STC’s net profit up 0.7% to SAR 5.637 bln in H1 2020

STC’s net profit up 0.7% to SAR 5.637 bln in H1 2020

22/07/2020 Argaam Exclusive

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Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) reported a marginal increase in H1 2020 net profit after Zakat and tax to SAR 5.637 billion, compared to a net profit of SAR 5.598 billion a year earlier, buoyed by a 2.6% rise year-on-year (YoY), and higher revenue.

 

STC also booked SAR 562 million in net other gains, compared to net other losses of SAR 93 million in H1 2019, on the capital gains recorded from STC’s sale of a direct stake in Careem.



Financials (M)

Item 6m 2019 6m 2020 Change‬
Revenues 26,989.32 28,855.09 6.9 %
Gross Income 16,110.77 16,536.87 2.6 %
Operating Income 6,752.52 6,066.20 (10.2 %)
Net Income 5,597.76 5,636.96 0.7 %
Average Shares 5,000.00 5,000.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 1.12 1.13 0.7 %

The second quarter net profit after Zakat and tax decreased by 4% YoY to SAR 2.72 billion, due to a rise in operating expenses, as well as higher selling, general, administrative and marketing expenses.

 

When compared to the previous quarter, the telecom operator’s net profit saw a decline of 6.4%, on higher operating expenses. Moreover, the telecom operator reported a decline in net other gains to SAR 131 million in Q2, from SAR 431 million in Q1 2020.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q2 2019 Q2 2020 Change‬
Revenues 13,603.56 14,920.23 9.7 %
Gross Income 8,207.29 8,340.99 1.6 %
Operating Income 3,477.32 3,062.17 (11.9 %)
Net Income 2,848.02 2,724.22 (4.3 %)
Average Shares 5,000.00 5,000.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.57 0.54 (4.3 %)


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Operating Income Change
Q1 2011 13,076.30 4.4 % 7,488.43 4.6 % 2,668.75 13.4 %
Q2 2011 13,879.67 10.2 % 7,951.89 8.4 % 2,782.89 18.7 %
Q3 2011 14,015.11 5.9 % 8,073.04 2.4 % 3,000.18 (7.8 %)
Q4 2011 14,691.00 9.3 % 7,814.90 (1.6 %) 2,719.20 (10.1 %)
Q1 2012 11,067.36 (15.4 %) 6,329.04 (15.5 %) 2,675.36 0.2 %
Q2 2012 11,013.03 (20.7 %) 6,352.24 (20.1 %) 2,617.31 (6.0 %)
Q3 2012 11,429.91 (18.4 %) 6,459.29 (20.0 %) 2,470.09 (17.7 %)
Q4 2012 11,234.77 (23.5 %) 6,121.14 (21.7 %) 2,173.79 (20.1 %)
Q1 2013 11,473.88 3.7 % 6,494.46 2.6 % 2,717.94 1.6 %
Q2 2013 11,433.47 3.8 % 6,733.78 6.0 % 3,195.05 22.1 %
Q3 2013 11,426.85 0.0 % 7,193.36 11.4 % 3,377.39 36.7 %
Q4 2013 11,270.43 0.3 % 6,991.64 14.2 % 2,801.88 28.9 %
Q1 2014 10,782.89 (6.0 %) 6,211.34 (4.4 %) 2,665.78 (1.9 %)
Q2 2014 11,722.00 2.5 % 7,023.53 4.3 % 2,961.46 (7.3 %)
Q3 2014 11,754.61 2.9 % 7,620.88 5.9 % 3,540.12 4.8 %
Q4 2014 11,848.40 5.1 % 7,300.50 4.4 % 2,782.99 (0.7 %)
Q1 2015 12,473.48 15.7 % 7,543.92 21.5 % 3,379.74 26.8 %
Q2 2015 12,222.15 4.3 % 7,164.16 2.0 % 2,963.44 0.1 %
Q3 2015 12,894.71 9.7 % 7,624.10 0.0 % 3,038.06 (14.2 %)
Q4 2015 13,246.19 11.8 % 8,010.86 9.7 % 2,554.39 (8.2 %)
Q1 2016 13,228.62 6.1 % 7,076.10 (6.2 %) 2,856.43 (15.5 %)
Q2 2016 13,412.97 9.7 % 7,470.82 4.3 % 2,863.30 (3.4 %)
Q3 2016 14,025.79 8.8 % 7,117.39 (6.6 %) 2,402.82 (20.9 %)
Q4 2016 13,010.95 (1.8 %) 7,023.48 (12.3 %) 1,828.54 (28.4 %)
Q1 2017 12,524.11 (5.3 %) 6,923.88 (2.2 %) 2,615.07 (8.4 %)
Q2 2017 13,041.18 (2.8 %) 6,911.04 (7.5 %) 2,583.68 (9.8 %)
Q3 2017 12,621.35 (10.0 %) 7,400.59 4.0 % 2,906.90 21.0 %
Q4 2017 12,502.72 (3.9 %) 7,347.91 4.6 % 2,880.37 57.5 %
Q1 2018 12,349.08 (1.4 %) 6,934.85 0.2 % 2,632.35 0.7 %
Q2 2018 13,079.39 0.3 % 7,167.18 3.7 % 2,900.92 12.3 %
Q3 2018 13,319.89 5.5 % 7,850.74 6.1 % 3,235.52 11.3 %
Q4 2018 13,214.89 5.7 % 8,520.31 16.0 % 3,476.44 20.7 %
Q1 2019 13,385.75 8.4 % 7,903.48 14.0 % 3,275.20 24.4 %
Q2 2019 13,603.56 4.0 % 8,207.29 14.5 % 3,477.32 19.9 %
Q3 2019 14,113.63 6.0 % 7,920.82 0.9 % 3,328.05 2.9 %
Q4 2019 13,264.59 0.4 % 8,359.64 (1.9 %) 2,399.82 (31.0 %)
Q1 2020 13,934.85 4.1 % 8,195.88 3.7 % 3,004.03 (8.3 %)
Q2 2020 14,920.23 9.7 % 8,340.99 1.6 % 3,062.17 (11.9 %)


Profit Performance (Million)

Period Net Income Change EPS(Riyal) Extraordinary Income/Expense Net Profit Before Unusual Items EPS Before XO Items
Q1 2011 1,573.12 (11.2 %) 0.31 172.87 1,400.25 0.28
Q2 2011 2,256.37 9.4 % 0.45 (2.55) 2,258.91 0.45
Q3 2011 1,562.48 (52.9 %) 0.31 53.66 1,508.81 0.30
Q4 2011 2,336.69 2.2 % 0.47 427.98 1,908.70 0.38
Q1 2012 2,521.16 60.3 % 0.50 (3.81) 2,524.97 0.50
Q2 2012 2,407.57 6.7 % 0.48 (4.56) 2,412.13 0.48
Q3 2012 1,953.80 25.0 % 0.39 (33.58) 1,987.37 0.40
Q4 2012 393.44 (83.2 %) 0.08 (190.25) 583.68 0.12
Q1 2013 1,549.96 (38.5 %) 0.31 (226.53) 1,776.50 0.36
Q2 2013 1,428.95 (40.6 %) 0.29 (1146.75) 2,575.70 0.52
Q3 2013 3,385.59 73.3 % 0.68 39.29 3,346.30 0.67
Q4 2013 3,532.57 797.9 % 0.71 487.51 3,045.06 0.61
Q1 2014 2,390.94 54.3 % 0.48 0.64 2,390.29 0.48
Q2 2014 2,803.35 96.2 % 0.56 (50.57) 2,853.92 0.57
Q3 2014 3,371.75 (0.4 %) 0.67 2.86 3,368.89 0.67
Q4 2014 2,442.39 (30.9 %) 0.49 157.79 2,284.60 0.46
Q1 2015 2,503.58 4.7 % 0.50 (45.68) 2,549.25 0.51
Q2 2015 2,558.33 (8.7 %) 0.51 (55.28) 2,613.61 0.52
Q3 2015 2,322.15 (31.1 %) 0.46 (88.53) 2,410.68 0.48
Q4 2015 1,950.49 (20.1 %) 0.39 98.04 1,852.45 0.37
Q1 2016 2,396.58 (4.3 %) 0.48 (79.24) 2,475.82 0.50
Q2 2016 2,202.19 (13.9 %) 0.44 6.48 2,195.70 0.44
Q3 2016 2,216.94 (4.5 %) 0.44 (40.79) 2,257.72 0.45
Q4 2016 2,083.16 6.8 % 0.42 103.34 1,979.82 0.40
Q1 2017 2,534.75 5.8 % 0.51 - 2,534.75 0.51
Q2 2017 2,356.48 7.0 % 0.47 - 2,356.48 0.47
Q3 2017 2,569.37 15.9 % 0.51 - 2,569.37 0.51
Q4 2017 2,554.98 22.6 % 0.51 - 2,554.98 0.51
Q1 2018 2,587.53 2.1 % 0.52 - 2,587.53 0.52
Q2 2018 2,444.05 3.7 % 0.49 - 2,444.05 0.49
Q3 2018 2,642.62 2.9 % 0.53 - 2,642.62 0.53
Q4 2018 3,105.58 21.5 % 0.62 411.00 2,694.58 0.54
Q1 2019 2,749.74 6.3 % 0.55 - 2,749.74 0.55
Q2 2019 2,848.02 16.5 % 0.57 - 2,848.02 0.57
Q3 2019 2,746.20 3.9 % 0.55 - 2,746.20 0.55
Q4 2019 2,320.71 (25.3 %) 0.46 287.48 2,033.23 0.41
Q1 2020 2,912.75 5.9 % 0.58 496.00 2,416.75 0.48
Q2 2020 2,724.22 (4.3 %) 0.54 152.00 2,572.22 0.51

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2011 58.56 % 38.16 % 14.11 %
Q2 2011 58.30 % 38.33 % 14.10 %
Q3 2011 57.81 % 37.38 % 12.29 %
Q4 2011 56.28 % 35.98 % 12.71 %
Q1 2012 56.23 % 36.23 % 15.29 %
Q2 2012 56.25 % 36.51 % 16.45 %
Q3 2012 55.92 % 36.12 % 18.33 %
Q4 2012 56.46 % 36.37 % 16.78 %
Q1 2013 56.32 % 36.28 % 14.97 %
Q2 2013 56.63 % 37.08 % 15.19 %
Q3 2013 58.25 % 39.08 % 18.18 %
Q4 2013 60.11 % 40.50 % 23.56 %
Q1 2014 60.41 % 41.03 % 25.29 %
Q2 2014 60.66 % 40.71 % 25.74 %
Q3 2014 61.16 % 41.37 % 25.61 %
Q4 2014 61.07 % 41.16 % 23.64 %
Q1 2015 61.69 % 41.53 % 23.13 %
Q2 2015 61.35 % 41.33 % 22.39 %
Q3 2015 59.94 % 39.46 % 19.94 %
Q4 2015 59.69 % 38.10 % 18.54 %
Q1 2016 57.91 % 36.88 % 18.13 %
Q2 2016 57.18 % 36.19 % 16.93 %
Q3 2016 55.04 % 34.38 % 16.29 %
Q4 2016 53.44 % 33.59 % 16.60 %
Q1 2017 53.87 % 33.53 % 16.93 %
Q2 2017 53.18 % 32.69 % 17.35 %
Q3 2017 55.20 % 34.28 % 18.44 %
Q4 2017 56.39 % 37.24 % 19.76 %
Q1 2018 56.61 % 37.32 % 19.93 %
Q2 2018 57.07 % 38.25 % 20.09 %
Q3 2018 57.17 % 38.48 % 19.96 %
Q4 2018 58.64 % 38.17 % 19.95 %
Q1 2019 59.32 % 39.05 % 19.87 %
Q2 2019 60.69 % 40.28 % 20.43 %
Q3 2019 59.93 % 39.89 % 20.32 %
Q4 2019 59.58 % 39.11 % 19.09 %
Q1 2020 59.51 % 38.62 % 18.29 %
Q2 2020 58.36 % 37.16 % 17.37 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2011 5,000.00 1.85 1.48 9.05
Q2 2011 5,000.00 1.89 1.51 9.26
Q3 2011 5,000.00 1.54 1.34 9.15
Q4 2011 5,000.00 1.55 1.42 9.38
Q1 2012 5,000.00 1.74 1.64 9.81
Q2 2012 5,000.00 1.77 1.67 10.03
Q3 2012 5,000.00 1.84 1.77 10.34
Q4 2012 5,000.00 1.46 1.50 10.27
Q1 2013 5,000.00 1.26 1.35 10.34
Q2 2013 5,000.00 1.07 1.38 10.39
Q3 2013 5,000.00 1.35 1.66 10.81
Q4 2013 5,000.00 1.98 2.15 11.25
Q1 2014 5,000.00 2.15 2.27 11.40
Q2 2014 5,000.00 2.42 2.33 11.74
Q3 2014 5,000.00 2.42 2.33 12.04
Q4 2014 5,000.00 2.20 2.18 12.08
Q1 2015 5,000.00 2.22 2.21 12.06
Q2 2015 5,000.00 2.18 2.16 12.13
Q3 2015 5,000.00 1.97 1.97 12.07
Q4 2015 5,000.00 1.87 1.89 12.11
Q1 2016 5,000.00 1.85 1.87 11.94
Q2 2016 5,000.00 1.77 1.79 11.88
Q3 2016 5,000.00 1.75 1.76 11.90
Q4 2016 5,000.00 1.78 1.78 11.99
Q1 2017 5,000.00 1.81 1.79 12.11
Q2 2017 5,000.00 1.84 1.83 12.21
Q3 2017 5,000.00 1.91 1.89 12.33
Q4 2017 5,000.00 2.00 2.00 12.57
Q1 2018 5,000.00 2.01 2.01 12.69
Q2 2018 5,000.00 2.03 2.03 12.76
Q3 2018 5,000.00 2.05 2.05 12.87
Q4 2018 5,000.00 2.16 2.07 13.10
Q1 2019 5,000.00 2.19 2.11 13.67
Q2 2019 5,000.00 2.27 2.19 12.51
Q3 2019 5,000.00 2.29 2.21 12.24
Q4 2019 5,000.00 2.13 2.08 12.35
Q1 2020 5,000.00 2.17 2.01 12.57
Q2 2020 5,000.00 2.14 1.95 12.58

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2011 8.34 10.43 1.70
Q2 2011 7.72 9.63 1.57
Q3 2011 8.86 10.17 1.49
Q4 2011 8.75 9.55 1.44
Q1 2012 9.40 9.95 1.66
Q2 2012 8.95 9.46 1.57
Q3 2012 8.61 8.99 1.54
Q4 2012 11.90 11.53 1.69
Q1 2013 12.44 11.60 1.52
Q2 2013 14.98 11.53 1.54
Q3 2013 12.78 10.43 1.60
Q4 2013 10.81 9.96 1.90
Q1 2014 12.29 11.62 2.32
Q2 2014 11.02 11.47 2.27
Q3 2014 12.29 12.76 2.47
Q4 2014 11.94 12.06 2.18
Q1 2015 11.29 11.35 2.08
Q2 2015 12.41 12.48 2.23
Q3 2015 12.47 12.43 2.03
Q4 2015 14.66 14.52 2.26
Q1 2016 13.92 13.74 2.15
Q2 2016 14.52 14.41 2.17
Q3 2016 12.69 12.67 1.87
Q4 2016 16.31 16.29 2.42
Q1 2017 14.80 14.91 2.21
Q2 2017 16.76 16.88 2.52
Q3 2017 14.83 14.99 2.30
Q4 2017 13.70 13.70 2.18
Q1 2018 16.46 16.46 2.61
Q2 2018 17.66 17.66 2.81
Q3 2018 16.72 16.72 2.66
Q4 2018 17.03 17.71 2.80
Q1 2019 19.67 20.43 3.15
Q2 2019 18.30 18.98 3.32
Q3 2019 19.01 19.71 3.55
Q4 2019 19.09 19.62 3.30
Q1 2020 16.16 17.42 2.78
Q2 2020 18.50 20.27 3.15

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period STC (Saudi arabia) STC channels Company Other operating segments Consolidation adjustments & eliminations GSM Landline DATA Un-allocated
Q1 2011 - - - - 8,612.49 2,145.44 2,210.45 107.93
Q2 2011 - - - - 9,300.53 2,165.08 2,279.18 134.88
Q3 2011 - - - - 9,535.33 1,968.75 2,358.25 152.78
Q4 2011 - - - - 10,460.75 2,030.05 2,539.65 (339.46)
Q1 2012 - - - - 7,231.45 3,163.66 775.96 (103.71)
Q2 2012 - - - - 5,953.44 2,773.26 2,747.33 (461.00)
Q3 2012 - - - - 6,321.44 3,061.54 2,038.38 8.55
Q4 2012 - - - - 6,534.06 3,295.52 1,450.81 (45.62)
Q1 2013 - - - - 5,912.96 3,401.35 2,121.21 38.36
Q2 2013 - - - - 6,276.02 3,413.90 1,645.45 98.11
Q3 2013 - - - - 5,947.77 3,195.58 2,156.72 126.77
Q4 2013 - - - - 6,048.69 3,174.74 2,296.23 (249.24)
Q1 2014 - - - - 6,038.19 3,013.96 1,728.00 2.75
Q2 2014 - - - - 6,352.36 3,157.29 2,215.10 (2.75)
Q3 2014 - - - - 6,159.92 2,950.32 2,639.42 4.95
Q4 2014 - - - - 6,070.61 3,035.10 2,471.11 (10.68)
Q1 2015 - - - - 8,440.66 3,066.91 967.15 (1.23)
Q2 2015 - - - - 7,996.74 3,171.23 1,057.86 (3.68)
Q3 2015 - - - - 8,401.59 2,981.61 1,511.66 (0.15)
Q4 2015 - - - - 8,640.52 3,050.16 1,273.82 95.77
Q1 2016 11,140.70 864.25 1,976.63 (752.96) - - - -
Q2 2016 11,759.92 814.10 2,092.28 (1253.32) - - - -
Q3 2016 11,578.66 694.60 2,148.24 (395.70) - - - -
Q4 2016 11,718.75 655.71 1,988.92 (2357.10) - - - -
Q1 2017 10,797.74 666.17 1,613.10 (552.90) - - - -
Q2 2017 11,131.56 742.11 2,239.26 (1071.76) - - - -
Q3 2017 9,839.32 467.79 2,071.73 242.50 - - - -
Q4 2017 9,676.60 1,179.03 2,425.11 (806.03) - - - -
Q1 2018 9,698.95 1,252.37 2,042.44 (644.69) - - - -
Q2 2018 9,897.49 1,647.03 2,430.66 (895.78) - - - -
Q3 2018 10,197.06 1,110.89 2,416.37 (404.43) - - - -
Q4 2018 9,562.79 12,872.44 2,613.09 (11833.44) - - - -
Q1 2019 9,512.20 2,322.58 2,531.06 (980.09) - - - -
Q2 2019 10,340.08 6,278.51 3,051.22 (6066.25) - - - -
Q3 2019 10,294.47 4,341.27 3,354.69 (3876.80) - - - -
Q4 2019 10,112.36 4,467.44 3,691.23 (5006.43) - - - -
Q1 2020 10,333.04 4,295.21 3,610.19 (4303.59) - - - -
Q2 2020 10,283.06 4,966.19 3,779.31 (4108.33) - - - -

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Q2 2020 (e) Q2 2020 (a) Change‬
Average 2,839.56 2,724.22 (4.1 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Q2 2020 (e) Q2 2020 (a) Change
OSOOL AND BAKHEET 2,724.00 2,724.22 0.0 %
Riyad Capital 2,745.00 2,724.22 (0.8) %
Al Rajhi Capital 2,791.00 2,724.22 (2.4) %
AlJazira Capital 2,920.80 2,724.22 (6.7) %
SNB Capital 3,017.00 2,724.22 (9.7) %

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 198,500.00
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 192,045.01
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 5,000.00
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 2.70
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 15.86
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) 16.39
P/E (TTM) 14.70
Price/book 2.50
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 8.5
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 17.1

Share Price

39.70
(0.15) (0.38 %)

Saudi Telecom Co. (STC)


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