Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY) Competitors

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (NASDAQ:AY) and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to AY or SBS?

In the previous week, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure 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 1.06 beat Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's score of 0.69 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
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AY or SBS?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure received 221 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 447 60.98%	Underperform Votes 286 39.02%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 226 58.25%	Underperform Votes 162 41.75%

Do analysts recommend AY or SBS?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 0.95%. Given Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure 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
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AY or SBS?

40.5% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure 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. 0.1% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AY or SBS a better dividend stock?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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 1.4%. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays out 306.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, AY or SBS?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AY or SBS more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's net margin of 3.05%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	3.05%	2.33%	0.41%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	25.62%	27.73%	13.50%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AY or SBS?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure, 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
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	$1.10B	2.32	$43.38M	$0.29	75.83
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$5.12B	1.96	$705.76M	$2.54	5.80

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.