SBS vs. AEP, ET, TRP, XEL, EXC, VG, CQP, FTS, EBR, and TLN
Should you be buying Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp include American Electric Power (AEP), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), and Talen Energy (TLN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) 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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp has a net margin of 29.64% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.68%. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp's return on equity of 29.34% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 1.6%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp pays out 13.1% 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 raised 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.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $119.26, indicating a potential upside of 0.51%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power 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 American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 37 more articles in the media than Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Electric Power and 3 mentions for Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp's score of 0.94 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SBS) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
