Financial Results : SABIC swings to net loss of SAR 1.21B in Q1 2025

SABIC swings to net loss of SAR 1.21B in Q1 2025

04/05/2025 Argaam Exclusive

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Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) incurred a net loss of SAR 1.21 billion in Q1 2025 versus a net profit of SAR 246.2 million in Q1 2024.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q1 2024 Q1 2025 Change‬
Revenues 32,685.82 34,594.25 5.8 %
Gross Income 5,862.36 4,808.72 (18.0 %)
Operating Income 1,132.74 (51.51) (104.5 %)
Net Income 246.22 (1210.80) (591.7 %)
Average Shares 3,000.00 3,000.00 -
Earnings Per Share before unusual items (Riyal) 0.20 (0.05) (123.2 %)
EPS (Riyal) 0.08 (0.40) (591.7 %)

Losses were driven by a SAR 1.05 billion drop in gross profit on higher feedstock prices. In addition, other operating expenses increased mainly due to a non-recurring cost of SAR 1.07 billion related to a strategic restructuring initiative.

 

On the positive note, revenue increased by 6% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 34.59 billion, primarily on higher sales volumes, but partially offset by lower average selling prices.

 

On a sequential basis, net loss shrank from SAR 1.89 billion in Q4 2024.

 

Total shareholders’ equity, after minority interest, stood at SAR 156.11 billion as of March 31, 2025, compared to SAR 166.48 billion a year earlier.

 

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Profit Performance (Million)

Period Net Income Change EPS(Riyal) Extraordinary Income/Expense Net Profit Before Unusual Items EPS(Riyal)
Q1 2016 2,909.90 (26.0 %) 0.97 - 2,909.90 0.97
Q2 2016 4,958.84 (19.6 %) 1.65 (365.81) 5,324.64 1.77
Q3 2016 5,230.26 (6.7 %) 1.74 - 5,230.26 1.74
Q4 2016 4,514.62 46.8 % 1.50 (339.56) 4,854.17 1.62
Q1 2017 5,234.52 79.9 % 1.74 - 5,234.52 1.74
Q2 2017 3,705.70 (25.3 %) 1.24 (278.00) 3,983.70 1.33
Q3 2017 5,787.55 10.7 % 1.93 - 5,787.55 1.93
Q4 2017 3,704.09 (18.0 %) 1.23 (486.00) 4,188.47 1.40
Q1 2018 5,508.08 5.2 % 1.84 (1380.00) 6,888.08 2.30
Q2 2018 6,695.32 80.7 % 2.23 - 6,695.32 2.23
Q3 2018 6,097.89 5.4 % 2.03 - 6,097.89 2.03
Q4 2018 3,219.39 (13.1 %) 1.07 - 3,219.39 1.07
Q1 2019 3,322.59 (39.7 %) 1.11 - 3,322.59 1.11
Q2 2019 2,029.98 (69.7 %) 0.68 - 2,029.98 0.68
Q3 2019 737.04 (87.9 %) 0.25 (1510.00) 2,247.04 0.75
Q4 2019 (891.49) (127.7 %) (0.30) (1300.00) 408.51 0.14
Q1 2020 (1045.94) (131.5 %) (0.35) (1069.00) 23.06 0.01
Q2 2020 (2223.98) (209.6 %) (0.74) (1180.00) (1043.98) (0.35)
Q3 2020 1,088.53 47.7 % 0.36 683.00 405.53 0.14
Q4 2020 2,248.22 352.2 % 0.75 300.00 1,948.22 0.65
Q1 2021 4,862.37 564.9 % 1.62 - 4,862.37 1.62
Q2 2021 7,643.17 443.7 % 2.55 - 7,643.17 2.55
Q3 2021 5,594.64 414.0 % 1.86 - 5,594.64 1.86
Q4 2021 4,973.69 121.2 % 1.66 (760.00) 5,733.69 1.91
Q1 2022 6,474.95 33.2 % 2.16 (384.00) 6,858.95 2.29
Q2 2022 7,926.15 3.7 % 2.64 - 7,926.15 2.64
Q3 2022 1,835.92 (67.2 %) 0.61 (515.00) 2,350.92 0.78
Q4 2022 292.70 (94.1 %) 0.10 252.96 39.74 0.01
Q1 2023 656.91 (89.9 %) 0.22 - 656.91 0.22
Q2 2023 1,178.42 (85.1 %) 0.39 - 1,178.42 0.39
Q3 2023 (2876.36) (256.7 %) (0.96) (3186.04) 309.68 0.10
Q4 2023 (1731.25) (691.5 %) (0.58) (1906.87) 175.62 0.06
Q1 2024 246.22 (62.5 %) 0.08 (365.59) 611.81 0.20
Q2 2024 2,183.53 85.3 % 0.73 183.86 1,999.67 0.67
Q3 2024 1,003.62 134.9 % 0.33 10.23 993.40 0.33
Q4 2024 (1894.83) (9.4 %) (0.63) (1228.46) (666.37) (0.22)
Q1 2025 (1210.80) (591.7 %) (0.40) (1069.00) (141.80) (0.05)


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Operating Income Change
Q1 2016 33,467.91 (3.2 %) 10,107.66 7.4 % 4,665.26 (23.8 %)
Q2 2016 36,258.34 (13.9 %) 12,895.61 1.4 % 7,411.32 (21.0 %)
Q3 2016 35,797.36 (4.2 %) 13,221.21 11.8 % 7,855.53 (8.4 %)
Q4 2016 37,475.21 9.7 % 11,089.73 22.2 % 6,163.93 20.0 %
Q1 2017 36,320.80 8.5 % 13,534.02 33.9 % 8,336.38 78.7 %
Q2 2017 34,438.19 (5.0 %) 10,345.55 (19.8 %) 5,584.92 (24.6 %)
Q3 2017 38,678.75 8.0 % 13,587.03 2.8 % 8,502.77 8.2 %
Q4 2017 40,328.24 7.6 % 12,472.69 12.5 % 6,574.32 6.7 %
Q1 2018 41,861.60 15.3 % 14,531.51 7.4 % 10,325.83 23.9 %
Q2 2018 43,284.60 25.7 % 16,100.12 55.6 % 10,829.83 93.9 %
Q3 2018 43,711.93 13.0 % 15,126.31 11.3 % 9,955.59 17.1 %
Q4 2018 40,270.21 (0.1 %) 12,195.24 (2.2 %) 5,169.11 (21.4 %)
Q1 2019 36,010.40 (14.0 %) 9,406.12 (35.3 %) 4,528.64 (56.1 %)
Q2 2019 34,899.15 (19.4 %) 8,542.92 (46.9 %) 3,617.27 (66.6 %)
Q3 2019 32,809.63 (24.9 %) 7,978.34 (47.3 %) 3,282.45 (67.0 %)
Q4 2019 31,676.83 (21.3 %) 3,477.34 (71.5 %) (1639.25) (131.7 %)
Q1 2020 30,193.15 (16.2 %) 5,420.00 (42.4 %) 445.65 (90.2 %)
Q2 2020 24,619.43 (29.5 %) 3,587.99 (58.0 %) (1291.91) (135.7 %)
Q3 2020 29,295.07 (10.7 %) 6,519.82 (18.3 %) 1,840.41 (43.9 %)
Q4 2020 32,841.64 3.7 % 7,959.13 128.9 % 3,113.82 290.0 %
Q1 2021 37,530.68 24.3 % 11,086.06 104.5 % 6,540.09 1367.5 %
Q2 2021 42,419.19 72.3 % 13,652.60 280.5 % 8,816.78 782.5 %
Q3 2021 43,697.92 49.2 % 12,294.30 88.6 % 6,933.07 276.7 %
Q4 2021 51,235.34 56.0 % 13,085.34 64.4 % 7,685.34 146.8 %
Q1 2022 52,641.59 40.3 % 13,476.89 21.6 % 8,586.28 31.3 %
Q2 2022 55,976.30 32.0 % 15,093.17 10.6 % 9,110.99 3.3 %
Q3 2022 43,316.20 (0.9 %) 8,182.04 (33.4 %) 2,849.93 (58.9 %)
Q4 2022 39,535.78 (22.8 %) 5,707.14 (56.4 %) 193.99 (97.5 %)
Q1 2023 36,432.36 (30.8 %) 5,845.25 (56.6 %) 1,196.84 (86.1 %)
Q2 2023 34,097.38 (39.1 %) 5,437.06 (64.0 %) 993.24 (89.1 %)
Q3 2023 35,975.30 (16.9 %) 6,658.29 (18.6 %) 2,038.39 (28.5 %)
Q4 2023 35,032.14 (11.4 %) 5,968.57 4.6 % 726.62 274.6 %
Q1 2024 32,685.82 (10.3 %) 5,862.36 0.3 % 1,132.74 (5.4 %)
Q2 2024 35,718.60 4.8 % 7,193.82 32.3 % 2,252.77 126.8 %
Q3 2024 36,880.15 2.5 % 6,999.70 5.1 % 1,835.97 (9.9 %)
Q4 2024 34,695.93 (1.0 %) 5,567.89 (6.7 %) 13.17 (98.2 %)
Q1 2025 34,594.25 5.8 % 4,808.72 (18.0 %) (51.51) (104.5 %)

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2016 29.74 % 29.60 % 12.33 %
Q2 2016 31.09 % 29.52 % 12.24 %
Q3 2016 32.43 % 29.34 % 12.11 %
Q4 2016 33.09 % 28.53 % 12.81 %
Q1 2017 34.79 % 30.33 % 14.15 %
Q2 2017 33.46 % 29.82 % 13.40 %
Q3 2017 33.05 % 29.93 % 13.52 %
Q4 2017 33.34 % 29.28 % 12.82 %
Q1 2018 32.80 % 29.66 % 13.42 %
Q2 2018 34.54 % 30.95 % 14.35 %
Q3 2018 34.42 % 31.02 % 14.11 %
Q4 2018 34.27 % 30.40 % 13.54 %
Q1 2019 32.35 % 28.15 % 11.84 %
Q2 2019 29.23 % 24.59 % 9.47 %
Q3 2019 26.48 % 21.57 % 7.51 %
Q4 2019 21.72 % 17.97 % 5.91 %
Q1 2020 19.62 % 15.94 % 3.63 %
Q2 2020 17.15 % 14.65 % 1.37 %
Q3 2020 16.41 % 13.61 % (0.18 %)
Q4 2020 20.08 % 15.66 % 1.14 %
Q1 2021 23.46 % 18.83 % 4.97 %
Q2 2021 27.60 % 22.75 % 10.46 %
Q3 2021 28.75 % 23.87 % 12.81 %
Q4 2021 28.66 % 25.18 % 13.63 %
Q1 2022 27.64 % 24.29 % 13.60 %
Q2 2022 26.50 % 22.78 % 12.83 %
Q3 2022 24.53 % 20.82 % 11.26 %
Q4 2022 22.18 % 18.23 % 8.97 %
Q1 2023 19.87 % 15.72 % 6.26 %
Q2 2023 16.41 % 12.81 % 2.76 %
Q3 2023 16.19 % 13.38 % 1.50 %
Q4 2023 16.89 % 13.54 % 1.64 %
Q1 2024 17.36 % 13.71 % 1.65 %
Q2 2024 18.42 % 14.39 % 2.22 %
Q3 2024 18.55 % 13.43 % 2.69 %
Q4 2024 18.31 % 13.03 % 2.10 %
2024 18.31 % 13.03 % 2.10 %
Q1 2025 17.32 % 12.01 % 1.54 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Earnings Per Share before unusual items (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2016 3,000.00 5.92 6.04 55.32
Q2 2016 3,000.00 5.52 5.76 53.63
Q3 2016 3,000.00 5.39 5.64 53.13
Q4 2016 3,000.00 5.87 6.11 52.51
Q1 2017 3,000.00 6.65 6.88 54.32
Q2 2017 3,000.00 6.23 6.43 52.20
Q3 2017 3,000.00 6.41 6.62 53.93
Q4 2017 3,000.00 6.14 6.40 54.64
Q1 2018 3,000.00 6.24 6.95 57.11
Q2 2018 3,000.00 7.23 7.85 54.44
Q3 2018 3,000.00 7.34 7.96 56.39
Q4 2018 3,000.00 7.17 7.63 57.69
Q1 2019 3,000.00 6.45 6.45 58.35
Q2 2019 3,000.00 4.89 4.89 56.51
Q3 2019 3,000.00 3.10 3.61 55.88
Q4 2019 3,000.00 1.73 2.67 59.57
Q1 2020 3,000.00 0.28 1.57 55.65
Q2 2020 3,000.00 (1.14) 0.54 54.50
Q3 2020 3,000.00 (1.02) (0.07) 55.01
Q4 2020 3,000.00 0.02 0.44 55.88
Q1 2021 3,000.00 1.99 2.06 57.14
Q2 2021 3,000.00 5.28 4.95 56.45
Q3 2021 3,000.00 6.78 6.68 58.00
Q4 2021 3,000.00 7.69 7.94 60.05
Q1 2022 3,000.00 8.23 8.61 62.53
Q2 2022 3,000.00 8.32 8.70 60.22
Q3 2022 3,000.00 7.07 7.62 60.96
Q4 2022 3,000.00 5.51 5.73 62.02
Q1 2023 3,000.00 3.57 3.66 62.33
Q2 2023 3,000.00 1.32 1.41 58.93
Q3 2023 3,000.00 (0.25) 0.73 57.97
Q4 2023 3,000.00 (0.92) 0.77 55.81
Q1 2024 3,000.00 (1.06) 0.76 55.49
Q2 2024 3,000.00 (0.73) 1.03 54.64
Q3 2024 3,000.00 0.57 1.26 55.16
Q4 2024 3,000.00 0.51 0.98 52.12
Q1 2025 3,000.00 0.03 0.73 52.04

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2016 12.64 12.38 1.35
Q2 2016 14.71 14.08 1.51
Q3 2016 14.97 14.32 1.52
Q4 2016 15.58 14.98 1.74
Q1 2017 14.57 14.07 1.78
Q2 2017 16.43 15.90 1.96
Q3 2017 16.03 15.53 1.91
Q4 2017 16.59 15.93 1.87
Q1 2018 18.67 16.75 2.04
Q2 2018 17.45 16.07 2.32
Q3 2018 17.10 15.76 2.22
Q4 2018 16.20 15.22 2.01
Q1 2019 19.39 19.39 2.14
Q2 2019 23.44 23.44 2.03
Q3 2019 29.65 25.51 1.65
Q4 2019 54.19 35.18 1.58
Q1 2020 More than 100 44.60 1.26
Q2 2020 NEG More than 100 1.62
Q3 2020 NEG NEG 1.61
Q4 2020 More than 100 More than 100 1.81
Q1 2021 58.94 57.06 2.05
Q2 2021 23.06 24.59 2.16
Q3 2021 18.78 19.06 2.20
Q4 2021 15.08 14.60 1.93
Q1 2022 15.92 15.21 2.10
Q2 2022 12.21 11.67 1.69
Q3 2022 12.56 11.65 1.46
Q4 2022 16.23 15.62 1.44
Q1 2023 25.29 24.69 1.45
Q2 2023 66.75 62.61 1.50
Q3 2023 NEG More than 100 1.42
Q4 2023 NEG More than 100 1.50
Q1 2024 NEG More than 100 1.41
Q2 2024 NEG 71.49 1.35
Q3 2024 More than 100 59.44 1.36
Q4 2024 More than 100 68.40 1.29
Q1 2025 More than 100 87.46 1.22

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period Consolidated Fertilizer Discontinued operation Headquarters & Others Adjustments
Q1 2016 36,009.96 1,151.04 2,407.64 16,590.12 (22690.85)
Q2 2016 40,144.35 1,196.11 2,612.40 18,495.91 (26190.44)
Q3 2016 41,183.30 1,136.61 1,549.86 18,131.31 (26203.71)
Q4 2016 43,213.13 1,217.55 2,439.43 21,307.70 (30702.59)
Q1 2017 43,365.86 1,342.01 2,062.61 21,132.68 (31582.36)
Q2 2017 40,597.88 1,207.35 1,874.58 19,335.71 (28577.34)
Q3 2017 48,770.97 1,150.65 2,376.33 22,248.45 (35867.65)
Q1 2018 36,868.48 1,724.61 3,268.50 - -
Q2 2018 38,307.47 2,118.96 2,858.17 - -
Q3 2018 39,050.58 2,135.48 2,525.87 - -
Q4 2018 36,195.52 1,959.00 2,115.69 - -
Q1 2019 30,944.66 1,810.55 3,255.19 - -
Q2 2019 30,536.22 1,801.59 2,561.34 - -
Q3 2019 28,825.18 1,679.27 2,305.18 - -
Q4 2019 27,181.32 1,826.98 2,668.54 - -
Q1 2020 25,957.94 1,470.01 2,765.19 - -
Q2 2020 20,917.56 1,870.70 1,831.17 - -
Q3 2020 25,154.78 1,742.85 2,397.45 - -
Q4 2020 28,607.57 1,706.63 2,527.44 - -
Q1 2021 32,709.68 1,840.00 2,981.00 - -
Q2 2021 36,430.48 2,478.05 3,510.67 - -
Q3 2021 37,856.20 2,742.03 3,099.69 - -
Q4 2021 42,883.42 5,132.80 3,219.12 - -
Q1 2022 44,281.86 4,044.45 4,315.28 - -
Q2 2022 46,210.88 5,687.48 4,077.93 - -
Q3 2022 39,051.82 4,264.32 - - -
Q4 2022 35,301.43 4,234.35 - - -
Q1 2023 34,007.34 2,425.03 - - -
Q2 2023 31,602.85 2,494.53 - - -
Q3 2023 33,505.36 2,469.95 - - -
Q4 2023 32,142.29 2,889.85 - - -
Q1 2024 30,422.20 2,263.62 - - -
Q2 2024 33,330.11 2,388.49 - - -
Q3 2024 34,084.24 2,795.91 - - -
Q4 2024 31,660.93 3,035.00 - - -
Q1 2025 31,496.24 3,098.00 - - -

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Profit (Expected) Profit (Actual) Change Profit Before Unusual Items Change
Average 299.86 (1210.80) (503.8 %) (141.80) (147.3 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Profit (Expected) Profit (Actual) Change‬ Profit Before Unusual Items Change‬
Value Capital (1068.92) (1210.80) (11.7) % (141.80) 653.8 %
Riyad Capital 130.00 (1210.80) (110.7) % (141.80) (191.7) %
Bank of America 176.95 (1210.80) (114.6) % (141.80) (224.8) %
SNB Capital 364.00 (1210.80) (130.1) % (141.80) (356.7) %
AlJazira Capital 370.00 (1210.80) (130.6) % (141.80) (360.9) %
Al Rajhi Capital 657.00 (1210.80) (154.3) % (141.80) (563.3) %
UBS Saudi Arabia 837.07 (1210.80) (169.1) % (141.80) (690.3) %
Citi Bank Group 932.78 (1210.80) (177.0) % (141.80) (757.8) %

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 160,500.16
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 188,487.38
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 3,000.00
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 0.03
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 52.04
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Recurring P/E 73.46
P/E (TTM) More than 100
Price/book 1.03
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 0.0
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 0.1
EV/adj EBITDA 11.38
EV/Revenues 1.37

Share Price

53.50
(1.10) (2.01 %)

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC)


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