Earnings Sentiment

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Earnings Call Transcript Word Cloud

     

Bullish Statements during Earnings call

Statement
And it's a very strong concept of circular economy generating new businesses, monetizing the load for this generation of sanitary fillings and generating revenue from selling products
2023 was a very good year
Other revenues and expenses, we are positive in R$24 million
This regulatory model encourages high efficiency and this is a great victory
We have a new financing portfolio with consolidation of our shared services center that will boost efficiency and gain in competitiveness for the company
So, on the left of the chart you can see that it's connected to sustainability in a broader way, but as applied to SABESP, sustainability also has an economic and financial dimension that's quite strong
That tends to generate more revenue and improve the value perception that the customer has
And this coordination between the teams is working better and better, and producing good results from now on
Treatment suppliers, we see an improvement
Congratulations on the excellent results
Roberval continues with an operational improvement
Sabrina will advance in the new organizational culture, also on D+1, creating an intelligent team with people that will boost our delivery capacity
I thank the Board of the company, the Board of Directors, the secretaries and the trust of the governor and freedom allowed to us to be in the right route, providing good return for shareholders as well as for society
So, we had an improvement in the net debt over adjusted EBITDA
Net income grew in the fourth quarter by 84% when compared to 2022, and year-on-year, 29.9%
André Salcedo As for the overview of the new regulatory model, it's quite positive
So, this can happen well for the benefit of the company
And that generates a continuous efficiency gain
But in addition to that, given the better coordination in prioritization and preparation of market relations, we've been able to obtain 80% more projects launched that were delivered
The blue represents the advance in reaching universalization targets
And Bruno really leads and had a great work
Looking at the figure, you -- generates good expectations
The market we operate in, that's composed not only of users of the service, but we also have the granting authorities, the city governments, state governments, and this planning has to be well coordinated to boost the results
Of course, it's good
How can we bring people that will -- have people -- new people with the beginning in their careers, such as interns and trainees, to use the best potential that the company has in the environment of more freedom
This provides a considerable savings from energy
That has proven to be the right decision and with good results, you'll be able to see in this presentation and in the earnings release
This is the benefit we saw in water
And we thank him for this freedom, allowing us to manage the company, giving value to our employees and always being attentive to our true mission to bring sanitation to more people with quality
In financial highlights, we see the increase in revenue in the year of 16%, by quarter 21% increase
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

Statement
We will seek the 10% achieved in the fourth quarter, but there's still a main challenge, when we look at the year as a whole
Other operating income, there is a worse, worsening of R$49 million
In services, there was a drop of 10.6%, which reflects what we've been doing in terms of searching for opportunities
We won't stop at 10%, because we've had some benefits that have contributed negatively in the first and second quarter, which is a major expense in asphalt replacement
General suppliers, there was a drop of 3.5%
We have a concern with sustainability because we must ensure that presence of human beings in large cities in our experience with the environment is more harmonious to reduce the impact of our presence, ensuring a better world and long-lasting resources
Of course, we will try to get better that, but we cannot state that we'll repeat the performance of the fourth quarter, because there were debt recovery events that happened
We see some reflects in the fourth quarter, but there's still this impact much lower than
Any deviation from this route will result in punishment and/or penalties
Investors should understand that general economic conditions, industry conditions, and other operational factors may affect the company's future earnings and lead to results that differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements
So, we've stopped at 3% so far
There is a decrease, but that doesn't mean we fail to give maintenance to our network
In the fourth quarter, estimated losses with doubtful credits were reduced by half
What happened was a change in the mix
And the allowance for doubtful accounts, there was a decrease of 46.2%
So, there was an important reversal
Then the pandemic starts and in 2021, there is a reduction of the tariff naturally due to the increased number of residential customers, the quality tariff mix is reduced
   

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