Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer SBS or AWK?

In the previous week, American Water Works had 21 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Water Works and 3 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 1.41 beat American Water Works' score of 0.77 indicating that Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Water Works	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SBS or AWK?

American Water Works has a consensus price target of $141.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.95%. Given American Water Works' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Water Works 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
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
American Water Works	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SBS or AWK a better dividend stock?

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 1.6%. American Water Works pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Water Works pays out 62.1% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SBS or AWK?

American Water Works has lower revenue, but higher 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 American Water Works, 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
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$5.12B	1.92	$705.76M	$1.06	13.56
American Water Works	$4.23B	5.71	$944M	$4.93	25.18

Is SBS or AWK more profitable?

American Water Works has a net margin of 22.27% compared to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's net margin of 13.62%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 12.14% beat American Water Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	13.62%	12.14%	5.94%
American Water Works	22.27%	9.74%	3.18%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBS or AWK?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Water Works has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBS or AWK?

American Water Works received 268 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave American Water Works an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 223 58.22%	Underperform Votes 160 41.78%
American Water Works	Outperform Votes 491 64.78%	Underperform Votes 267 35.22%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SBS or AWK?

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of American Water Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Water Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Water Works beats Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.