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Sasol Limited

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Chemicals · Basic Materials
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
47
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Sasol Limited is a South African energy and chemicals company that turns coal and natural gas into fuels, plastics, and specialty chemicals. Its main products include liquid fuels, fertilizers, solvents, and industrial chemicals sold to manufacturers, farmers, and energy companies. Sasol is one of the few companies in the world that uses a process called coal-to-liquids technology at commercial scale, which it has developed and refined over decades.

Sasol earns money by selling these fuels and chemicals, mostly through long-term supply contracts and direct industrial sales. It operates primarily in South Africa, with additional chemical operations in the United States and Europe, and generates roughly $12–14 billion in annual revenue. Its proprietary coal-to-liquids technology gives it a unique competitive position, but the business faces real risk from volatile oil and chemical prices, high energy costs, and growing pressure to reduce carbon emissions from its coal-heavy production process.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
25.3%
Modest — 25.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
15.1%
Healthy — 15.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.2%
Strong — 16.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-6.6%
Shrinking sales (-6.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
1397%
Turns 1397% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.0%
Modest free cash flow (6.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.73
Moderate — manageable debt (0.73)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.76x
Adequate interest coverage (4.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
53.9x
Expensive — P/E 53.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+49.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (53.9 → 4.4)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.70%
Small dividend — 1.70% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-4.6%
Dividend cut (-4.6% YoY) — warning sign

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