SSL vs CVE vs PSX Stock Comparison

Sasol, Cenovus Energy and Phillips 66 Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SSL Sasol Ltd
$17.42 +24.2% 1M +165.5% 1Y
Market cap
$10.83B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc.
$33.18 +7.2% 1M +94.3% 1Y
Market cap
$57.20B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins
PSX Phillips 66
$288.74 +12.9% 1M +113.9% 1Y
Market cap
$107.30B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.36B
Div. yield
0.02%
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Phillips 66 leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Phillips 66 4, Sasol 2, Cenovus Energy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSSLCVEPSXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.83B $57.20B $107.30B PSX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.3x 15.8x 15.1x PSX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.3x 7.8x 9.0x SSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — +15.5% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 4.5% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 14.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x 1.3x CVE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +165.5% +94.3% +113.9% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.4%/yr +23.6%/yr +30.2%/yr PSX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.1% 35.9% 32.0% PSX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 54/100 CVE

Percentile Scorecard

SSLCVEPSX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSSLCVEPSX
Valuation 95 #6 of 99 45 #55 of 99 46 #54 of 99
Growth – 44 #55 of 97 85 #15 of 97
Profitability – 92 #9 of 96 48 #50 of 96
Financial Health 52 #50 of 102 58 #43 of 102 49 #53 of 102
Shareholder Returns – 33 #51 of 76 41 #45 of 76
Overall – 54 54
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • CVE ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • PSX ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSSLCVEPSXSPY
1 month +24.2%+7.2%+12.9% -0.8%
3 months +52.3%+18.3%+39.0% +3.5%
6 months +36.9%+23.9%+76.0% +7.0%
Year to date +167.6%+96.1%+123.8% +12.2%
1 year +165.5%+94.3%+113.9% +13.0%
3 years +32.9%+71.5%+160.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +9.9%+19.7%+37.6% +23.1%
5 years +2.0%+188.3%+273.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +0.4%+23.6%+30.2% +11.0%
10 years -37.0%+119.6%+256.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year -4.5%+8.2%+13.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSSLCVEPSXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.1%35.9%32.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.7%34.9%29.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.76-0.33-0.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.062.633.56 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.4%-57.2%-46.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.3%-0.8%-2.8% -1.8%
52-week high $18.02$33.46$297.20 $779.14
52-week low $6.00$15.85$127.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSSLCVEPSX
P/E now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 13.5x 16.6xmedian 13.5x 16.3xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.1x 1.8xmedian 2.1x 0.7xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.9x 7.5xmedian 5.9x 10.3xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 11.0x 10.6xmedian 11.0x 18.0xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.5x 2.7xmedian 1.5x 3.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.27 -1.22median 2.27 -1.67median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSSLCVEPSX
Revenue – – $156.36B
Gross profit – – $24.12B
Operating income – $4.67B $10.04B
Net income – $3.61B $7.19B
Free cash flow – – $6.39B
R&D – $31.67M –
EPS (diluted) – $1.98 $17.62
Cash & equivalents $2.64B $2.00B $4.10B
Total debt $6.66B $14.38B $20.57B
Shares (diluted) 642.00M 1.82B 402.62M
Enterprise value -$233.82M $48.91B $95.09B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSSLCVEPSX
P/E 15.3x 16.6x 16.3x
P/FCF 3.6x 10.6x 18.0x
P/Operating cash flow – – 12.9x
P/S 0.7x 1.8x 0.7x
P/B 1.1x 2.7x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 2.7x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA – 7.5x 10.3x
EV/EBIT – 14.7x 13.1x
EV/Revenue – – 0.8x
EV/FCF – – 20.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 14.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.22 -1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSSLCVEPSX
Revenue growth (1Y) – – 15.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – -0.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 53.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -10.8% 223.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -17.3% -13.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 2.5% 293.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -16.3% -14.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 4.9% 318.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -13.6% -9.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 165.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -3.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 329.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -7.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSSLCVEPSX
Gross margin – – 15.4%
EBITDA margin – – 8.2%
Operating margin – – 6.4%
Pretax margin – – 5.7%
Net margin – – 4.5%
FCF margin – – 4.1%
Operating cash flow margin – – 5.7%
Return on equity – 16.6% 23.1%
Return on assets – 8.5% 8.7%
Return on invested capital – – 14.8%
Return on capital employed – 12.4% 15.5%
Asset turnover – – 1.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSSLCVEPSX
Debt / assets 30.1% 17.4% 25.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.3x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – – 3.2x
Liabilities / assets 53.3% 50.1% 60.0%
Equity / assets 46.7% 49.9% 40.0%
Interest coverage – – 8.7x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 4.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSSLCVEPSX
Dividend yield – 2.5% 1.7%
Net buyback yield – – 0.9%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.5% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 27.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 31.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSSLCVEPSX
Forward P/E 5.3xFY2027 7.8xFY2026 9.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.26FY2027 $4.23FY2026 $32.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +37.0%FY2027 +169.4%FY2026 +400.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -24.5% -9.5% -1.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.51BFY2027 $42.97BFY2026 $165.53BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.3%FY2027 +0.6%FY2026 +21.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% +2.6% -4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSSLCVEPSX
Held by institutions 4.7% 48.8% 78.8%
Institutions holding 174 490 2,102
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.6% -5.2% +1.3%
Institutions buying 111 264 967
Institutions selling 45 162 729
Buyers to sellers 2.47 1.63 1.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SSLCVEPSX
SSL 1.00 0.52 0.31
CVE 0.52 1.00 0.54
PSX 0.31 0.54 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SSL, CVE and PSX?

Phillips 66 (PSX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sasol (SSL) $10.83B, Cenovus Energy (CVE) $57.20B, Phillips 66 (PSX) $107.30B.

Which stock is cheaper, SSL, CVE and PSX?

Phillips 66 (PSX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sasol (SSL) 15.3x, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 15.8x, Phillips 66 (PSX) 15.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sasol (SSL) is cheapest (Sasol (SSL) 5.3x, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 7.8x, Phillips 66 (PSX) 9.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sasol (SSL) returned the most: Sasol (SSL) +165.5%, Cenovus Energy (CVE) +94.3%, Phillips 66 (PSX) +113.9%. Over five years, Phillips 66 (PSX) compounded fastest (Sasol (SSL) +0.4%/yr, Cenovus Energy (CVE) +23.6%/yr, Phillips 66 (PSX) +30.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Sasol (SSL) 0.00%, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 0.00%, Phillips 66 (PSX) 0.02%. Sasol (SSL) and Cenovus Energy (CVE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Phillips 66 (PSX) has been the steadiest (Sasol (SSL) 54.1%, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 35.9%, Phillips 66 (PSX) 32.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SSL, CVE and PSX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Phillips 66 (PSX) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.