WTRG vs. SBS, CWT, AWR, AWK, PNW, EVRG, NI, LNT, BEP, and OGE
Should you be buying Essential Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essential Utilities include Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), California Water Service Group (CWT), American States Water (AWR), American Water Works (AWK), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Evergy (EVRG), NiSource (NI), Alliant Energy (LNT), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and OGE Energy (OGE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Essential Utilities currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.39%. Given Essential Utilities' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Essential Utilities is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.
In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 10 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Essential Utilities and 1 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's score of 0.98 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 201 more outperform votes than Essential Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.22% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote while only 30.14% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Utilities.
Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Essential Utilities pays out 58.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Utilities has a net margin of 29.52% compared to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's net margin of 13.61%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 12.12% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.
Summary
Essential Utilities and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WTRG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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