Sasol (SSL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders 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. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy currently has a consensus target price of $56.85, suggesting a potential upside of 33.69%. Given Viper Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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 more risk and volatility, VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VNOM or SSL?

In the previous week, Viper Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Viper Energy and 6 mentions for Sasol. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sasol's score of -0.01 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sasol	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNOM or SSL?

Viper Energy received 181 more outperform votes than Sasol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.24% 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 548 65.24%	Underperform Votes 292 34.76%
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 2.8%. Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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 preferable valuation and earnings, 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	13.64	$200.09M	$3.80	11.19
Sasol	$262.30B	0.01	-$2.37B	$2.27	2.40

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

Summary

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