SBS vs. WTRG, AWK, AES, EVRG, NI, LNT, PNW, AGR, OGE, and BEP
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 Essential Utilities (WTRG), American Water Works (AWK), AES (AES), Evergy (EVRG), NiSource (NI), Alliant Energy (LNT), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Avangrid (AGR), OGE Energy (OGE), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) and Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Utilities. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 66.1% 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.
In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Essential Utilities and 7 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's score of 0.84 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Essential Utilities has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Essential Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Essential Utilities is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.
Essential Utilities has a net margin of 24.26% compared to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's net margin of 12.31%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 10.45% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 202 more outperform votes than Essential Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.38% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 29.17% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote.
Summary
Essential Utilities beats Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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