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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:SSL) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff