Sasol (SSL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PR or SSL?

Permian Resources currently has a consensus price target of $18.93, indicating a potential upside of 22.55%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Sasol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Permian Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Sasol	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PR or SSL more profitable?

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 Resources	21.20%	11.15%	6.93%
Sasol	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PR or SSL?

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.34, indicating that its stock price is 334% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PR or SSL?

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 19 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Permian Resources and 3 mentions for Sasol. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Sasol's score of 0.88 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sasol	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PR or SSL a better dividend stock?

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PR or SSL?

Sasol received 301 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.89% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Permian Resources	Outperform Votes 61 62.89%	Underperform Votes 36 37.11%
Sasol	Outperform Votes 362 54.93%	Underperform Votes 297 45.07%

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PR or SSL?

Permian Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sasol.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Permian Resources	$4.83B	2.57	$476.31M	$1.65	9.36
Sasol	$275.11B	0.01	-$2.37B	N/A	N/A

Summary

Permian Resources beats Sasol on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.