric: As CSAN3 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CSAN3. This is calculated by dividing CSAN3's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CSAN3's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.8x
EarningsR$2.20b
Market CapR$13.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CSAN3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CSAN3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.9x
UGPA3 Ultrapar Participações
7.7x0.8%R$21.0b
PRIO3 Prio
6.8x27.5%R$33.1b
RECV3 Petroreconcavo
8.3x21.5%R$4.9b
PETDAG PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad
20.6x6.4%RM 17.9b
CSAN3 Cosan
5.8x21.1%R$13.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSAN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.8x) compared to the peer average (10.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CSAN3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Oil and Gas Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CSAN3 5.8xIndustry Avg. 10.4xNo. of Companies85PE0816243240+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CSAN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.8x) compared to the Global Oil and Gas industry average (10.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSAN3's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CSAN3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.8x
Fair PE Ratio7.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CSAN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CSAN3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR$11.05
R$22.59
+104.4%
18.1%R$29.00R$13.00n/a9
Nov ’25R$11.50
R$22.59
+96.4%
18.1%R$29.00R$13.00n/a9
Oct ’25R$13.31
R$22.92
+72.2%
18.4%R$29.00R$13.00n/a9
Sep ’25R$13.36
R$23.58
+76.5%
19.4%R$30.00R$13.00n/a10
Aug ’25R$13.07
R$23.39
+79.0%
15.2%R$30.00R$16.50n/a10
Jul ’25R$13.59
R$23.99
+76.5%
16.2%R$30.00R$16.50n/a11
Jun ’25R$13.62
R$23.51
+72.6%
19.2%R$30.00R$15.00n/a12
May ’25R$14.50
R$23.97
+65.3%
21.6%R$32.00R$15.00n/a12
Apr ’25R$15.74
R$24.01
+52.5%
21.5%R$32.00R$15.00n/a12
Mar ’25R$16.79
R$24.01
+43.0%
21.5%R$32.00R$15.00n/a12
Feb ’25R$18.56
R$24.76
+33.4%
20.9%R$32.00R$15.00n/a12
Jan ’25R$19.36
R$24.63
+27.2%
20.7%R$31.00R$15.00n/a12
Dec ’24R$17.78
R$24.44
+37.5%
20.9%R$31.00R$15.00n/a12
Nov ’24R$16.61
R$24.36
+46.6%
21.1%R$31.00R$15.00R$11.5012
Oct ’24R$17.14
R$24.19
+41.1%
23.2%R$31.00R$13.50R$13.3112
Sep ’24R$17.92
R$24.19
+35.0%
23.2%R$31.00R$13.50R$13.3612
Aug ’24R$19.88
R$24.25
+22.0%
24.2%R$31.00R$13.50R$13.0711
Jul ’24R$17.86
R$23.77
+33.1%
25.0%R$31.00R$13.50R$13.5911
Jun ’24R$15.32
R$24.41
+59.3%
28.6%R$38.00R$13.50R$13.6211
May ’24R$14.98
R$24.36
+62.6%
27.9%R$38.00R$13.50R$14.5013
Apr ’24R$15.09
R$24.36
+61.4%
27.9%R$38.00R$13.50R$15.7413
Mar ’24R$14.80
R$25.78
+74.2%
23.8%R$38.00R$14.00R$16.7913
Feb ’24R$16.49
R$26.01
+57.7%
22.9%R$38.00R$14.00R$18.5613
Jan ’24R$17.12
R$25.90
+51.3%
22.2%R$38.00R$14.00R$19.3614
Dec ’23R$17.47
R$26.65
+52.5%
24.5%R$39.00R$14.00R$17.7814
Nov ’23R$17.59
R$26.55
+50.9%
24.9%R$39.00R$14.00R$16.6114

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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