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Brazilian (BOVESPA) Utilities Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies35
  • 7D3.8%
  • 3M0.8%
  • 1Y-3.2%
  • YTD9.1%

The Utilities industry is up 3.8% in the last week, with Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP up 5.3%. In the same time, Companhia CELG de Participações S/A was down 8.2%. However, the industry is down 3.2% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 4.1% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Brazilian Utilities Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 16 Feb 2025R$554.7bR$474.8bR$69.1b8.6x8x1.2x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025R$519.5bR$474.8bR$69.1b8.2x7.5x1.1x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024R$550.7bR$474.8bR$69.1b8.6x8x1.2x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024R$517.3bR$447.4bR$60.1b8.3x8.6x1.2x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024R$592.7bR$470.6bR$57.0b8.6x10.4x1.3x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024R$614.5bR$470.6bR$57.0b8.4x10.8x1.3x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024R$593.2bR$469.8bR$56.4b7.9x10.5x1.3x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024R$550.7bR$463.1bR$55.9b7.9x9.9x1.2x
Tue, 28 May 2024R$548.7bR$448.3bR$53.4b8.3x10.3x1.2x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024R$581.8bR$466.2bR$54.7b9x10.6x1.2x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024R$586.4bR$444.6bR$47.0b9.2x12.5x1.3x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024R$571.2bR$434.9bR$43.9b9x13x1.3x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024R$636.2bR$468.3bR$47.0b12.4x13.5x1.4x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023R$621.1bR$468.3bR$47.0b12.2x13.2x1.3x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023R$581.7bR$465.3bR$47.2b11.8x12.3x1.3x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023R$563.6bR$458.7bR$45.4b10.9x12.4x1.2x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023R$569.1bR$458.7bR$45.4b10.9x12.5x1.2x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023R$575.0bR$451.9bR$40.2b12.2x14.3x1.3x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023R$593.2bR$451.3bR$42.2b10.2x14.1x1.3x
Wed, 31 May 2023R$547.2bR$449.8bR$42.4b10.1x12.9x1.2x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023R$552.5bR$456.0bR$45.9b8.7x12x1.2x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023R$521.8bR$457.8bR$51.6b8.8x10.1x1.1x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023R$550.3bR$463.0bR$54.2b8.7x10.2x1.2x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023R$571.9bR$461.9bR$51.5b8.9x11.1x1.2x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022R$553.0bR$461.9bR$51.5b8.2x10.7x1.2x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022R$618.9bR$464.8bR$51.4b8.9x12x1.3x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022R$616.5bR$474.3bR$55.4b8.9x11.1x1.3x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022R$616.9bR$474.3bR$55.4b9x11.1x1.3x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022R$608.1bR$464.0bR$60.8b7.9x10x1.3x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022R$536.0bR$463.2bR$61.0b7.7x8.8x1.2x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022R$529.5bR$463.0bR$60.9b8.1x8.7x1.1x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022R$539.4bR$451.9bR$60.7b8.4x8.9x1.2x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022R$534.4bR$448.5bR$61.5b7.4x8.7x1.2x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022R$491.1bR$435.6bR$63.0b6.7x7.8x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

7.8x


Total Market Cap: R$491.1bTotal Earnings: R$63.0bTotal Revenue: R$435.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Brazilian Utilities Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Brazilian Utilities industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 8.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 10.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Utilities industry have grown 2.8% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.0% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Brazilian Utilities sector?

BR Market2.61%
Utilities3.77%
Water Utilities4.81%
Renewable Energy3.81%
Electric Utilities3.67%
Gas Utilities0%0
Other Utilities0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Renewable Energy industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 15.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 5.1%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 39.8% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Water Utilities industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 10.9x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Electric Utilities industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 0.8% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries.
  • This is a reversal from its past annual earnings growth rate of 4.5% per year.
  • In contrast, the Water Utilities industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 15% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SBSP3 Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPR$101.605.3%
+R$3.5b
24.8%PE7.4x
NEOE3 NeoenergiaR$19.637.9%
+R$1.7b
-7.3%PE6.3x
EQTL3 EquatorialR$31.433.7%
+R$1.4b
-7.3%PE17.7x
ENEV3 EnevaR$12.245.1%
+R$1.1b
-1.0%PE28.9x
ENGI3 EnergisaR$12.384.1%
+R$1.1b
-26.5%PE11.4x
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