Sasol (SSL) Competitors

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is VNOM or SSL more profitable?

Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 6.72% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viper Energy	24.65%	6.72%	4.98%
Sasol	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy currently has a consensus price target of $56.08, suggesting a potential upside of 37.55%. Given Viper Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viper Energy is more favorable than Sasol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viper Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sasol	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sasol. Sasol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viper Energy	$899.75M	9.65	$200.09M	$3.80	10.73
Sasol	$262.30B	0.01	-$2.37B	$2.27	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VNOM or SSL?

87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Viper Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy received 174 more outperform votes than Sasol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Viper Energy	Outperform Votes 541 65.10%	Underperform Votes 290 34.90%
Sasol	Outperform Votes 367 54.69%	Underperform Votes 304 45.31%

Is VNOM or SSL a better dividend stock?

Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Viper Energy pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sasol pays out 3.5% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VNOM or SSL?

In the previous week, Viper Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Viper Energy and 5 mentions for Sasol. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Sasol's score of 0.22 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Viper Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sasol	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Viper Energy beats Sasol on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.