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Sasol (SSL) Competitors

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$4.69 -0.08 (-1.68%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:39 PM Eastern

SSL vs. PR, AR, OVV, VNOM, HESM, SUN, CHRD, VIST, VVV, and CRC

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

Sasol vs.

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

Sasol has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 4.35, meaning that its share price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sasol received 301 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SasolOutperform Votes
363
54.92%
Underperform Votes
298
45.08%
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
62
63.27%
Underperform Votes
36
36.73%

In the previous week, Sasol had 1 more articles in the media than Permian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sasol and 2 mentions for Permian Resources. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Sasol's score of -0.54 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
SasolN/A N/A N/A
Permian Resources 21.20%11.15%6.93%

1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Permian Resources has a consensus price target of $18.87, suggesting a potential upside of 24.61%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Resources 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
Permian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

Permian Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Sasol$275.11B0.01-$2.37B$2.252.08
Permian Resources$4.83B2.52$476.31M$1.659.18

Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Sasol pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% 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 16 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$3.04B$8.15B$8.83B$19.33B
Dividend Yield1.90%23.65%11.64%3.67%
P/E Ratio2.0812.0813.2638.96
Price / Sales0.016.6656.9520.35
Price / Cash2.256.9810.9721.29
Price / Book0.391.834.085.48
Net Income-$2.37B$1.19B$954.17M$992.21M
7 Day Performance4.22%4.84%5.90%3.25%
1 Month Performance-6.94%0.82%3.75%-0.84%
1 Year Performance-52.43%-0.06%451.89%15.98%

Sasol Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSL
Sasol
3.8894 of 5 stars
$4.69
-1.7%
N/A-51.5%$3.04B$275.11B2.0828,141
PR
Permian Resources
3.9456 of 5 stars
$14.25
+2.9%
$18.87
+32.4%
+14.3%$11.45B$4.83B8.64461
AR
Antero Resources
3.2441 of 5 stars
$35.72
+7.3%
$34.78
-2.6%
+56.0%$11.11B$4.08B255.14590Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5184 of 5 stars
$40.09
+3.6%
$56.59
+41.2%
-3.2%$10.44B$10.13B5.321,743
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.6578 of 5 stars
$48.62
+1.2%
$58.18
+19.7%
+61.6%$9.16B$835.80M20.87711Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream
1.9035 of 5 stars
$37.00
+1.3%
$38.67
+4.5%
+19.8%$8.07B$1.45B15.68200
SUN
Sunoco
2.2182 of 5 stars
$50.71
-1.4%
$62.75
+23.7%
-10.0%$7.73B$23.07B11.662,389Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.7287 of 5 stars
$114.24
+1.9%
$182.55
+59.8%
-26.9%$6.98B$4.76B5.88530Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
VIST
Vista Energy
4.4286 of 5 stars
$54.33
+0.3%
$59.80
+10.1%
+83.8%$5.17B$1.49B10.53410Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
VVV
Valvoline
4.8491 of 5 stars
$36.40
+0.1%
$45.78
+25.8%
+2.2%$4.67B$1.62B22.4711,500Positive News
CRC
California Resources
4.264 of 5 stars
$50.44
+0.4%
$66.09
+31.0%
-0.3%$4.61B$2.64B7.941,060Short Interest ↑

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