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

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EXC or SBS?

80.9% of Exelon 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 Exelon 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, EXC or SBS?

Exelon has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EXC or SBS?

Exelon has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exelon	$23.03B	2.05	$2.46B	$2.45	19.08
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$26.17B	0.48	$705.76M	$2.55	7.21

Is EXC or SBS a better dividend stock?

Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 1.1%. Exelon pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.2% 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 EXC or SBS more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.68%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exelon	10.68%	9.52%	2.38%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	25.62%	27.73%	13.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXC or SBS?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 160 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.27% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 44.52% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Exelon	Outperform Votes 69 44.52%	Underperform Votes 86 55.48%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 229 58.27%	Underperform Votes 164 41.73%

Does the media favor EXC or SBS?

In the previous week, Exelon had 21 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Exelon and 3 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's score of 1.35 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Exelon	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do analysts prefer EXC or SBS?

Exelon presently has a consensus target price of $45.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.39%. Given Exelon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exelon 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
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
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

Summary

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