Sasol Limited (SSL)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Johannesburg, South Africa | NYSE
12.16 USD
-0.96
(-7.317%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 12.17 +0.01 (0.082%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:52 p.m. EDT
Sasol Limited (SSL) presents a mixed picture for investors. Short-term traders may find opportunities in the recent price volatility, with some options activity suggesting potential for upward momentum. However, the long-term fundamentals are weak, with a high debt-to-equity ratio and declining earnings, which makes it a risky long-term investment. The dividend yield is not consistent, and the stock has not shown strong growth. Investors should approach with caution and consider the broader market context. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.302981 |
| AutoETS | 0.312519 |
| MSTL | 0.319631 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.402337 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 34.66 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.085 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.60 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2024-03-13 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2024-03-13 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 70.472 |
| Revenue per Share | 391.649 |
| Market Cap | 7,752,457,728 |
| Trailing P/E | 52.87 |
| Forward P/E | 5.39 |
| Beta | -0.27 |
| Profit Margins | 0.97% |
| Website | https://www.sasol.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:52 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates mixed sentiment. Calls show increased positioning in out-of-the-money strikes, suggesting potential for upward momentum, while puts show higher volatility and interest in lower strikes, indicating some bearish sentiment. The ATM IV is relatively high, suggesting uncertainty about the stock's direction in the short term. The recent price history shows a range-bound pattern with no clear trend, suggesting caution for short-term traders.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-14 | 0.104 | 1.414966 |
| 2023-09-14 | 0.525 | 4.143967 |
| 2023-03-09 | 0.387 | 2.972436 |
| 2022-09-08 | 0.872 | 5.217867 |
| 2019-03-14 | 0.426 | 1.613516 |
| 2018-09-06 | 0.558 | 1.726813 |
| 2018-03-15 | 0.427 | 1.493718 |
| 2017-09-07 | 0.591 | 2.275352 |
| 2017-03-15 | 0.371 | 1.598612 |
| 2016-09-28 | 0.636 | 2.868572 |
| 2016-04-06 | 0.370 | 1.696272 |
| 2015-10-07 | 0.838 | 3.343687 |
| 2015-04-08 | 0.572 | 2.136236 |
| 2014-10-08 | 1.263 | 3.198686 |
| 2014-04-09 | 0.739 | 1.819961 |
| 2013-10-09 | 1.336 | 3.825205 |
| 2013-04-10 | 0.615 | 1.958055 |
| 2012-10-10 | 1.441 | 4.823139 |
| 2012-04-11 | 0.750 | 2.475039 |
| 2011-10-12 | 1.357 | 4.637024 |
| 2011-04-06 | 0.451 | 1.170967 |
| 2010-10-13 | 1.079 | 3.635380 |
| 2010-04-07 | 0.379 | 1.428028 |
| 2009-10-14 | 0.813 | 3.272695 |
| 2009-04-07 | 0.239 | 1.391870 |
| 2008-10-08 | 1.130 | 6.666329 |
| 2008-04-09 | 0.462 | 1.540952 |
| 2007-10-10 | 0.816 | 2.948717 |
| 2007-04-03 | 0.415 | 2.268895 |
| 2006-10-11 | 0.589 | 3.370693 |
| 2006-04-05 | 0.449 | 2.129670 |
| 2005-10-12 | 0.486 | 2.637637 |
| 2005-04-06 | 0.400 | 2.912900 |
| 2004-10-06 | 0.351 | 3.557525 |
| 2004-04-06 | 0.324 | 4.216589 |
| 2003-10-08 | 0.320 | 5.029687 |
| 2003-04-09 | 0.270 | 5.148726 |
| 2002-10-09 | 0.236 | 4.745771 |
| 2002-04-10 | 0.175 | 3.238526 |
| 2001-09-19 | 0.211 | 5.204442 |
| 2001-03-21 | 0.180 | 4.829951 |
| 2000-09-13 | 0.197 | 5.840476 |
| 2000-03-15 | 0.130 | 4.815049 |
| 1999-09-15 | 0.142 | 4.594571 |
| 1999-03-10 | 0.068 | 3.530831 |
| 1998-09-30 | 0.068 | 3.952410 |
| 1998-03-18 | 0.068 | 2.131050 |
| 1997-09-24 | 0.072 | 1.348415 |
| 1997-03-12 | 0.128 | 2.769115 |
| 1996-10-02 | 0.062 | 1.341788 |
| 1996-03-13 | 0.140 | 3.757739 |
| 1995-09-27 | 0.132 | 4.194525 |
| 1995-08-18 | 0.105 | 3.195518 |
| 1995-07-27 | 0.050 | 1.562478 |
| 1995-03-13 | 0.129 | 3.832524 |
| 1994-09-26 | 0.137 | 4.788944 |
| 1994-03-14 | 0.116 | 6.339215 |
| 1993-09-13 | 0.143 | 10.398595 |
| 1993-03-08 | 0.119 | 8.067724 |
| 1992-09-14 | 0.145 | 10.402497 |
| 1992-03-09 | 0.126 | 8.269194 |
| 1991-09-16 | 0.137 | 8.669863 |
| 1991-03-11 | 0.119 | 10.939357 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 2.4842408 |
| Address1 | Sasol Place |
| Address2 | 50 Katherine Street Sandton |
| All Time High | 67.93 |
| All Time Low | 1.25 |
| Ask | 12.18 |
| Ask Size | 1,600 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,078,810 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,844,361 |
| Average Volume | 2,844,361 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,078,810 |
| Beta | -0.267 |
| Bid | 11.95 |
| Bid Size | 2,300 |
| Book Value | 14.132352 |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | South Africa |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 12.16 |
| Current Ratio | 1.657 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 12.32 |
| Day Low | 11.87 |
| Debt To Equity | 70.472 |
| Dividend Date | 1,711,670,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,771,837,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,771,837,200 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.948 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.948 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,771,853,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,771,853,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,771,853,400 |
| Ebitda | 43,328,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.17374 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 2.08 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.361 |
| Enterprise Value | 90,115,997,696 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.37782 |
| Eps Forward | 2.25578 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.23 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,710,374,400 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 27 11 788 5092 |
| Fifty Day Average | 10.494 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.6659994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.15875733 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 248.42407 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 13.68 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5200005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.11111114 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.41 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.75 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 2.5659823 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.41 - 13.68 |
| Financial Currency | ZAR |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 388,675,800,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 4.02 |
| Float Shares | 578,450,737 |
| Forward Eps | 2.25578 |
| Forward P E | 5.3905964 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,705,124,864 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 27,107 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.4067 |
| Gross Profits | 101,422,997,504 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.03658 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 637,537,682 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,710,374,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.104 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Sasol Limited operates as a chemical and energy company. It offers bitumen, industrial heating fuels, naphtha, lubricants and lubricant base oils, liquefied petroleum gas, automotive and industrial lubricants, greases, cleansers and degreasers, automotive fuels, and burner fuels or domestic, as well as illuminating paraffin transport fuels, such as petrol, diesel, and jet fuels. The company also provides methane rich and natural gas. In addition, it offers ammonium nitrate, limestone ammonium nitrate, and nitric acid for agriculture; industrial foaming agents, wax/hydrophobic coatings and industrial pegs, dispersible hydrates, boehmites, and aluminum oxides for building and construction; short-chain alcohols for flavors and fragrances; liquids, flakes, powders, and polyethylene glycols for health and wellness; caustic soda, hydrochloric acid CP Grade, and calcium chloride for industrial and institutional cleaning; alumina-based catalyst, cobalt FT catalysts, and mixed metal oxides for inorganic materials and catalysts; chemical feedstocks, process solvents, and chemicals for manufacturing and industrial; viscosity modifiers, chemical carriers, and adsorbents for mining, oil, and gas; hydrocarbons, surfactants, polyether, and polyglycols for paper and water; surfactants, dyes, finishing agents, tanning agents, and emulsifiers for textile and leather; and other chemicals for automotive and transportation, consumer goods, home care, packaging, printing, coatings, personal care, and polymers sectors. Further, it is involved in engineering services, research and development, and technology transfer; management of cash resources, investments, and procurement of loans; develop and implement international gas to liquid and CTL ventures; marketing of fuels and lubricants; trading and transportation of oil products, petrochemicals and chemical products, and derivatives; and coal mining activities. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
| Long Name | Sasol Limited |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 7,752,457,728 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_527037 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 2,408,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,470,465,497 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 12.32 |
| Operating Cashflow | 33,525,000,192 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09787 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.07 |
| Phone | 27 10 344 9280 |
| Post Market Change | 0.010000229 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.08223873 |
| Post Market Price | 12.17 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,400 |
| Previous Close | 13.12 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.113928 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.8604371 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.031086802 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00966 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.995 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.96 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.31707 |
| Regular Market Day High | 12.32 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 11.87 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 11.87 - 12.32 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.32 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 13.12 |
| Regular Market Price | 12.16 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,696,104 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05726 |
| Return On Equity | 0.02474 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.002 |
| Revenue Per Share | 391.649 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Shares Outstanding | 631,206,335 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0063 |
| Shares Short | 4,025,259 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,840,469 |
| Short Name | Sasol Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0074 |
| Short Ratio | 1.25 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | SSL |
| Target High Price | 13.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.0 |
| Target Median Price | 13.0 |
| Total Cash | 33,419,999,232 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 52.695 |
| Total Debt | 110,426,996,736 |
| Total Revenue | 249,380,995,072 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.23 |
| Trailing P E | 52.869564 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.29155 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.8684497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.6676838 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,696,104 |
| Website | https://www.sasol.com |
| Zip | 2,196 |