Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS) Competitors

TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) and Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (NYSE:SBS) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to TRP or SBS?

In the previous week, TC Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TC Energy and 5 mentions for Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat TC Energy's score of 1.61 indicating that Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TC Energy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TRP or SBS a better dividend stock?

TC Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. TC Energy pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TC Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. TC Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRP or SBS?

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, 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
TC Energy	$14.30B	3.74	$3.43B	$2.93	17.54
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	$6.70B	2.28	$1.78B	$2.89	7.75

Do analysts recommend TRP or SBS?

TC Energy currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Given TC Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TC Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Is TRP or SBS more profitable?

Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp has a net margin of 29.64% compared to TC Energy's net margin of 28.98%. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp's return on equity of 29.34% beat TC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TC Energy	28.98%	11.22%	3.31%
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp	29.64%	29.34%	13.76%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRP or SBS?

83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TRP or SBS?

TC Energy has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TC Energy beats Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.