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Back to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
How Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP stacks up
SBS · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
99/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #3 of 358 · scores higher than 99% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including SBS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 99?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 32.5% vs peer median 18.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on assets: 8.1% vs peer median 2.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 97% of peers. Return on invested capital: 23.7% vs peer median 5.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SBS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SBS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 23.7% | 5.2% | 97% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 32.5% | 18.6% | 85% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 8.1% | 2.7% | 96% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 18.8% | 8.1% | 91% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 35.7% | 35.5% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SBS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B BRL (≈$561M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.62T CLP (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 56 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 15.9B BRL (≈$2.9B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 3 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 39.7B THB (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 74 | |
| 7 | 48.0B BRL (≈$8.6B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 7 | 10.0B BRL (≈$1.8B) | 98 | 63 | |
| 7 | 10.7B BRL (≈$1.9B) | 98 | 82 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score