Zain KSA 2024 profit down 53% to SAR 596M; Q4 at SAR 274M

Zain KSA 2024 profit down 53% to SAR 596M; Q4 at SAR 274M

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Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) reported a net profit of SAR 596 million for 2024, a decline of 53% from SAR 1.26 billion in the prior year.



Financials (M)

Item 2023 2024 Change‬
Revenues 9,882.65 10,365.46 4.9 %
Gross Income 5,857.25 6,314.52 7.8 %
Operating Income 871.33 1,042.56 19.7 %
Net Income 1,267.01 596.37 (52.9 %)
Average Shares 898.73 898.73 -
Earnings Per Share before unusual items 0.14 0.33 131.2 %
EPS (Riyals) 1.41 0.66 (52.9 %)

Gain from the sale and leaseback of all 8,069 towers was fully recognized during 2023 for a total amount of SAR 1.1 billion, the telecom operator noted, adding that the profit decline was also driven by a 2.5% or SAR 66 million increase in operating expenses and a SAR 203 million rise in expected credit loss expenses.

 

On the other hand, Zain KSA achieved lifetime high revenues of SAR 10.4 billion in 2024, a 5% growth compared to 2023 (SAR 9.9 billion). This increase in revenue was driven by the growth in 5G, wholesale, TAMAM and B2B segments.

 

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by SAR 345 million (11.6%) to SAR 3.32 billion in 2024 as compared to SAR 2.97 billion in 2023.

 

Zakat decreased by SAR 131 million due to the new regulations. Zain KSA reassessed its Zakat provision and consequently reversed additional provision charged in prior periods during 2024 for an amount of SAR 76 million.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q4 2023 Q4 2024 Change‬
Revenues 2,542.77 2,694.67 6.0 %
Gross Income 1,477.29 1,671.57 13.2 %
Operating Income 108.39 388.83 258.7 %
Net Income (54.06) 274.39 607.6 %
Average Shares 898.73 898.73 -
Earnings Per Share before unusual items (0.11) 0.23 312.9 %
EPS (Riyals) (0.06) 0.31 607.6 %

The telco posted net earnings of SAR 274 million in Q4 2024, against a loss of SAR 54 million in Q4 2023.

 

Compared with the previous quarter, net profit jumped 82.4% from SAR 150.27 million in Q3 2024.

 

Shareholders' equity, no minority interest, amounted to SAR 10.7 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024, compared to SAR 10.59 billion a year earlier.



Profit Performance (Million)

Period Net Income Change EPS(Riyal) Extraordinary Income/Expense Net Profit Before Unusual Items Earnings Per Share before unusual items
Q1 2015 - - - - - -
Q2 2015 - - - - - -
Q3 2015 - - - - - -
Q4 2015 (291.11) 5.0 % (0.51) - (291.11) (0.51)
Q1 2016 (250.00) - (0.44) - (250.00) (0.44)
Q2 2016 (328.30) - (0.57) - (328.30) (0.57)
Q3 2016 (266.11) - (0.46) - (266.11) (0.46)
Q4 2016 (134.13) 53.9 % (0.23) - (134.13) (0.23)
Q1 2017 45.47 118.2 % 0.08 - 45.47 0.08
Q2 2017 7.69 102.3 % 0.01 - 7.69 0.01
Q3 2017 3.41 101.3 % 0.01 - 3.41 0.01
Q4 2017 (45.02) 66.4 % (0.08) - (45.02) (0.08)
Q1 2018 (77.33) (270.1 %) (0.13) - (77.33) (0.13)
Q2 2018 (37.57) (588.4 %) (0.07) - (37.57) (0.07)
Q3 2018 48.01 1309.8 % 0.08 - 48.01 0.08
Q4 2018 399.26 986.8 % 0.70 - 399.26 0.70
Q1 2019 129.31 267.2 % 0.23 - 129.31 0.23
Q2 2019 130.20 446.5 % 0.23 - 130.20 0.23
Q3 2019 120.71 151.5 % 0.21 - 120.71 0.21
Q4 2019 104.96 (73.7 %) 0.18 - 104.96 0.18
Q1 2020 105.22 (18.6 %) 0.18 - 105.22 0.18
Q2 2020 58.61 (55.0 %) 0.10 - 58.61 0.10
Q3 2020 60.17 (50.2 %) 0.10 136.26 (76.09) (0.13)
Q4 2020 35.95 (65.8 %) 0.04 - 35.95 0.04
Q1 2021 40.87 (61.2 %) 0.05 - 40.87 0.05
Q2 2021 41.65 (28.9 %) 0.05 - 41.65 0.05
Q3 2021 60.39 0.4 % 0.07 - 60.39 0.07
Q4 2021 71.40 98.6 % 0.08 - 71.40 0.08
Q1 2022 80.52 97.0 % 0.09 - 80.52 0.09
Q2 2022 133.83 221.3 % 0.15 - 133.83 0.15
Q3 2022 85.15 41.0 % 0.09 - 85.15 0.09
Q4 2022 250.18 250.4 % 0.28 41.89 208.28 0.23
Q1 2023 1,137.22 1312.4 % 1.27 1,143.75 (6.53) (0.01)
Q2 2023 114.19 (14.7 %) 0.13 (0.62) 114.81 0.13
Q3 2023 69.66 (18.2 %) 0.08 (47.82) 117.48 0.13
Q4 2023 (54.06) (121.6 %) (0.06) 42.77 (96.83) (0.11)
Q1 2024 66.51 (94.2 %) 0.07 - 66.51 0.07
Q2 2024 105.20 (7.9 %) 0.12 52.26 52.94 0.06
Q3 2024 150.27 115.7 % 0.17 177.78 (27.51) (0.03)
Q4 2024 274.39 607.6 % 0.31 68.27 206.12 0.23
2024 596.37 (52.9 %) 0.66 298.31 298.06 0.33


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Operating Income Change
Q1 2015 - - - - - -
Q2 2015 - - - - - -
Q3 2015 - - - - - -
Q4 2015 1,672.03 7.4 % 1,065.09 30.5 % (82.42) 56.0 %
Q1 2016 1,764.88 - 1,085.55 - (32.03) -
Q2 2016 1,727.40 - 1,112.80 - (108.29) -
Q3 2016 1,633.76 - 1,060.63 - (1.97) -
Q4 2016 1,800.61 7.7 % 1,141.69 7.2 % 87.85 206.6 %
Q1 2017 1,919.05 8.7 % 1,290.99 18.9 % 272.70 951.5 %
Q2 2017 1,864.57 7.9 % 1,258.55 13.1 % 235.01 317.0 %
Q3 2017 1,806.56 10.6 % 1,230.87 16.1 % 228.95 11739.3 %
Q4 2017 1,715.65 (4.7 %) 1,132.61 (0.8 %) 166.58 89.6 %
Q1 2018 1,685.97 (12.1 %) 1,117.37 (13.4 %) 180.33 (33.9 %)
Q2 2018 1,846.43 (1.0 %) 1,161.96 (7.7 %) 211.14 (10.2 %)
Q3 2018 1,951.88 8.0 % 1,320.57 7.3 % 307.34 34.2 %
Q4 2018 2,046.24 19.3 % 1,824.66 61.1 % 674.60 305.0 %
Q1 2019 2,093.49 24.2 % 1,480.38 32.5 % 431.78 139.4 %
Q2 2019 2,056.76 11.4 % 1,523.73 31.1 % 446.05 111.3 %
Q3 2019 2,008.08 2.9 % 1,495.03 13.2 % 450.21 46.5 %
Q4 2019 2,227.90 8.9 % 1,469.37 (19.5 %) 430.27 (36.2 %)
Q1 2020 2,038.87 (2.6 %) 1,473.43 (0.5 %) 356.71 (17.4 %)
Q2 2020 1,889.22 (8.1 %) 1,354.69 (11.1 %) 296.67 (33.5 %)
Q3 2020 1,927.59 (4.0 %) 1,265.93 (15.3 %) 138.27 (69.3 %)
Q4 2020 2,060.88 (7.5 %) 1,350.59 (8.1 %) 210.32 (51.1 %)
Q1 2021 1,937.51 (5.0 %) 1,215.51 (17.5 %) 158.08 (55.7 %)
Q2 2021 1,895.86 0.4 % 1,258.86 (7.1 %) 159.35 (46.3 %)
Q3 2021 1,984.17 2.9 % 1,244.06 (1.7 %) 188.33 36.2 %
Q4 2021 2,083.10 1.1 % 1,166.17 (13.7 %) 192.98 (8.2 %)
Q1 2022 2,178.58 12.4 % 1,235.91 1.7 % 201.13 27.2 %
Q2 2022 2,206.10 16.4 % 1,250.81 (0.6 %) 238.65 49.8 %
Q3 2022 2,286.62 15.2 % 1,376.35 10.6 % 246.48 30.9 %
Q4 2022 2,403.87 15.4 % 1,452.31 24.5 % 379.43 96.6 %
Q1 2023 2,422.16 11.2 % 1,414.84 14.5 % 191.17 (5.0 %)
Q2 2023 2,392.38 8.4 % 1,483.64 18.6 % 252.58 5.8 %
Q3 2023 2,525.34 10.4 % 1,481.49 7.6 % 319.20 29.5 %
Q4 2023 2,542.77 5.8 % 1,477.29 1.7 % 108.39 (71.4 %)
Q1 2024 2,535.18 4.7 % 1,545.17 9.2 % 250.73 31.2 %
Q2 2024 2,552.20 6.7 % 1,540.46 3.8 % 241.69 (4.3 %)
Q3 2024 2,583.42 2.3 % 1,557.32 5.1 % 161.32 (49.5 %)
Q4 2024 2,694.67 6.0 % 1,671.57 13.2 % 388.83 258.7 %
2024 10,365.46 4.9 % 6,314.52 7.8 % 1,042.56 19.7 %

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2015 - - -
Q2 2015 - - -
Q3 2015 - - -
Q4 2015 - - -
Q1 2016 60.77 % 25.19 % (14.09 %)
Q2 2016 62.44 % 24.01 % (15.77 %)
Q3 2016 63.61 % 25.15 % (16.70 %)
Q4 2016 63.53 % 25.92 % (14.13 %)
Q1 2017 65.05 % 28.46 % (9.65 %)
Q2 2017 65.83 % 31.52 % (4.81 %)
Q3 2017 66.60 % 32.71 % (1.05 %)
Q4 2017 67.25 % 34.45 % 0.16 %
Q1 2018 67.01 % 34.79 % (1.57 %)
Q2 2018 65.81 % 35.09 % (2.22 %)
Q3 2018 65.73 % 36.27 % (1.55 %)
Q4 2018 72.03 % 42.01 % 4.41 %
Q1 2019 - - -
Q2 2019 75.47 % 48.22 % 8.67 %
Q3 2019 - - -
Q4 2019 - - -
Q1 2020 71.55 % 48.06 % 5.53 %
Q2 2020 70.95 % 47.63 % 4.77 %
Q3 2020 68.82 % 44.93 % 2.38 %
Q4 2020 68.78 % 43.47 % 1.56 %
Q1 2021 66.37 % 41.43 % 0.76 %
Q2 2021 65.09 % 39.66 % 0.54 %
Q3 2021 64.34 % 39.87 % 2.27 %
Q4 2021 61.83 % 39.60 % 2.71 %
Q1 2022 60.25 % 38.27 % 3.12 %
Q2 2022 57.94 % 36.88 % 4.10 %
Q3 2022 57.45 % 34.97 % 4.24 %
Q4 2022 58.57 % 34.76 % 5.60 %
Q1 2023 58.96 % 33.60 % 4.51 %
Q2 2023 60.25 % 33.23 % 4.23 %
Q3 2023 59.86 % 33.23 % 4.45 %
Q4 2023 59.27 % 30.13 % 1.30 %
Q1 2024 59.90 % 30.53 % 2.02 %
Q2 2024 59.52 % 29.91 % 1.38 %
Q3 2024 59.92 % 28.48 % (0.05 %)
Q4 2024 60.92 % 30.55 % 2.88 %
2024 60.92 % 30.55 % 2.88 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Earnings Per Share before unusual items (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2015 - - - -
Q2 2015 - - - -
Q3 2015 - - - -
Q4 2015 - - - -
Q1 2016 573.22 (1.68) (1.68) 7.45
Q2 2016 573.22 (1.91) (1.91) 6.88
Q3 2016 573.22 (1.98) (1.98) 6.42
Q4 2016 573.22 (1.71) (1.71) 6.21
Q1 2017 573.22 (1.19) (1.19) 6.28
Q2 2017 573.22 (0.61) (0.61) 6.29
Q3 2017 573.22 (0.14) (0.14) 6.30
Q4 2017 573.22 0.02 0.02 6.22
Q1 2018 573.22 (0.19) (0.19) 6.31
Q2 2018 573.22 (0.27) (0.27) 6.22
Q3 2018 573.22 (0.20) (0.20) 6.33
Q4 2018 573.22 0.58 0.58 7.00
Q1 2019 - - - -
Q2 2019 573.22 1.23 1.23 6.75
Q3 2019 - - - -
Q4 2019 - - - -
Q1 2020 573.22 0.80 0.80 7.22
Q2 2020 573.22 0.68 0.68 7.31
Q3 2020 573.22 0.57 0.34 7.40
Q4 2020 898.73 0.29 0.14 9.71
Q1 2021 898.73 0.22 0.07 9.79
Q2 2021 898.73 0.20 0.05 9.83
Q3 2021 898.73 0.20 0.20 9.93
Q4 2021 898.73 0.24 0.24 10.06
Q1 2022 898.73 0.28 0.28 10.28
Q2 2022 898.73 0.39 0.39 10.48
Q3 2022 898.73 0.41 0.41 10.63
Q4 2022 898.73 0.61 0.56 10.91
Q1 2023 898.73 1.79 0.47 12.17
Q2 2023 898.73 1.77 0.45 11.81
Q3 2023 898.73 1.75 0.48 11.90
Q4 2023 898.73 1.41 0.14 11.78
Q1 2024 898.73 0.22 0.22 11.86
Q2 2024 898.73 0.21 0.16 11.48
Q3 2024 898.73 0.30 (0.01) 11.62
Q4 2024 898.73 0.66 0.33 11.91

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2015 - - -
Q2 2015 - - -
Q3 2015 - - -
Q4 2015 - - -
Q1 2016 NEG NEG 1.87
Q2 2016 NEG NEG 1.82
Q3 2016 NEG NEG 1.67
Q4 2016 NEG NEG 2.13
Q1 2017 NEG NEG 2.25
Q2 2017 NEG NEG 2.34
Q3 2017 NEG NEG 2.22
Q4 2017 More than 100 More than 100 1.88
Q1 2018 NEG NEG 1.81
Q2 2018 NEG NEG 1.71
Q3 2018 NEG NEG 1.57
Q4 2018 22.77 22.77 1.89
Q1 2019 - - -
Q2 2019 16.19 16.19 2.96
Q3 2019 - - -
Q4 2019 - - -
Q1 2020 18.84 18.84 2.10
Q2 2020 26.64 26.64 2.48
Q3 2020 37.72 64.40 2.92
Q4 2020 47.02 98.82 1.40
Q1 2021 68.93 More than 100 1.53
Q2 2021 73.15 More than 100 1.48
Q3 2021 70.35 70.35 1.41
Q4 2021 50.49 50.49 1.20
Q1 2022 47.14 47.14 1.30
Q2 2022 29.18 29.18 1.07
Q3 2022 27.77 27.77 1.08
Q4 2022 16.45 17.81 0.92
Q1 2023 7.27 27.77 1.07
Q2 2023 8.02 31.68 1.20
Q3 2023 7.53 27.25 1.11
Q4 2023 9.99 98.15 1.19
Q1 2024 57.78 56.16 1.06
Q2 2024 56.62 75.70 1.03
Q3 2024 36.77 NEG 0.94
Q4 2024 15.46 30.94 0.86

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period Mobile Telecommunications Company Zain Sales Tamam Finance Zain Drones Eliminations
Q1 2018 1,685.97 - - - -
Q2 2018 1,846.43 - - - -
Q3 2018 1,951.89 - - - -
Q4 2018 2,046.24 - - - -
Q1 2019 2,016.32 679.91 - - (602.74)
Q2 2019 1,978.29 670.22 - - (591.75)
Q3 2019 1,923.51 682.16 - - (597.59)
Q4 2019 2,166.58 842.50 0.02 - (781.19)
Q1 2020 1,949.70 599.58 0.02 - (510.44)
Q2 2020 1,848.49 520.83 0.08 - (480.18)
Q3 2020 1,857.34 627.02 0.12 - (556.90)
Q4 2020 1,985.05 612.51 0.51 - (537.19)
Q1 2021 1,898.99 483.70 1.99 - (447.17)
Q2 2021 1,861.58 409.30 2.15 - (377.17)
Q3 2021 1,946.62 510.56 4.34 - (477.34)
Q4 2021 2,050.20 452.99 7.13 1.25 (428.47)
Q1 2022 2,134.13 394.10 10.43 - (360.07)
Q2 2022 2,140.45 494.49 23.33 - (452.17)
Q3 2022 2,211.37 351.65 39.93 - (316.33)
Q4 2022 2,311.89 385.36 53.21 1.12 (347.71)
Q1 2023 2,318.24 349.84 67.42 0.03 (313.37)
Q2 2023 2,289.60 323.79 72.33 (0.28) (293.06)
Q3 2023 2,423.20 285.66 74.95 0.11 (258.58)
Q4 2023 2,456.96 311.92 68.88 0.02 (295.01)
Q1 2024 2,430.90 228.32 82.48 - (206.52)
Q2 2024 2,437.39 237.93 87.72 - (210.85)
Q3 2024 2,459.98 270.60 95.22 0.15 (242.53)
Q4 2024 2,578.46 234.47 102.25 0.18 (220.68)

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Q4 2024 (e) Q4 2024 (a) Change‬
Average 65.80 274.39 317.01 %

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Q4 2024 (e) Q4 2024 (a) Change
SNB Capital 100.00 274.39 174.4 %
Riyad Capital 75.00 274.39 265.9 %
United Securities Company 56.00 274.39 390.0 %
AlJazira Capital 51.00 274.39 438.0 %
Al Rajhi Capital 47.00 274.39 483.8 %

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 9,778.18
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 17,108.24
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 898.73
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 0.66
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 11.91
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) 32.81
P/E (TTM) 16.40
Price/book 0.91
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 2.1
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 3.1

Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (ZAIN KSA)


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