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SSL vs. PR, OVV, VNOM, HESM, SUN, APA, CHRD, VIST, VVV, and MGY

Should you be buying Sasol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sasol include Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), Sunoco (SUN), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Valvoline (VVV), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Sasol vs.

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Permian Resources presently has a consensus price target of $19.29, indicating a potential upside of 49.97%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Sasol.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Permian Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Sasol
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 31 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Permian Resources and 4 mentions for Sasol. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Sasol's score of 0.37 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Permian Resources
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sasol
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sasol received 296 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.15% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
68
64.15%
Underperform Votes
38
35.85%
SasolOutperform Votes
364
54.82%
Underperform Votes
300
45.18%

Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.15% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Permian Resources21.20% 11.15% 6.93%
Sasol N/A N/A N/A

91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Permian Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sasol. Sasol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Permian Resources$5.00B2.07$476.31M$1.439.00
Sasol$262.30B0.01-$2.37B$2.271.94

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.3, suggesting that its stock price is 330% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Permian Resources pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sasol pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Permian Resources beats Sasol on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SSL vs. The Competition

MetricSasolCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.85B$7.74B$8.58B$19.15B
Dividend Yield2.04%23.91%11.96%3.79%
P/E Ratio1.9410.6912.1632.66
Price / Sales0.015.53280.3926.97
Price / Cash2.067.3811.8817.55
Price / Book0.361.633.634.53
Net Income-$2.37B$1.10B$810.14M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.27%-0.44%-1.05%-1.46%
1 Month Performance-4.97%-10.36%-9.51%-6.18%
1 Year Performance-41.67%-9.14%-3.17%3.91%

Sasol Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSL
Sasol
4.0991 of 5 stars
$4.40
+2.9%
N/A-41.7%$2.85B$262.30B1.9428,600Gap Up
PR
Permian Resources
4.6008 of 5 stars
$12.94
-8.2%
$19.13
+47.8%
-19.7%$10.40B$5.00B7.84220High Trading Volume
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5633 of 5 stars
$39.72
-8.6%
$56.88
+43.2%
-23.0%$10.34B$9.15B5.271,743Analyst Revision
Positive News
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.812 of 5 stars
$45.36
-2.6%
$59.55
+31.3%
+15.9%$9.66B$859.75M19.47711Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.5025 of 5 stars
$41.07
-1.6%
$42.00
+2.3%
+14.7%$8.95B$1.49B16.49200Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.5701 of 5 stars
$58.61
-0.3%
$63.83
+8.9%
-7.6%$8.95B$22.69B8.882,389
APA
APA
4.1047 of 5 stars
$18.89
-8.7%
$29.80
+57.8%
-38.5%$6.99B$9.19B2.672,271Analyst Downgrade
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5989 of 5 stars
$106.04
-7.2%
$169.92
+60.2%
-36.2%$6.48B$5.25B5.46530Dividend Increase
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6026 of 5 stars
$49.35
-2.8%
$64.73
+31.2%
+16.0%$4.70B$1.65B9.56410High Trading Volume
VVV
Valvoline
4.7774 of 5 stars
$35.63
-3.4%
$44.40
+24.6%
-20.2%$4.53B$1.66B17.0511,500Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6589 of 5 stars
$22.28
-4.8%
$27.58
+23.8%
-3.7%$4.38B$1.32B11.54210Positive News
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This page (NYSE:SSL) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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