American Water Works (AWK) Competitors

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) and American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend SBS or AWK?

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $141.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.40%. Given Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Water Works is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
American Water Works	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer SBS or AWK?

In the previous week, American Water Works had 11 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for American Water Works and 7 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. American Water Works' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's score of 0.90 indicating that Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Water Works	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBS or AWK?

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of American Water Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Water Works shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SBS or AWK?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Water Works has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBS or AWK?

American Water Works received 268 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave American Water Works an outperform vote while only 58.38% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 223 58.38%	Underperform Votes 159 41.62%
American Water Works	Outperform Votes 491 64.86%	Underperform Votes 266 35.14%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SBS or AWK?

American Water Works has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Water Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$4.27B	2.56	$604.59M	$0.86	18.60
American Water Works	$4.23B	5.56	$944M	$4.89	24.70

Is SBS or AWK a better dividend stock?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Water Works pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Water Works has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SBS or AWK more profitable?

American Water Works has a net margin of 22.30% compared to American Water Works' net margin of 12.31%. American Water Works' return on equity of 10.45% beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	12.31%	10.45%	5.16%
American Water Works	22.30%	9.70%	3.20%

Summary

American Water Works beats Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.