SSL vs NTR vs CVE Stock Comparison

Sasol, Nutrien and Cenovus Energy Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SSL Sasol Ltd
$17.42 +24.2% 1M +165.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.06B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins
NTR Nutrien Ltd.
$68.23 -5.5% 1M +17.3% 1Y
Market cap
$33.86B
P/E
15.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.21B
Div. yield
–
Fertilizers Basic Materials
3 wins
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc.
$33.18 +7.2% 1M +94.3% 1Y
Market cap
$59.42B
P/E
16.5x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cenovus Energy leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Cenovus Energy 3, Nutrien 3, Sasol 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSSLNTRCVELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.06B $33.86B $59.42B CVE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.3x 15.2x 16.5x NTR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.3x 13.5x 7.9x SSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.6% — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.9% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x 0.7x CVE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +165.5% +17.3% +94.3% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.4%/yr -0.5%/yr +23.6%/yr CVE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.1% 33.1% 35.9% NTR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 68/100 54/100 NTR

Percentile Scorecard

SSLNTRCVE

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

AxisSSLNTRCVE
Valuation 95 #6 of 99 91 #9 of 94 45 #55 of 99
Growth – 58 #39 of 92 44 #55 of 97
Profitability – 75 #23 of 89 92 #9 of 96
Financial Health 52 #50 of 102 79 #21 of 97 58 #43 of 102
Shareholder Returns – 38 #44 of 70 33 #51 of 76
Overall – 68 54
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • NTR ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • CVE 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

PeriodSSLNTRCVESPY
1 month +24.2%-5.5%+7.2% -0.8%
3 months +52.3%+1.2%+18.3% +3.5%
6 months +36.9%-5.7%+23.9% +7.0%
Year to date +167.6%+10.5%+96.1% +12.2%
1 year +165.5%+17.3%+94.3% +13.0%
3 years +32.9%+23.0%+71.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +9.9%+7.1%+19.7% +23.1%
5 years +2.0%-2.3%+188.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +0.4%-0.5%+23.6% +11.0%
10 years -37.0%—+119.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year -4.5%—+8.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSSLNTRCVESPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.1%33.1%35.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.7%34.6%34.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.76-0.24-0.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.060.522.63 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.4%-61.5%-57.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.3%-18.7%-0.8% -1.8%
52-week high $18.02$83.94$33.46 $779.14
52-week low $6.00$53.64$15.85 $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.

MultipleSSLNTRCVE
P/E now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 13.5x 14.9xmedian 21.6x 16.6xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.1x 1.2xmedian 1.4x 1.8xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.9x 5.5xmedian 12.4x 7.5xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 11.0x 5.2xmedian 15.8x 10.6xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.5x 1.3xmedian 1.6x 2.7xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.27 -1.14median 1.66 -1.22median 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 monthsSSLNTRCVE
Revenue – $28.21B –
Gross profit – $8.75B –
Operating income – $5.49B $4.67B
Net income – $5.57B $3.61B
Free cash flow – $6.28B –
R&D – – $31.67M
EPS (diluted) – $4.59 $1.98
Cash & equivalents $2.64B $921.00M $2.00B
Total debt $6.66B $11.39B $14.38B
Shares (diluted) 642.00M 486.52M 1.82B
Enterprise value -$3.17M $30.69B $51.13B

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
MetricSSLNTRCVE
P/E 15.3x 14.9x 16.6x
P/FCF 3.6x 5.2x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.9x –
P/S 0.7x 1.2x 1.8x
P/B 1.1x 1.3x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 1.3x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA – 5.5x 7.5x
EV/EBIT – 7.9x 14.7x
EV/Revenue – 1.5x –
EV/FCF – 6.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.4x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.14 -1.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSSLNTRCVE
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 15.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -8.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 140.9% -10.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -20.1% -17.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 77.9% 2.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 14.3% -16.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 86.8% 4.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -13.0% -13.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 14.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -15.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 10.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -13.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSSLNTRCVE
Gross margin – 31.0% –
EBITDA margin – 28.0% –
Operating margin – 19.5% –
Pretax margin – 13.7% –
Net margin – 7.9% –
FCF margin – 22.3% –
Operating cash flow margin – 14.8% –
Return on equity – 9.4% 16.6%
Return on assets – 4.5% 8.5%
Return on invested capital – 11.8% –
Return on capital employed – – 12.4%
Asset turnover – 0.5x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.8x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSSLNTRCVE
Debt / assets 30.1% 21.3% 17.4%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 1.8x –
Liabilities / assets 53.3% 51.6% 50.1%
Equity / assets 46.7% 48.4% 49.9%
Interest coverage – 7.8x –
Current ratio 1.8x – 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.6x – 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSSLNTRCVE
Dividend yield – 3.2% 2.5%
Net buyback yield – -1.6% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.6% 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusSSLNTRCVE
Forward P/E 5.3xFY2027 13.5xFY2026 7.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.26FY2027 $5.05FY2026 $4.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +37.0%FY2027 +11.2%FY2026 +166.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -24.5% +3.4% -8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.51BFY2027 $29.16BFY2026 $42.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.3%FY2027 +12.8%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% -11.4% +3.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSSLNTRCVE
Held by institutions 4.7% 63.7% 48.8%
Institutions holding 174 727 490
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.6% -0.5% -5.2%
Institutions buying 111 367 264
Institutions selling 45 236 162
Buyers to sellers 2.47 1.56 1.63

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.

SSLNTRCVE
SSL 1.00 0.44 0.52
NTR 0.44 1.00 0.53
CVE 0.52 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SSL, NTR and CVE?

Cenovus Energy (CVE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sasol (SSL) $11.06B, Nutrien (NTR) $33.86B, Cenovus Energy (CVE) $59.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, SSL, NTR and CVE?

Nutrien (NTR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sasol (SSL) 15.3x, Nutrien (NTR) 15.2x, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 16.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sasol (SSL) is cheapest (Sasol (SSL) 5.3x, Nutrien (NTR) 13.5x, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 7.9x). 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%, Nutrien (NTR) +17.3%, Cenovus Energy (CVE) +94.3%. Over five years, Cenovus Energy (CVE) compounded fastest (Sasol (SSL) +0.4%/yr, Nutrien (NTR) -0.5%/yr, Cenovus Energy (CVE) +23.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nutrien (NTR) has been the steadiest (Sasol (SSL) 54.1%, Nutrien (NTR) 33.1%, Cenovus Energy (CVE) 35.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cenovus Energy (CVE) leads on 3. 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.