Saudi SABIC Q3 Profit Falls 4.5%, Misses Estimates
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Saudi SABIC Q3 Profit Falls 4.5%, Misses Estimates

Saudi SABIC Q3 Profit Falls 4.5%, Misses Estimates

SABIC, which is 70 per cent state-owned, attributed the fall in profits to a drop in sales and other income, although its cost of financing was lower.

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Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world’s largest petrochemicals groups and the Gulf’s largest listed company, reported a 4.5 per cent drop in third-quarter net income on Sunday, missing analysts’ forecasts.

It earned SAR6.18 billion ($1.65 billion) in the quarter, compared to SAR6.47 billion in the year-earlier period, SABIC reported in a bourse statement.

SABIC, which is 70 per cent state-owned, attributed the fall in profits to a drop in sales and other income, although its cost of financing was lower.

Earnings were below the average forecast of nine analysts polled by Reuters, who had predicted a quarterly profit of SAR6.63 billion.

The company’s results are closely tied to global economic growth because its products – plastics, fertilisers and metals – are used extensively in construction, agriculture, industry and the manufacturing of consumer goods.

SABIC chief executive Mohamed al-Mady said in July that the outlook for petrochemical demand over the next three years was positive and there was room for prices to rise.


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