Ultrapar Participações (UGP) Competitors

Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UGP or SBS?

3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer UGP or SBS?

In the previous week, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP had 3 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP and 3 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.92 indicating that Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ultrapar Participações	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UGP or SBS more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Ultrapar Participações' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ultrapar Participações	2.00%	18.03%	6.93%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	25.62%	27.73%	13.50%

Is UGP or SBS a better dividend stock?

Ultrapar Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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%. Ultrapar Participações pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 16.9% 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.

Do analysts rate UGP or SBS?

Ultrapar Participações presently has a consensus price target of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.59%. Given Ultrapar Participações' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ultrapar Participações is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ultrapar Participações	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has more volatility and risk, UGP or SBS?

Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UGP or SBS?

Ultrapar Participações received 95 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 324 61.02%	Underperform Votes 207 38.98%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 229 58.27%	Underperform Votes 164 41.73%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UGP or SBS?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultrapar Participações. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultrapar Participações, 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
Ultrapar Participações	$133.50B	0.03	$488.69M	$0.39	8.08
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$36.15B	0.38	$705.76M	$2.55	7.96

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Ultrapar Participações on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.