Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Cosan Undervalued On Strong Underlying Execution

Cosan (CZZ) isn’t, and never will be, the easiest stock to own. In addition to a complicated ownership structure, the company is heavily exposed to commodity market prices that it cannot really influence and the volatility of the Brazilian real. Even so, I believe Cosan management continues to do a good job of managing the business and controlling what it can; the company’s sugar/ethanol and fuel operations are run quite efficiently, and management has already shepherded a meaningful improvement in the Rumo rail operations. In addition, management has signaled that at the holding company level (the CZZ shares), they are ready and willing to start returning more cash to shareholders, preferably through buybacks.

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Cosan Undervalued On Strong Underlying Execution

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