Basic Materials
Sasol Limited(SSL)
Live Price
Offline$13.04
-2.87% today
1Y Change
+158.89%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026
- Market Cap
- $145.18B
- Revenue Growth
- -9.5%
- EPS Growth
- +115.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Sasol Limited (SSL) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $145.18B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $13.04 and up 158.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 10, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -9.5%, EPS growth of +115.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -9.5%, EPS +115.1%, free cash flow +76.4% with operating margin 17.3% and ROIC 7.6%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 62.0 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SSL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-9.5% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+17.3% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on Feb 23, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +0.5% and a revenue surprise of +1.3%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -9.5% and EPS is at +115.1%, with operating margin around 17.3%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 25, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 23, 2026 | +0.5% | +1.6% | +1.6% | +39.5% |
2025 Aug 25, 2025 | -83.7% | -4.2% | -0.4% | -12.2% |
2025 Feb 24, 2025 | -49.8% | -2.3% | -15.5% | +2.5% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SSL Max Drawdown
-25.45%
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Company Overview
Sasol Limited
New York Stock Exchange
Sasol Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated chemical and energy company in South Africa. The company operates through six segments: Mining, Gas, Fuels, Chemicals Africa, Chemicals America, and Chemicals Eurasia. It offers acetate, acrylate monomer, ammonia, carbon, chlor alkali, explosive, fertilizer, glycol ether, hydrocarbon blend, inorganic, ketone, mining, polymer, and wax chemicals, as well as lacquer thinners, light alcohols, and phenolics or cresylic acids. The company also markets and sells brick, electrical, engine, hand, non-ferrous, and window cleaners, as well as parts wash products and super soaps; degreasers; bitumen, fuel oils, lubricants, motor fuels, and gas-to-liquid fuels; and other fuels, such as illuminating paraffin, light cycle and distillate oils, light straight run fuels, and synthetic paraffinic kerosene. In addition, it wholesales diesel and petrol; operates coal mines; offers engineering services; and develops lower carbon solutions. Further, the company explores, develops, produces, markets, and distributes natural gas and related products through pipelines. It serves adhesive, agriculture and forestry, automotive and transportation, aviation, burner fuel, chemical, construction and material, corrosion protection, electrical and electronic, flavor and fragrance, furniture, health and medical, household and consumer goods, industrial product, lubricant, manufacturing, mining, packaging, paint and coating, personal care, pharmaceutical, plastic and polymer, publishing and ink, pulp and paper, rubber and tyre, specialty graphite, steel and foundry, textile and leather, water treatment, and other industries. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Leadership
- Simon Baloyi
- IPO Date
- Apr 26, 1982
- Employees
- 27.7k
- Street Address
- Sasol Place
- Mailing
- Johannesburg, 2196
- Region
- Johannesburg, ZA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 27 10 344 5000
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 62.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 5.7
- Price/Sales
- 0.6
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -9.5%
- EPS
- +115.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +76.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 27.4%
- Operating Margin
- 17.3%
- Net Margin
- 1.0%
- ROE
- 1.6%
- ROIC
- 7.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.83
- Current Ratio
- 1.66
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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