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UGP vs. SBS, WTRG, KEP, DTM, TLN, KNTK, ELPC, ENLC, BEP, and CWEN

Should you be buying Ultrapar Participações stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultrapar Participações include Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), Kinetik (KNTK), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and Clearway Energy (CWEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Ultrapar Participações vs.

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

In the previous week, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP had 3 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP and 5 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.65 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ultrapar Participações
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ultrapar Participações received 96 more outperform votes than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPOutperform Votes
228
58.16%
Underperform Votes
164
41.84%
Ultrapar ParticipaçõesOutperform Votes
324
61.02%
Underperform Votes
207
38.98%

Ultrapar Participações has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. Given Ultrapar Participações' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ultrapar Participações 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
Ultrapar Participações
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by 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.

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%. Ultrapar Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ultrapar Participações pays out 33.3% 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.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Ultrapar Participações' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP25.62% 27.73% 13.50%
Ultrapar Participações 2.00%18.03%6.93%

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultrapar Participações. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultrapar Participações, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP$26.17B0.46$705.76M$2.556.93
Ultrapar Participações$133.50B0.03$488.69M$0.397.94

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Ultrapar Participações on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UGP vs. The Competition

MetricUltrapar ParticipaçõesNatural gas distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.45B$12.67B$7.72B$19.31B
Dividend Yield4.39%2.87%10.66%3.76%
P/E Ratio6.7312.1850.1232.60
Price / Sales0.032.4530,169.9125.97
Price / Cash3.839.0635.4517.55
Price / Book1.231.953.664.51
Net Income$488.69M$1.29B$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.64%-1.23%-3.23%
1 Month Performance8.41%-0.87%-0.50%-4.65%
1 Year Performance-45.89%8.57%6.03%1.77%

Ultrapar Participações Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGP
Ultrapar Participações
1.869 of 5 stars
$3.10
-0.5%
$3.20
+3.4%
-45.5%$3.45B$133.50B6.739,920
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.8152 of 5 stars
$17.66
+2.7%
N/A+6.6%$12.07B$26.17B6.9511,170Earnings Report
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.1905 of 5 stars
$39.84
+0.9%
$43.50
+9.2%
+6.1%$10.95B$2.09B19.923,258Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8038 of 5 stars
$7.74
-0.1%
N/A-10.4%$9.93B$93.40T3.5848,800
DTM
DT Midstream
3.5777 of 5 stars
$96.72
+1.0%
$102.00
+5.5%
+58.6%$9.80B$981M23.53360
TLN
Talen Energy
2.2188 of 5 stars
$207.00
+1.0%
$241.36
+16.6%
+109.3%$9.51B$2.07B11.084,981Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KNTK
Kinetik
3.7739 of 5 stars
$54.03
+2.0%
$59.63
+10.4%
+28.2%$8.52B$1.48B19.94200
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
N/A$6.61
+1.1%
N/A-3.2%$7.07B$22.65B9.446,320High Trading Volume
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
0.6891 of 5 stars
$14.56
+2.9%
$15.40
+5.8%
+6.7%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,130Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
4.3307 of 5 stars
$22.86
+0.5%
$30.50
+33.4%
-4.0%$6.51B$5.88B-25.693,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.4727 of 5 stars
$29.68
+1.8%
$34.17
+15.1%
+30.8%$6.00B$1.37B28.5360Positive News
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