Northern Cement posts 27% rise in H1 2021 profit to SAR 52.9 mln

Northern Cement posts 27% rise in H1 2021 profit to SAR 52.9 mln

04/08/2021 Argaam Exclusive

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Northern Region Cement Co. posted a net profit after Zakat and tax of SAR 52.9 million for the first half of 2021, a rise of 27% compared with SAR 41.7 million a year earlier.

 

The company attributed the profit growth to the increase in return from investment in Iraq, as well as decrease in financing cost, despite lower sales.



Financials (M)

Item 6m 2020 6m 2021 Change‬
Revenues 312.20 307.20 (1.6 %)
Gross Income 93.78 96.16 2.5 %
Operating Income 55.10 63.00 14.4 %
Net Income 41.37 52.57 27.1 %
Average Shares 180.00 180.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.23 0.29 27.1 %

The cement producer's Q2 2021 net profit rose 50% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 21 million, on higher return from investment in Iraq and lower financing cost.

 

Meanwhile, the company's Q2 2021 profit fell 33.9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), due to lower sales volume during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q2 2020 Q2 2021 Change‬
Revenues 132.04 145.32 10.1 %
Gross Income 39.91 42.29 6.0 %
Operating Income 24.14 26.60 10.2 %
Net Income 13.93 20.91 50.1 %
Average Shares 180.00 180.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.08 0.12 50.1 %


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Net Income Change EPS(Riyal)
Q1 2012 152.74 - 50.70 - 39.47 - 0.22
Q2 2012 154.83 - 39.20 - 28.73 - 0.16
Q3 2012 118.55 - 16.67 - 7.28 - 0.04
Q4 2012 112.52 - 30.75 - 17.94 - 0.10
Q1 2013 181.77 19.0 % 56.90 12.2 % 42.79 8.4 % 0.24
Q2 2013 255.94 65.3 % 97.75 149.3 % 90.20 213.9 % 0.50
Q3 2013 167.45 41.3 % 59.46 256.6 % 50.04 587.1 % 0.28
Q4 2013 247.28 119.8 % 140.41 356.6 % 51.58 187.6 % 0.29
Q1 2014 308.53 69.7 % 116.34 104.5 % 60.76 42.0 % 0.34
Q2 2014 229.75 (10.2 %) 88.24 (9.7 %) 62.09 (31.2 %) 0.34
Q3 2014 203.39 21.5 % 78.10 31.4 % 51.35 2.6 % 0.29
Q4 2014 257.47 4.1 % 110.72 (21.1 %) 25.81 (50.0 %) 0.14
Q1 2015 253.13 (18.0 %) 100.51 (13.6 %) 50.63 (16.7 %) 0.28
Q2 2015 324.34 41.2 % 133.49 51.3 % 64.03 3.1 % 0.36
Q3 2015 274.92 35.2 % 107.83 38.1 % 52.64 2.5 % 0.29
Q4 2015 277.41 7.7 % 89.57 (19.1 %) 39.62 53.5 % 0.22
Q1 2016 231.14 (8.7 %) 76.07 (24.3 %) 42.91 (15.3 %) 0.24
Q2 2016 251.67 (22.4 %) 95.05 (28.8 %) 48.66 (24.0 %) 0.27
Q3 2016 141.39 (48.6 %) 52.91 (50.9 %) 30.09 (42.8 %) 0.17
Q4 2016 126.62 (54.4 %) 98.31 9.8 % 30.60 (22.8 %) 0.17
Q1 2017 124.14 (46.3 %) 45.50 (40.2 %) 16.33 (62.0 %) 0.09
Q2 2017 110.31 (56.2 %) 34.54 (63.7 %) 8.26 (83.0 %) 0.05
Q3 2017 104.85 (25.8 %) 46.66 (11.8 %) 12.51 (58.4 %) 0.07
Q4 2017 123.37 (2.6 %) 46.77 (52.4 %) 15.27 (50.1 %) 0.08
Q1 2018 113.14 (8.9 %) 23.92 (47.4 %) 1.45 (91.1 %) 0.01
Q2 2018 119.63 8.4 % 30.70 (11.1 %) (6.62) (180.1 %) (0.04)
Q3 2018 99.09 (5.5 %) 39.45 (15.4 %) 5.00 (60.1 %) 0.03
Q4 2018 53.08 (57.0 %) 45.91 (1.8 %) 13.03 (14.7 %) 0.07
Q1 2019 124.32 9.9 % 51.12 113.7 % 15.42 966.3 % 0.09
Q2 2019 144.25 20.6 % 49.12 60.0 % 13.97 311.0 % 0.08
Q3 2019 194.69 96.5 % 61.09 54.8 % 26.08 422.1 % 0.14
Q4 2019 210.12 295.9 % 55.00 19.8 % 36.80 182.4 % 0.20
Q1 2020 180.17 44.9 % 53.88 5.4 % 27.43 77.9 % 0.15
Q2 2020 132.04 (8.5 %) 39.91 (18.8 %) 13.93 (0.3 %) 0.08
Q3 2020 172.90 (11.2 %) 48.71 (20.3 %) 21.52 (17.5 %) 0.12
Q4 2020 166.38 (20.8 %) 53.63 (2.5 %) 44.62 21.3 % 0.25
Q1 2021 161.87 (10.2 %) 53.87 0.0 % 31.66 15.4 % 0.18
Q2 2021 145.32 10.1 % 42.29 6.0 % 20.91 50.1 % 0.12

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2012 - - -
Q2 2012 - - -
Q3 2012 - - -
Q4 2012 25.50 % 32.44 % 17.34 %
Q1 2013 25.28 % 31.98 % 17.04 %
Q2 2013 30.21 % 36.51 % 23.66 %
Q3 2013 34.12 % 41.22 % 28.00 %
Q4 2013 41.59 % 39.64 % 27.52 %
Q1 2014 42.27 % 37.12 % 25.80 %
Q2 2014 42.44 % 36.65 % 23.55 %
Q3 2014 42.78 % 36.24 % 22.83 %
Q4 2014 39.37 % 37.45 % 23.02 %
Q1 2015 40.01 % 39.04 % 23.30 %
Q2 2015 40.72 % 36.61 % 22.04 %
Q3 2015 40.77 % 35.37 % 20.73 %
Q4 2015 38.18 % 32.38 % 18.99 %
Q1 2016 36.73 % 31.96 % 18.67 %
Q2 2016 35.60 % 31.16 % 17.82 %
Q3 2016 34.78 % 33.94 % 17.96 %
Q4 2016 42.93 % 37.47 % 19.83 %
Q1 2017 45.32 % 39.39 % 18.99 %
Q2 2017 46.02 % 43.10 % 16.30 %
Q3 2017 48.29 % 33.57 % 13.80 %
Q4 2017 37.49 % 36.23 % 11.32 %
Q1 2018 33.63 % 32.16 % 7.03 %
Q2 2018 32.12 % 28.22 % 3.66 %
Q3 2018 30.94 % 30.79 % 2.05 %
Q4 2018 36.36 % 31.27 % 1.84 %
Q1 2019 42.20 % 35.40 % 6.77 %
Q2 2019 44.11 % 38.83 % 11.27 %
Q3 2019 40.14 % 36.52 % 13.27 %
Q4 2019 32.13 % 29.77 % 11.21 %
Q1 2020 30.04 % 27.88 % 10.84 %
Q2 2020 29.27 % 27.80 % 11.02 %
Q3 2020 28.41 % 24.72 % 10.71 %
Q4 2020 30.10 % 27.48 % 15.21 %
Q1 2021 30.97 % 29.15 % 17.65 %
Q2 2021 30.71 % 29.29 % 18.36 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2012 180.00 - - 7.86
Q2 2012 180.00 - - 7.90
Q3 2012 180.00 - - 7.78
Q4 2012 180.00 0.52 0.52 7.88
Q1 2013 180.00 0.54 0.54 12.96
Q2 2013 180.00 0.88 0.88 12.76
Q3 2013 180.00 1.12 1.12 12.04
Q4 2013 180.00 1.30 1.30 12.28
Q1 2014 180.00 1.40 1.40 11.62
Q2 2014 180.00 1.25 1.25 11.96
Q3 2014 180.00 1.25 1.25 11.25
Q4 2014 180.00 1.11 1.28 11.39
Q1 2015 180.00 1.05 1.22 11.67
Q2 2015 180.00 1.07 1.27 11.13
Q3 2015 180.00 1.07 1.28 10.82
Q4 2015 180.00 1.15 1.19 11.04
Q1 2016 180.00 1.11 1.15 10.78
Q2 2016 180.00 1.02 1.03 11.05
Q3 2016 180.00 0.90 0.90 10.77
Q4 2016 180.00 0.85 0.83 11.04
Q1 2017 180.00 0.70 0.68 11.13
Q2 2017 180.00 0.47 0.45 11.18
Q3 2017 180.00 0.38 0.36 11.24
Q4 2017 180.00 0.29 0.29 11.33
Q1 2018 180.00 0.21 0.18 11.34
Q2 2018 180.00 0.13 0.09 11.30
Q3 2018 180.00 0.08 0.05 11.33
Q4 2018 180.00 0.07 0.04 11.41
Q1 2019 180.00 0.15 0.15 11.49
Q2 2019 180.00 0.26 0.26 11.58
Q3 2019 180.00 0.38 0.38 11.72
Q4 2019 180.00 0.51 0.42 11.92
Q1 2020 180.00 0.58 0.44 12.06
Q2 2020 180.00 0.58 0.44 12.13
Q3 2020 180.00 0.55 0.41 12.00
Q4 2020 180.00 0.60 0.55 12.25
Q1 2021 180.00 0.62 0.62 12.14
Q2 2021 180.00 0.66 0.66 12.27

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2012 - - -
Q2 2012 - - -
Q3 2012 - - -
Q4 2012 - - -
Q1 2013 35.07 35.07 1.45
Q2 2013 23.61 23.61 1.63
Q3 2013 20.42 20.42 1.89
Q4 2013 17.76 17.76 1.89
Q1 2014 17.07 17.07 2.06
Q2 2014 20.30 20.30 2.12
Q3 2014 21.54 21.54 2.40
Q4 2014 19.00 16.52 1.85
Q1 2015 21.16 18.27 1.91
Q2 2015 20.72 17.37 1.98
Q3 2015 15.78 13.24 1.56
Q4 2015 13.00 12.53 1.35
Q1 2016 11.15 10.74 1.14
Q2 2016 12.23 12.19 1.13
Q3 2016 11.76 11.71 0.98
Q4 2016 15.17 15.51 1.16
Q1 2017 15.21 15.63 0.95
Q2 2017 20.90 21.76 0.89
Q3 2017 25.26 26.59 0.84
Q4 2017 36.71 36.71 0.94
Q1 2018 50.51 59.67 0.93
Q2 2018 76.05 More than 100 0.85
Q3 2018 More than 100 More than 100 0.76
Q4 2018 More than 100 More than 100 0.73
Q1 2019 59.18 59.18 0.77
Q2 2019 34.20 34.20 0.78
Q3 2019 27.64 27.64 0.90
Q4 2019 23.10 28.24 0.99
Q1 2020 15.67 20.67 0.75
Q2 2020 17.11 22.57 0.82
Q3 2020 21.63 28.96 1.00
Q4 2020 20.36 22.09 0.99
Q1 2021 20.98 20.98 1.07
Q2 2021 28.51 28.51 1.53

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period Clinker Cement White Cement

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 1,629.00
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 2,350.46
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 180.00
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 0.48
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 12.48
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) 39.70
P/E (TTM) 18.84
Price/book 0.73
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 2.5
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 3.8

Share Price

Northern Region Cement Co. (NORTHERN CEMENT)


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