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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SBS or EXC?

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SBS or EXC?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SBS or EXC?

Exelon has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%. 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
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
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is SBS or EXC 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%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon pays out 62.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBS or EXC?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 162 more outperform votes than Exelon 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 44.44% of users gave Exelon 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%
Exelon	Outperform Votes 64 44.44%	Underperform Votes 80 55.56%

Does the media prefer SBS or EXC?

In the previous week, Exelon had 45 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Exelon and 0 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's score of 0.00 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Neutral
Exelon	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SBS or EXC?

Exelon 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 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
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$5.12B	2.03	$705.76M	$1.18	12.91
Exelon	$21.73B	1.76	$2.33B	$2.43	15.70

Is SBS or EXC more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.60%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 13.34% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	15.00%	13.34%	6.50%
Exelon	10.60%	9.47%	2.38%

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Exelon on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.