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Should you be buying Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP include American Electric Power (AEP), Vistra (VST), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP vs.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
American Electric Power 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 Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 15.08%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% 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 Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power 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 Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 27 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 4 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.16 indicating that Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 129 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.97% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $105.69, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.
Summary
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats American Electric Power on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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