Suez (SZEVY) versus Its Competitors Financial Review

Volatility and Risk

Suez has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suez’s peers have a beta of 0.78, meaning that their average stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Suez pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Suez pays out 53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Water Utilities” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.3% and pay out 84.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Suez and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Suez	$20.18 billion	$393.90 million	20.30
Suez Competitors	$4.34 billion	$270.20 million	14.86

Suez has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Suez is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Suez and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suez	N/A	N/A	N/A
Suez Competitors	4.68%	3.14%	1.99%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Suez shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of shares of all “Water Utilities” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of shares of all “Water Utilities” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Suez peers beat Suez on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Suez Company Profile

Suez SA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the water and waste cycle management business in France, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Water Europe, Recycling and Recovery Europe, International, Water Technologies & Solutions, and Other. It provides water distribution and treatment services to individuals, local authorities, and industrial clients; and waste collection and treatment services, including collection, sorting, recycling, composting, energy recovery, and landfilling for non-hazardous and hazardous waste for local authorities and industrial clients. The company also offers water network management services; technical assistance, operation, cleaning, and maintenance services; and spare parts, refurbishment, and associated services, as well as designs and operates storage facilities for hazardous and non-hazardous residual waste. In addition, it provides resource management consulting services; engineering and construction contracts and other services; and digital technology solutions for resource and asset protection, as well as deconstructs industrial sites in the end-of-life phase and decontaminates soil and water tables. Additionally, the company generates waste wood biomass energy, as well as engages in plastic recycling activities. It serves food and beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical, construction, mining and metal, oil and gas, power, pulp and paper, electronic and electronic products, leisure, and healthcare industries, as well as automotive, transport, and aeronautic sectors. Suez SA was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Paris, France.