National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) reported an 18% increase in net profit to SAR 532.8 million in Q1 2025, compared to SAR 452.9 million in the previous year.
Item | Q1 2024 | Q1 2025 | Change |
---|---|---|---|
Revenues | 2,313.08 | 2,166.64 | (6.3 %) |
Gross Income | 663.09 | 612.42 | (7.6 %) |
Operating Income | 603.10 | 533.08 | (11.6 %) |
Net Income | 452.93 | 532.82 | 17.6 % |
Average Shares | 922.85 | 922.85 | - |
Earnings Per Share before unusual items (Riyal) | 0.47 | 0.57 | 21.8 % |
EPS (Riyal) | 0.49 | 0.58 | 17.6 % |
Item | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Change |
---|---|---|---|
Revenues | 2,216.47 | 2,166.64 | (2.2 %) |
Gross Income | 570.38 | 612.42 | 7.4 % |
Operating Income | 450.70 | 533.08 | 18.3 % |
Net Income | 474.26 | 532.82 | 12.3 % |
Average Shares | 922.85 | 922.85 | - |
Earnings Per Share before unusual items (Riyal) | 0.48 | 0.57 | 18.3 % |
EPS (Riyal) | 0.51 | 0.58 | 12.3 % |
The profit growth was attributed to a year-on-year (YoY) increase of SAR 153 million in profits from the company’s share in equity-accounted investees.
Gross profit from the integrated logistics segment increased by SAR 65 million, driven by improved operational performance and better global freight rates.
Financing expenses dropped by SAR 16 million YoY in Q1 2025.
However, revenue from the integrated logistics segment grew by SAR 73 million, which helped offset the decline in overall revenues during the quarter.
However, the company faced lower capital gains, weaker revenues in several segments, and a SAR 20 million rise in administrative expenses. Other income fell by SAR 11 million, and finance income dropped by SAR 18 million YoY.
In addition, gross profit across several segments dropped on lower global freight rates, notably chemicals by SAR 97 million, oil by SAR 18 million, and dry bulk by SAR 4 million.
Quarter-on-quarter, net profit rose 12.3% from SAR 474.26 million in Q4 2024.
Shareholders’ equity, excluding minority interest, stood at SAR 14.12 billion by the end of March 2025, compared to SAR 12.29 billion in the year-earlier period.
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