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 TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is SBS or TRP a better dividend stock?

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%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TC Energy pays out 71.9% 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.

Is SBS or TRP more profitable?

TC Energy has a net margin of 29.40% compared to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's net margin of 25.62%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat TC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	25.62%	27.73%	13.50%
TC Energy	29.40%	12.12%	3.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBS or TRP?

TC Energy received 265 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% 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 228 58.31%	Underperform Votes 163 41.69%
TC Energy	Outperform Votes 493 63.04%	Underperform Votes 289 36.96%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBS or TRP?

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. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SBS or TRP?

In the previous week, TC Energy had 36 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for TC Energy and 2 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 1.29 beat TC Energy's score of 0.93 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TC Energy	19 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SBS or TRP?

TC Energy has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.95%. Given TC Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TC Energy 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
TC Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SBS or TRP?

TC Energy 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 TC Energy, 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	2.29	$705.76M	$2.54	6.74
TC Energy	$13.77B	3.39	$3.43B	$3.24	13.87

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SBS or TRP?

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TC Energy beats Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.