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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 ($10.7B and $10.1B). Sasol Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.5× against 8.5×. Sasol Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.6% against 6.46%. Alcoa has the higher net margin (9.39% vs 8.89%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.72% vs 0.00%). Only Alcoa pays a dividend (0.96%). Across the 20 metrics below, Alcoa leads on 12 and Sasol Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AA SSL
P/E 8.48 3.51
P/S 0.80 n/m
P/B 1.49 n/m
Price to free cash flow 30.24 n/m
EV/EBITDA 9.15 0.37
EV/Sales 0.87 0.11
Earnings yield 11.79% 28.51%
Free cash flow yield 3.31% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AA SSL
Gross margin 18.79% 33.45%
Operating margin 3.61% 0.00%
Net margin 9.39% 8.89%
Free cash flow margin 2.66% 0.00%
Return on equity 18.77% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.02% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AA SSL
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.46% 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 0.30 0.65
Current ratio 1.54 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA 0.90 1.56

Dividend

Metric AA SSL
Dividend yield 0.96% 0.00%
Payout ratio 0.08 —

Size

Metric AA SSL
Market cap 10.67b 10.09b

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