Sasol Limited

JSE:SOL Stock Report

Market Cap: R133.0b

Sasol Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Sasol does not currently pay a dividend.

Key information

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Dividend yield

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Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yieldn/a
Future Dividend Yield3.2%
Dividend Growthn/a
Next dividend pay daten/a
Ex dividend daten/a
Dividend per sharen/a
Payout ratio0%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Narrative Update Apr 30

SOL: Severe EPS Collapse Will Undermine Higher Margin Outlook And Future P/E Assumptions

Analysts have raised their price target for Sasol from ZAR117.00 to approximately ZAR151.63, reflecting updated assumptions that include a slightly lower discount rate, revised revenue expectations, higher profit margin forecasts, and a higher future P/E multiple. What's in the News Updated fiscal year 2026 guidance keeps most targets unchanged.
Narrative Update Apr 16

SOL: Higher Margins And Weaker Near Term EPS Will Shape Future Rerating

Analysts have lifted their price target on Sasol from ZAR175.84 to ZAR222.00, citing updated assumptions that include a lower discount rate, a changed revenue growth outlook, higher expected profit margins and a revised future P/E multiple. What's in the News Sasol issued revenue guidance for the six months ended 31 December 2025, focusing on expected earnings per share for the period.
Narrative Update Apr 01

SOL: Severe EPS Collapse Will Weigh On Long-Term Bio-Circular Surfactant Story

Analysts have lifted their fair value estimate for Sasol from ZAR82 to ZAR117, citing updated assumptions for discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E levels. What's in the News Sasol issued earnings guidance for the six months ending 31 December 2025, focusing on expected earnings per share rather than providing a revenue range.
Narrative Update Mar 18

SOL: EPS Collapse Guidance Will Undermine Confidence In Future Earnings Sustainability

Analysts have revised their fair value estimate for Sasol from ZAR122.44 to ZAR149.78, citing updated assumptions on discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E as the key drivers of the new price target. What's in the News Sasol issued revenue guidance for the six months ended 31 December 2025, including an EPS range of ZAR0.10 to ZAR0.80 per share, compared with prior period EPS of ZAR7.22.
Narrative Update Mar 04

SOL: EPS Collapse Guidance Will Undermine Confidence In Higher Future Margins

Analysts have trimmed their Sasol price target slightly to ZAR122.44 from ZAR124.24, reflecting updated assumptions on discount rates, modestly higher revenue growth, stronger profit margins and a lower future P/E multiple. What's in the News Sasol issued revenue guidance for the six months ending 31 December 2025, including an earnings per share (EPS) range of ZAR0.10 to ZAR0.80 per share.
Narrative Update Feb 18

SOL: Severe EPS Guidance Will Weigh On Long-Term Bio-Circular Surfactant Story

Analysts have reduced their price target for Sasol from ZAR107 to ZAR82, citing revised assumptions that include a lower revenue growth outlook, a higher projected profit margin, a reduced discount rate and a lower future P/E multiple. What's in the News Sasol issued revenue guidance for the six months ending 31 December 2025, with expected EPS in a range of ZAR0.10 to ZAR0.80 per share.
Narrative Update Feb 04

SOL: Higher Margins And Lower Risk Profile Will Drive Future Upside

Analysts have adjusted their price expectations for Sasol, with the fair value estimate moving from R131.11 to R124.24 as they factor in updated assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples. Valuation Changes Fair Value Estimate: reduced slightly from R131.11 to R124.24, reflecting updated assumptions in the model.
Analysis Article Jan 25

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For Sasol's (JSE:SOL) Returns On Capital

What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? In a...
Narrative Update Jan 20

SOL: Higher Profit Margin Outlook Will Support Bullish Long Term rerating

Sasol's updated analyst price target is now set around R175.84, a small move from the prior R175.22. Analysts cited revised assumptions for discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E as the basis for this fine tuning.
Narrative Update Jan 06

SOL: Bio-Circular Surfactants Will Support A Steady And Balanced Long-Term Outlook

Analysts kept their fair value estimate for Sasol steady at R107, with small tweaks to discount rate, revenue growth and profit margin assumptions supporting the unchanged price target. Valuation Changes Fair Value: Kept unchanged at R107.00 per share, reflecting the updated set of assumptions.
Analysis Article Dec 29

Sasol (JSE:SOL) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the...
Narrative Update Dec 19

SOL: Bio-Circular Surfactants Will Support A More Balanced Long-Term Outlook

Analysts have raised their price target on Sasol from approximately $70 to $107 per share, citing a higher assumed future earnings multiple that more than offsets adjusted expectations for revenue growth and profit margins. What's in the News Sasol International Chemicals has launched LIVINEX IO 7, a patent-pending bio-circular surfactant derived from insect oils, positioned as a first of its kind in fabric, home care, industrial and institutional cleaning markets (Key Developments).
Narrative Update Dec 05

SOL: Lower Risk Profile And Bio Circular Surfactants Will Drive Future Upside

Analysts have nudged their price target for Sasol slightly higher, from R130.78 to R131.11. This reflects a modestly lower perceived risk via a reduced discount rate, which more than offsets slightly softer assumptions for long term revenue growth and profit margins.
Analysis Article Nov 17

Sasol Limited's (JSE:SOL) Shares Bounce 26% But Its Business Still Trails The Industry

Sasol Limited ( JSE:SOL ) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a...
Narrative Update Oct 31

SOL: Surfactant Commercialization And Higher Margins Will Drive Future Performance

Analysts have revised their price target for Sasol downward from R134.11 to R130.78, citing slightly increased discount rates even though revenue growth and profit margin forecasts have improved. What's in the News Sasol International Chemicals has launched and commercialized LIVINEX IO 7, a bio-circular, palm and deforestation-free surfactant made from insect oils (Key Developments).
Analysis Article Oct 14

Sasol (JSE:SOL) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Typically, we'll...
Analysis Article Sep 23

Sasol (JSE:SOL) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...
Analysis Article Sep 01

Why Sasol's (JSE:SOL) Earnings Are Better Than They Seem

Investors signalled that they were pleased with Sasol Limited's ( JSE:SOL ) most recent earnings report. This reaction...
Narrative Update Aug 28

Renewable Energy And Specialty Chemicals Will Fuel Future Success

Sasol’s valuation outlook is essentially unchanged, as both the discount rate and future P/E saw only marginal adjustments, leaving the consensus analyst price target steady at ZAR123.56. What's in the News Sasol Limited expects EPS for the fiscal year ended June 2025 to increase by over 20% versus the prior year's loss per share of ZAR 69.94, which was heavily affected by negative remeasurement items of ZAR 88.13 per share (Key Developments).
Analysis Article Aug 26

Further Upside For Sasol Limited (JSE:SOL) Shares Could Introduce Price Risks After 35% Bounce

Despite an already strong run, Sasol Limited ( JSE:SOL ) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 35% in the last...
Analysis Article May 27

There's No Escaping Sasol Limited's (JSE:SOL) Muted Revenues Despite A 28% Share Price Rise

Sasol Limited ( JSE:SOL ) shareholders are no doubt pleased to see that the share price has bounced 28% in the last...
Analysis Article May 22

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For Sasol's (JSE:SOL) Returns On Capital

Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? One common approach...
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New Narrative Feb 09

Streamlined Operations And Renewable Energy Projects Will Improve Future Efficiency

Streamlining operations, restructuring roles, and focusing on core business could enhance efficiency, accountability, and earnings through improved margins and cash generation.

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SOL's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SOL's dividend payments have been increasing.


Dividend Yield vs Market

Sasol Dividend Yield vs Market
How does SOL dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (SOL)0%
Market Bottom 25% (ZA)3.1%
Market Top 25% (ZA)7.8%
Industry Average (Chemicals)5.7%
Analyst forecast (SOL) (up to 3 years)3.2%

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate SOL's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate SOL's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: SOL is not paying a notable dividend for the ZA market.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as SOL has not reported any payouts.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/08 23:06
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/06/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Sasol Limited is covered by 15 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gerhard EngelbrechtAbsa Bank Limited
Jared HooverArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.
Caroline LearmonthBarclays