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

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

Sasol vs. Its Competitors

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

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$14.72B0.22-$2.37B$2.272.20
Permian Resources$5.00B2.20$984.70M$1.628.46

Permian Resources has a consensus price target of $18.47, suggesting a potential upside of 34.74%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Permian Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Permian Resources and 0 mentions for Sasol. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Sasol's score of 0.00 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sasol Neutral
Permian Resources Positive

Sasol has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Permian Resources has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.96% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SasolN/A N/A N/A
Permian Resources 22.74%11.96%7.49%

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

Summary

Permian Resources beats Sasol on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SSL vs. The Competition

MetricSasolOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.22B$69.11B$7.78B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A6.17%10.96%3.68%
P/E Ratio2.20102.1775.3229.31
Price / Sales0.221.7522,498.6864.11
Price / Cash2.224.6735.8323.31
Price / Book0.411.043.984.40
Net Income-$2.37B$5.03B$4.26B$995.90M
7 Day Performance-1.38%0.35%-0.41%0.27%
1 Month Performance-2.14%-1.34%1.10%0.39%
1 Year Performance-30.65%0.33%19.20%15.57%

Sasol Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSL
Sasol
2.5192 of 5 stars
$4.99
+0.4%
N/A-30.0%$3.22B$14.72B2.2028,141
PR
Permian Resources
4.5402 of 5 stars
$13.68
+0.2%
$18.47
+35.0%
+1.9%$10.97B$5.00B8.98220News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.1646 of 5 stars
$37.50
+2.5%
$57.23
+52.6%
-4.7%$10.56B$860.39M17.77711Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
AR
Antero Resources
4.8673 of 5 stars
$33.01
-2.0%
$43.53
+31.9%
+32.1%$10.40B$4.33B22.30590Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8764 of 5 stars
$39.34
-0.2%
$53.47
+35.9%
+0.4%$10.13B$9.15B6.991,623Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
2.9858 of 5 stars
$43.14
+1.5%
$45.80
+6.2%
+18.8%$9.16B$1.50B15.75200Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
SUN
Sunoco
3.2295 of 5 stars
$54.32
+1.2%
$64.75
+19.2%
+1.6%$8.20B$22.69B9.673,298Upcoming Earnings
APA
APA
3.8488 of 5 stars
$18.27
-1.0%
$23.50
+28.6%
-32.6%$6.68B$9.74B4.592,305Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.6616 of 5 stars
$105.37
-0.5%
$151.54
+43.8%
-29.5%$6.11B$5.25B6.78530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6882 of 5 stars
$23.79
+1.5%
$26.67
+12.1%
+2.6%$4.51B$1.32B11.78210Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
VVV
Valvoline
3.8997 of 5 stars
$35.36
+1.0%
$42.15
+19.2%
-15.7%$4.45B$1.62B22.3111,500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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