New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) Head-To-Head Comparison

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares New Fortress Energy and Sasol’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Fortress Energy	-48.94%	-22.72%	-3.15%
Sasol	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares New Fortress Energy and Sasol”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Fortress Energy	$2.36 billion	0.21	-$249.04 million	($3.83)	-0.45
Sasol	$13.72 billion	0.31	$372.86 million	N/A	N/A

Sasol has higher revenue and earnings than New Fortress Energy.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for New Fortress Energy and Sasol, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Fortress Energy	3	4	3	0	2.00
Sasol	1	2	0	0	1.67

New Fortress Energy currently has a consensus price target of $7.88, suggesting a potential upside of 357.85%. Given New Fortress Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Sasol.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sasol shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

About New Fortress Energy

New Fortress Energy Inc. operates as an integrated gas-to-power energy infrastructure company that provides energy and development services to end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Terminals and Infrastructure, and Ships. The Terminals and Infrastructure segment engages in the natural gas procurement and liquefaction; and shipping, logistics, facilities and conversion, or development of natural gas-fired power generation. The Ships segment offers floating storage and regasification units (FRSU) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which are leased to customers under long-term or spot arrangements. The company operates LNG storage and regasification facility at the Port of Montego Bay, Jamaica; marine LNG storage and regasification facility in Old Harbour, Jamaica; Dual-fired combined heat and power facility in Clarendon, Jamaica; landed micro-fuel handling facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and LNG receiving facility and gas-fired power plant in Baja Califrnia Sur, Mexico, as well as a Miami facility. New Fortress Energy Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.

About Sasol

Sasol Limited operates as a chemical and energy company in South Africa and internationally. It offers alumina, such as battery materials, catalyst supports, abrasives and polishing, and polymer additives; cobalt fischer-tropsch catalysts; carbon-based and recarburiser products; graphite electrodes; and mono-ethylene glycol and chlor-alkali products, monomers, mining chemicals and reagents, blends and hydrocarbons, methanol products, polymers, phenolics, and fertilizers. The company also provides linear alkyl benzene, sulfonate, macrogol/polyethylene glycol, ethanol, isopropyl, acetone, and MIBK and ethyl acetate products; and fatty alcohols, alkoxylates, ether sulfates, solvents, dispersants, diluents esters, alpha-hydroxy acids ester, waxes, diluents, guerbet alcohols, biosurfactants, C6-C20+ alcohols, ethoxylates, propoxylates, paraffins/isoparaffins, parafols, amines, alkylphenols, and sulfates. In addition, it offers alcohols, esters, ethers, carboxylic acids, surfactants, oil and water soluble polyglycols, formulation and surface modifiers, solvents and coalescents, wax cuts, blends and forms, FT hard waxes, blends, lubrication packages, nucleators, release agents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, tank-mix adjuvant components, fertilizer additives, and specialty solvents. Further, the company explores, develops, produces, markets, and distributes natural oil and gas, and associated products; markets fuels and lubricants; develops and implements GTL and CTL ventures; operates coal mines; trades and transports oil, petrochemicals, and chemical products and derivatives; and provides engineering, research and development, and technology transfer services. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.