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 Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SBS or XEL?

Xcel 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 Xcel 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	2.06	$705.76M	$2.54	6.07
Xcel Energy	$14.21B	2.89	$1.77B	$3.37	21.21

Is SBS or XEL more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Xcel Energy's net margin of 13.67%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Xcel 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%
Xcel Energy	13.67%	10.76%	2.93%

Is SBS or XEL 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 1.4%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xcel Energy pays out 65.0% 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. Xcel Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Xcel Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SBS or XEL?

In the previous week, Xcel Energy had 20 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Xcel Energy 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 1.55 beat Xcel Energy's score of 1.11 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Xcel Energy	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBS or XEL?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 185 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 30.60% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 226 58.25%	Underperform Votes 162 41.75%
Xcel Energy	Outperform Votes 41 30.60%	Underperform Votes 93 69.40%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SBS or XEL?

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SBS or XEL?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SBS or XEL?

Xcel Energy has a consensus target price of $66.62, indicating a potential downside of 6.81%. Given Xcel Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xcel 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
Xcel Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP and Xcel Energy tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.