SBS vs. EXC, VG, XEL, CQP, FTS, WES, LNT, EVRG, EBR, and TLN
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 Exelon (EXC), Venture Global (VG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Talen Energy (TLN). 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 Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 161 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 44.67% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.
Exelon has a consensus price target of $43.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.77%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exelon is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.60%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Exelon's return on equity.
10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are held by 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.
Exelon has higher revenue and 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 Exelon, 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 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Exelon had 38 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Exelon 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 1.35 beat Exelon's score of 0.90 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 pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon pays out 62.6% 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.
Summary
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Exelon on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SBS) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff