Core Laboratories (CLB) Competitors

Sasol (NYSE:SSL) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SSL or CLB?

Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sasol.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sasol	$14.72B	0.24	-$2.37B	N/A	N/A
Core Laboratories	$509.79M	1.82	$36.67M	$0.65	30.36

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSL or CLB?

1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SSL or CLB?

Sasol has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSL or CLB more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 15.84% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sasol	N/A	N/A	N/A
Core Laboratories	5.83%	15.84%	6.47%

Does the media prefer SSL or CLB?

In the previous week, Sasol had 2 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sasol and 3 mentions for Core Laboratories. Core Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Sasol's score of 0.38 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sasol	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Core Laboratories	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSL or CLB?

Core Laboratories received 106 more outperform votes than Sasol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.92% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote while only 54.60% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sasol	Outperform Votes 363 54.92%	Underperform Votes 298 45.08%
Core Laboratories	Outperform Votes 469 54.60%	Underperform Votes 390 45.40%

Is SSL or CLB a better dividend stock?

Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate SSL or CLB?

Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.85%. Given Core Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core Laboratories is more favorable than Sasol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sasol	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Core Laboratories	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

Core Laboratories beats Sasol on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.