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Alcoa (AA) vs Sasol Ltd. (SSL)

Alcoa and Sasol Ltd. are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Specialty Chemicals). Alcoa and Sasol Ltd. are of similar size ($10.1B and $9.6B). Sasol Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.3× against 6.6×. Sasol Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.6% against 11.2%. Alcoa has the higher net margin (10.7% vs 8.89%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.8% vs 0.00%). Only Alcoa pays a dividend (1.04%). Across the 20 metrics below, Alcoa leads on 13 and Sasol Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AA SSL
P/E 6.61 3.27
P/S 0.71 n/m
P/B 1.24 n/m
Price to free cash flow 11.32 n/m
EV/EBITDA 3.89 0.37
EV/Sales 0.74 0.11
Earnings yield 15.13% 30.61%
Free cash flow yield 8.83% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AA SSL
Gross margin 21.93% 33.45%
Operating margin 13.33% 0.00%
Net margin 10.68% 8.89%
Free cash flow margin 6.29% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.82% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.41% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.77% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AA SSL
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.22% 26.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,600.00% 91.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.68% 4.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.08%

Health

Metric AA SSL
Debt to equity 0.58 0.65
Current ratio 2.31 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA 0.90 1.56

Dividend

Metric AA SSL
Dividend yield 1.04% 0.00%
Payout ratio 0.07 —

Size

Metric AA SSL
Market cap 10.14b 9.63b

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