Produces and markets a wide range of chemical products, including polymers, solvents, and specialty chemicals. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
No real growth (-1% a year). Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The gap is $3.8B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 12.6× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 95% of them.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
This grade is a blend: the profit side is strong, the sales tempo slow.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades 47% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Our checks did not surface a specific strength to highlight here.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 1% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, SSL sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: SSL is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.