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Sasol Ltd. (SSL) vs Westlake Corporation (WLK)

Sasol Ltd. and Westlake Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sasol Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $8.5B — 1.1× the size. Westlake Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sasol Ltd. trades at 3.2×. Sasol Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.6% against −0.37%. Sasol Ltd. has the higher net margin (8.89% vs −3.87%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −2.22%). Only Westlake Corporation pays a dividend (3.35%). Across the 19 metrics below, Sasol Ltd. leads on 13 and Westlake Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 3.19 n/m 26.45
P/S n/m 0.71 1.64
P/B n/m 0.88 1.84
Price to free cash flow n/m 675.16 21.25
EV/EBITDA 0.37 16.21 12.93
EV/Sales 0.11 1.02 1.90
Earnings yield 31.39% (5.32%) 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 0.15% 2.20%

Profitability

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 33.45% 10.78% 27.84%
Operating margin 0.00% (3.81%) 5.64%
Net margin 8.89% (3.87%) 4.26%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.10% 4.75%
Return on equity 0.00% (4.64%) 3.73%
Return on assets 0.00% (2.27%) 1.16%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (2.22%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 26.64% (0.37%) 7.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 91.38% (352.16%) (8.48%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.12% 8.28% 6.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.08% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.65 0.55 0.59
Current ratio 1.79 2.38 2.16
Net debt to EBITDA 1.56 8.12 2.03

Dividend

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.00% 3.35% 1.84%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric SSL WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 9.63b 8.47b 1.95b

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