Sasol (SSL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SSL or OVV?

Sasol has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

1.2% of Sasol shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sasol shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SSL or OVV more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 17.87% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sasol	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ovintiv	20.15%	17.87%	9.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSL or OVV?

Sasol received 196 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.92% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sasol	Outperform Votes 363 54.92%	Underperform Votes 298 45.08%
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 167 52.85%	Underperform Votes 149 47.15%

Is SSL or OVV a better dividend stock?

Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ovintiv pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate SSL or OVV?

Ovintiv has a consensus price target of $56.88, indicating a potential upside of 30.11%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ovintiv 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
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SSL or OVV?

Ovintiv 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	0.21	-$2.37B	N/A	N/A
Ovintiv	$10.88B	1.05	$2.09B	$7.54	5.80

Does the media prefer SSL or OVV?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 15 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ovintiv and 1 mentions for Sasol. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Sasol's score of 0.55 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sasol	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ovintiv	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ovintiv beats Sasol on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.