SBS vs SQM Comparison

Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo is engaged in the provision of basic and environmental sanitation services in Sao Paulo State, and supplies treated water and sewage services on a wholesale basis. SABESP may perform activities in other states and countries and can operate in drainage, urban cleaning, solid waste handling, and energy markets. The company determined that it has a single operating segment, which is the provision of sanitation services.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile is a Chilean commodities producer with significant operations in lithium (primarily used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems), specialty and standard potassium fertilizers, iodine (primarily used in X-ray contrast media), and solar salts. The company extracts these materials through its high-quality salt brine deposits and caliche ore. SQM also sells lithium concentrate from a joint venture hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.