Compare Stocks: VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$140.46 -0.2%	$135.51	$120.57 ▼ $145.64	$27.96B	0.59	2.04 million shs	2.06 million shs
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$5.26 +2.0%	$5.31	$4.43 ▼ $7.16	$18.12B	0.67	11.91 million shs	9.66 million shs
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	$18.56 -0.1%	$20.18	$16.14 ▼ $21.62	$27.59B	0.92	157,777 shs	209,852 shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$41.92 +0.5%	$39.98	$36.10 ▼ $42.37	$11.83B	0.64	1.97 million shs	2.60 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	-0.02%	+2.34%	+3.82%	+11.04%	+0.33%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	+1.64%	+7.68%	-1.13%	-2.23%	-95.46%
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	-0.11%	-1.75%	-9.06%	-7.39%	+10.65%
WTRG Essential Utilities	+0.45%	+2.06%	+4.64%	+11.37%	+9.35%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$140.46 -0.2%	$135.51	$120.57 ▼ $145.64	$27.96B	0.59	2.04 million shs	2.06 million shs
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$5.26 +2.0%	$5.31	$4.43 ▼ $7.16	$18.12B	0.67	11.91 million shs	9.66 million shs
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	$18.56 -0.1%	$20.18	$16.14 ▼ $21.62	$27.59B	0.92	157,777 shs	209,852 shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$41.92 +0.5%	$39.98	$36.10 ▼ $42.37	$11.83B	0.64	1.97 million shs	2.60 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	-0.02%	+2.34%	+3.82%	+11.04%	+0.33%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	+1.64%	+7.68%	-1.13%	-2.23%	-95.46%
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	-0.11%	-1.75%	-9.06%	-7.39%	+10.65%
WTRG Essential Utilities	+0.45%	+2.06%	+4.64%	+11.37%	+9.35%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AWK American Water Works	2.00	Hold	$138.78	-1.20% Downside
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	2.67	Moderate Buy	$183.00	3,382.40% Upside
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	2.00	Hold	N/A	N/A
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.67	Moderate Buy	$43.00	2.58% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/2/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/21/2026	SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/19/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/4/2026	AWK American Water Works	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$139.00
8/4/2026	AWK American Water Works	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$139.00 ➝ $138.00
7/31/2026	AWK American Water Works	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$130.00 ➝ $140.00
7/28/2026	SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
7/21/2026	VEOEY Veolia Environnement	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
7/16/2026	AWK American Water Works	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
7/15/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$38.00 ➝ $40.00

(Data available from 9/9/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AWK American Water Works	$5.28B	5.28	$10.21 per share	13.76	$55.52 per share	2.53
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$6.82B	2.71	$0.44 per share	11.87	$2.16 per share	2.43
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	$50.22B	0.55	$3.12 per share	5.94	$11.42 per share	1.63
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.57B	4.63	$3.67 per share	11.42	$24.22 per share	1.73

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AWK American Water Works	$1.11B	$5.77	24.34	21.28	2.87	21.35%	10.20%	3.20%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$1.52B	$0.36	14.73	11.68	4.14	23.93%	14.03%	5.59%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	$1.38B	N/A	N/A	12.46	1.51	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTRG Essential Utilities	$616.37M	$1.96	21.39	17.25	3.14	21.60%	8.23%	2.91%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/12/2026	Q2 2026	SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$0.0899	$0.07	-$0.0199	$0.08	$1.23 billion	$1.16 billion
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.3713	$0.38	+$0.0087	$0.37	$538.90 million	$530.85 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	AWK American Water Works	$1.53	$1.61	+$0.08	$1.61	$1.33 billion	$1.36 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AWK American Water Works	$3.58	2.55%	+8.61%	62.05%	18 Years
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$0.10	1.90%	+30.26%	27.78%	N/A
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	$0.59	3.18%	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.44	3.44%	+6.68%	73.47%	32 Years

Latest VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	AWK American Water Works	quarterly	$0.8950	2.63%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	9/1/2026
7/29/2026	WTRG Essential Utilities	quarterly	$0.3606	3.6%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	9/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AWK American Water Works	1.20	0.52	0.49
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	1.02	1.47	1.47
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	1.54	0.86	0.81
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.20	0.78	0.62

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AWK American Water Works	86.58%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	10.62%
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	0.16%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AWK American Water Works	0.08%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	1.00%
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	1.00%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.36%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AWK American Water Works	7,000	198.73 million	198.57 million	Optionable
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	8,678	3.52 billion	3.48 billion	Optionable
VEOEY Veolia Environnement	215,965	1.48 billion	1.47 billion	Not Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,303	283.78 million	282.76 million	Optionable

VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Amundi Lowers Stock Position in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

37 minutes ago | marketbeat.com

Allianz Asset Management GmbH Sells 158,563 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 8 at 3:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

September 6 at 4:28 AM | marketbeat.com

UBS Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Essential Utilities (WTRG)

September 5, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Takes Position in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

79,254 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Purchased by Odyssean LLC

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Buys New Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Purchases 49,216 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

September 3, 2026 | zacks.com

Van ECK Associates Corp Sells 52,803 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Buys Shares of 118,200 Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Takes $3.06 Million Position in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Will Customer Growth Support Essential Utilities ' Long-Term Earnings?

August 31, 2026 | zacks.com

289,905 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Acquired by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Flputnam Investment Management Co. Buys 54,865 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

39,464 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Purchased by Greenwood Capital Associates LLC

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Utilities Companies: Southern Co (SO) and Essential Utilities (WTRG)

August 29, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

506,900 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Acquired by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Makes New $134.25 Million Investment in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for WTRG Earnings

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

80,780 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Purchased by Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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VEOEY, AWK, SBS, and WTRG Company Descriptions

American Water Works NYSE:AWK

$140.46 -0.24 (-0.17%)

Closing price 09/8/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$140.57 +0.11 (+0.08%)

As of 09/8/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 540 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,700 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 74 dams. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp NYSE:SBS

$5.26 +0.11 (+2.04%)

Closing price 09/8/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$5.27 +0.01 (+0.29%)

As of 09/8/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP engages in the provision of water and sewage service. It also offers advisory services on the rational use of water, planning and commercial, and financial and operational management. The company was founded on September 6, 1973 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Veolia Environnement OTCMKTS:VEOEY

$18.56 -0.02 (-0.11%)

As of 09/8/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Veolia Environnement SA designs and provides water, waste, and energy management solutions worldwide. It operates through France and Special Waste Europe; Europe excluding France; Rest of the World; Water Technologies; and Other segments. The company is involved in resource management; customer relationship management; drinking water treatment and distribution; wastewater treatment; design and construction of treatment and network infrastructure; and sale of water treatment equipment, technologies, and facilities. It provides waste collection, product recovery and waste-to-energy processing, including sale of recycled products; dismantling and remediation; hazardous waste processing; urban cleaning; and industrial maintenance and cleaning services. In addition, the company engages in the operation and maintenance of heating and cooling networks; optimization of industrial utilities, such as steam generation, cooling, electricity, compressed air; installation and maintenance of production equipment; development of energy services to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions of buildings; integrated services for building management, and the production of electricity from biomass, as well as provides thermal and multi-technical services. It serves industrial and service sector companies, public authorities, and individuals. The company was formerly known as Vivendi Environnement and changed its name to Veolia Environnement SA in January 2003. Veolia Environnement SA was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$41.92 +0.22 (+0.52%)

Closing price 09/8/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.00 +0.09 (+0.21%)

As of 09/8/2026 07:36 PM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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American Water Works NYSE:AWK

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