How Many SBS Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.16 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 37,736 SBS shares, about $188,680 at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $5.00. $1,000 a month takes about 75,472 shares, about $377,360. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS) pays $0.159 a share once a year, $0.16 a year, a 3.18% run-rate yield at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $5.00. It has paid since 2002 and raised its annual dividend 4 years in a row.
At today’s rate of $0.159 once a year and the last close of $5.00, this is what SBS pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.159 | $0.01 | $0.16 |
| 100 shares | $15.90 | $1.33 | $15.90 |
| $10,000 invested (2,000.0 shares) | $318.00 | $26.50 | $318.00 |
| 37,736 shares ($500/mo) | $6,000.02 | $500.00 | $6,000.02 |
| 75,472 shares ($1,000/mo) | $12,000.05 | $1,000.00 | $12,000.05 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 SBS shares reinvest into 3.18 new shares each payment, about 3.2 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 32 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with SBS’s own history in the SBS DRIP calculator.
- Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
- Coverage (cash flow): does cash from the business cover the dividend rating
- Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
- Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
- Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
- Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
- Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
- Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
- Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
SBS Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- SBS yields 3.18% today, at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $5.00.
- Its own 7-year median is 9.03%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
- No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 7-year history as it is.
Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report
How it works. Each month-end over the last 7 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.
When Is SBS’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After March 2026
SBS has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 366 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Mar 28, 2027, with the cash around Mar 31, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.159 a share, went ex on Mar 27, 2026 and paid Mar 30, 2026.
- Ex-dates: about every 364 days (annual)
- Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.
How Often Does SBS Pay?
SBS pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, with ex-dates in Mar. The ex-date comes about every 364 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.
- Streak: 4 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last raise: May 2, 2025 - $0.2808 to $0.657 (+$0.3762, +133.96%)
- Usual $ step: $0.0245 (median of the raises before it)
- EPS payout: 30.8% - $0.13 paid / $0.43 EPS (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 80.5% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
- FCF payout: 113.0% - $0.13 paid / $0.12 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 291.8% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
SBS vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CNLPM, LNT...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Utilities companies closest to SBS in market value, SBS’s 3.18% run-rate yield is close to the group’s middle yield of 3.35%, and its raise streak of 4 years is the 7th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.
| Ticker | Dividend ⓘ | Yield | Safety Rating | Recessions ⓘ | No cut ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBS $5.00Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP | $0.159/yr | 3.18% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 4 yrsraised 4 yrs in a row |
| CNLPM $30.55Connecticut Light and Power | $0.515/qtr$2.06/yr fwd | 6.74% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 8+ yrsno raise streak |
| LNT $73.61Alliant Energy | $0.535/qtr$2.14/yr fwd | 2.91% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20032000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised | 22 yrsraised 22 yrs in a row |
| EMA $50.53Emera | $0.529/qtr$2.12/yr fwd | 4.19% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 2+ yrsno raise streak |
| EVRG $88.35Evergy | $0.695/qtr$2.78/yr fwd | 3.15% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20002000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised | 22 yrsraised 22 yrs in a row |
| NRG $97.51NRG Energy | $0.475/qtr$1.90/yr fwd | 1.95% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record | 9 yrsraised 6 yrs in a row |
| UUGRY $41.29United Utilities Group | $0.953/half-yr$1.91/yr fwd | 4.62% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 27+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| CMS $69.61CMS Energy | $0.57/qtr$2.28/yr fwd | 3.28% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Stopped in 20032000 stopped2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised | 19 yrsraised 18 yrs in a row |
| CMSA $19.21CMS Energy Corporation 5.6% JRSUB NT 78 | $0.352/qtr$1.41/yr fwd | 7.33% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 7+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| NI $45.55NiSource | $0.30/qtr$1.20/yr fwd | 2.63% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20032000 cut2008 held2020 raised2022 raised | 22 yrsraised 14 yrs in a row |
| PNW $107.91Pinnacle West Capital | $0.925/qtr$3.70/yr fwd | 3.43% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | No cut in all 42000 raised2008 held2020 raised2022 raised | 31+ yrsraised 14 yrs in a row |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: SBS vs CNLPM, SBS vs LNT, SBS vs EMA.
SBS Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2002
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.159 | Annual | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.1028 | Annual | Regular |
| May 2, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | $0.657 | Annual | Special |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Apr 29, 2024 | $0.2808 | Annual | Regular |
| May 2, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | $0.2527 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Jul 7, 2022 | $0.04 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | $0.0155 | Annual | Regular |
| May 1, 2020 | Jun 8, 2020 | $0.20 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019 | $0.237 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 30, 2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | $0.311 | Annual | Special |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 | $0.2882 | Annual | Special |
| Apr 6, 2016 | Jul 8, 2016 | $0.0128 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 7, 2015 | Jul 9, 2015 | $0.0227 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 8, 2014 | Jul 7, 2014 | $0.0692 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 1, 2013 | Jul 1, 2013 | $0.0668 | Annual | Regular |
| Feb 17, 2012 | Feb 20, 2012 | $0.0796 | Annual | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2010 | Dec 30, 2010 | $0.0808 | Annual | Regular |
| Mar 1, 2010 | Jul 8, 2010 | $0.0054 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Nov 23, 2009 | Jul 6, 2010 | $0.0346 | Annual | Regular |
| May 29, 2009 | Jun 1, 2009 | $0.0218 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Jan 29, 2009 | $0.0138 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Aug 13, 2008 | Aug 15, 2008 | $0.029 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Feb 28, 2008 | Jul 8, 2008 | $0.0056 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Oct 30, 2007 | Nov 1, 2007 | $0.0474 | Annual | Special |
| Nov 4, 2005 | Nov 7, 2005 | $0.0108 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jul 7, 2005 | Jul 11, 2005 | $0.0085 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| May 10, 2005 | May 12, 2005 | $0.0048 | Annual | Regular |
| Mar 16, 2004 | Mar 18, 2004 | $0.0047 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jan 14, 2004 | Jan 16, 2004 | $0.0173 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jun 12, 2003 | Jun 16, 2003 | $0.0107 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| May 6, 2003 | May 8, 2003 | $0.0036 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 25, 2002 | Jun 27, 2002 | $0.0107 | Quarterly | Regular |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for SBS
SBS Dividend Questions
How often does SBS pay dividends?
SBS pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, with ex-dates in Mar. The ex-date comes about every 364 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.
Does SBS pay dividends monthly?
No. SBS pays once a year, 1 time a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next SBS dividend?
SBS has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 366 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Mar 28, 2027, with the cash around Mar 31, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.159 a share, went ex on Mar 27, 2026 and paid Mar 30, 2026. The current rate is $0.159 per share, $0.16 a year.
Does SBS pay a dividend in March 2027?
Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Mar 28, 2027, with the cash around Mar 31, 2027, so a payment in March 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.
How much does SBS pay per share?
SBS pays $0.159 a share once a year, $0.16 a year. At the Nov 11, 2026 close of $5.00 that is a 3.18% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 7-year median is 9.03%.
Has SBS raised its dividend?
Yes. SBS has raised its annual dividend 4 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on May 2, 2025, took the rate from $0.2808 to $0.657 (+133.96%). Over five years the dividend grew 26.3% a year.
Is SBS’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. SBS paid out 31% of its earnings and 113% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 4 years in a row and gone 4 years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 11-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my SBS dividends?
Add SBS to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run SBS in the DRIP calculator.
