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Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR (SBS) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR

SBS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Sabesp supplies water and sewage treatment services across São Paulo State in Brazil, working through a wholesale, regulated framework that covers a large share of the state's population. It is a regulated water utility, meaning tariffs and service standards are set by government rather than by open market pricing. The company trades in New York through an ADR, giving international investors exposure to a Brazilian public-service monopoly.
Where it sits in the stack
Sabesp carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and it sits outside the Halo sleeve as well; it belongs instead to the diary's regulated Utilities sector for the United States listing venue, where it is tracked as a state-level infrastructure operator rather than as part of any compute or data-centre chain.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with regulated and renewable utilities from the same sector and country screen, including AXIA Energia, Companhia Paranaense de Energia and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners; the market also names Veolia as a comparable water-services operator abroad.
Why Closelook tracks it
Sabesp carries a Closelook score across our composite modules, with valuation the strongest reading and momentum the weakest; the diary also noted it among this week's movers in a recent edition, though it holds no index seat and draws no direct quotes.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weak momentum reading persists alongside the stronger valuation score, and whether any change in Brazilian water tariff regulation shifts the balance between the two.

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR (SBS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SBS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Utilities · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SBS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 466 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SBS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 466 m USD 2.5% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 466 m USD · 6% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR (SBS)?

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR trades as SBS on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is SBS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What does Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR do?

Sabesp supplies water and sewage treatment services across São Paulo State in Brazil, working through a wholesale, regulated framework that covers a large share of the state's population. It is a regulated water utility, meaning tariffs and service standards are set by government rather than by open market pricing. The company trades in New York through an ADR, giving international investors exposure to a Brazilian public-service monopoly. Closelook's peer group places it with regulated and renewable utilities from the same sector and country screen, including AXIA Energia, Companhia Paranaense de Energia and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners; the market also names Veolia as a comparable water-services operator abroad.

Where does Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Sabesp carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and it sits outside the Halo sleeve as well; it belongs instead to the diary's regulated Utilities sector for the United States listing venue, where it is tracked as a state-level infrastructure operator rather than as part of any compute or data-centre chain. Sabesp carries a Closelook score across our composite modules, with valuation the strongest reading and momentum the weakest; the diary also noted it among this week's movers in a recent edition, though it holds no index seat and draws no direct quotes.

Does Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 466 m USD of its own shares, 6% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR?

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Morning 10: Asian Chips — Korea’s chip exports more than tripled and the Kospi touched 7,000, with Tokyo shut (2026-09-21). What Closelook said most recently: The Korea Times, Korea Herald and Seoul Economic Daily all led on the chip line; the SBS write-up put the semiconductor share at 48%. (Morning 10, 2026-09-21). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SBS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Morning 10, “Asian Chips — Korea’s chip exports more than tripled and the Kospi touched 7,000, with Tokyo shut” (2026-09-21)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where SBS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Water, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.