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Profile - Sasol Ltd (NasdaqSC:SASOY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Sep  4Earnings Announcement
Location
1 Sturdee Avenue
Rosebank 2196, South Africa
Email: mike.tisdall@sasol.com
Employees (last reported count): 26,300
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 94%
·Institutional: 2% (40% of float)
(25 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.92M shares (+11.45%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sasol Ltd. designs and commercializes proprietary technologies for the production of high-quality synthetic fuels such as petrol, diesel, kerosene, gas and furnace oils. Besides the range of liquid fuels, Sasol produces more than 120 chemical products for local and international markets. Exports include fuel alcohol and a wide range of industrial chemical products such as solvents, acrylic fibres, ammonia, cresols, fertilizers, 1-hexene, mining explosives accessories and systems, 1-pentene, phenol and waxes. Sasol's synthetic fuels and petrochemical operations are entirely dependent on an efficient coal-mining operation. The Company operates through seven main subsidiaries, referred to as the Sasol Group. Sasol's ability to manufacture synthetic fuels contributes significantly to South Africa's energy supply. The Company currently supplies 41% of South Africa's liquid fuel requirements.
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Financial Summary
Sasol Ltd., is involved in the production and marketing of liquid fuels, pipeline gas, waxes, petrochemicals, plastics, fertilisers, and mining explosives through the use of crude oil and coal. For the six months ended 12/25/00, revenues rose 42% to RAN16.96 billion. Net income totalled RAN3.14 billion, up from RAN1.49 billion. Results reflect increased turnover at Sasol Chemical and Sasol Synthetic Fuels.
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Officers

Position
P du P KrugerChairman
P V CoxCEO, Managing Director, Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:SASOYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Dec-2000
$5.969
Recent Price$9.28 
52-Week High
on 15-June-2001
$10.01 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)31.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)26.0K
Stock Performance
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26-Week Change+17.8%
26-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+28.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.77B
Shares Outstanding622.0M
Float37.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.74 
Earnings (ttm)$1.06 
Earnings (mrq)$0.59 
Sales (ttm)$5.67 
Cash (mrq*)$0.22 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.48 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8.79 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.64 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.65B
EBITDA (ttm*)$1.25B
Income available to common (ttm)$669.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)18.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)28.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 25
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
25-Dec-2000
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)19.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)31.84%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.97 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.05 
Total Cash (mrq)$134.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
8,000 
Short Ratio0.04 
Daily Volume23.0K
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