stc's net profit rises 9% to SAR 13.3B in 2023; Q4 at SAR 2.3B

stc's net profit rises 9% to SAR 13.3B in 2023; Q4 at SAR 2.3B

19/02/2024 Argaam Exclusive

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Saudi telecom operator stc posted SAR 13.3 billion in net profit for 2023, an increase of 9% from SAR 12.2 billion in 2022.



Financials (M)

Item 2022 2023 Change‬
Revenues 67,431.55 72,336.61 7.3 %
Gross Income 36,314.26 37,079.69 2.1 %
Operating Income 14,009.44 13,476.43 (3.8 %)
Net Income 12,170.54 13,295.38 9.2 %
Average Shares 5,000.00 5,000.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 2.43 2.66 9.2 %

This profit growth was driven by the SAR 4.90 billion year-on-year (YoY) rise in revenues in 2023 which was offset by an uptick in the cost of revenues of SAR 4.49 billion. Accordingly, gross profit leapt YoY by SAR 410 million last year.

 

Last year, stc’s cost of revenues was positively impacted by the reversal of a contingent liability provision estimated at SAR 1.07 billion.

 

The telco’s 2023 topline growth, alongside its continued investment in new domains under its strategy, and what this expansion entails in terms of higher operating expenses (OpEx) — especially in the start-up phase of companies associated with these investments, contributed to the SAR 1.29 billion surge in OpEx last year.

 

During the same year, stc’s gross other revenues plunged YoY to SAR 595 million as finance income escalated by SAR 910 million. In addition, the telco’s net share in the results and impairment of investments in associates and joint ventures amounted to a profit of SAR 53 million.

 

This was mainly because of booking an impairment provision related to the BGSM Management investment last year. In addition, net other gains soared YoY to SAR 1.08 billion as a result of booking gains worth SAR 1.29 billion from the sale of a land plot in Al Khobar.

 

This was partially offset by higher finance costs, costs of early retirement program as well as Zakat and income tax expenses.

 

The fourth-quarter net profit fell 17.5% YoY to SAR 2.3 billion.

 

Sequentially, stc reported a 53.6% drop in net profit from SAR 4.9 billion in Q3 2023.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q4 2022 Q4 2023 Change‬
Revenues 17,374.48 17,724.31 2.0 %
Gross Income 9,028.66 8,845.26 (2.0 %)
Operating Income 2,968.52 2,768.24 (6.7 %)
Net Income 2,757.09 2,274.24 (17.5 %)
Average Shares 5,000.00 5,000.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.55 0.45 (17.5 %)

Total shareholders’ equity, after minority interest, reached SAR 78.9 billion as of Dec. 31, 2023, compared to SAR 73.5 billion a year earlier.

 

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Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Net Income Change EPS(Riyal)
Q1 2014 10,782.89 (6.0 %) 6,211.34 (4.4 %) 2,390.94 54.3 % 0.48
Q2 2014 11,722.00 2.5 % 7,023.53 4.3 % 2,803.35 96.2 % 0.56
Q3 2014 11,754.61 2.9 % 7,620.88 5.9 % 3,371.75 (0.4 %) 0.67
Q4 2014 11,848.40 5.1 % 7,300.50 4.4 % 2,442.39 (30.9 %) 0.49
Q1 2015 12,473.48 15.7 % 7,543.92 21.5 % 2,503.58 4.7 % 0.50
Q2 2015 12,222.15 4.3 % 7,164.16 2.0 % 2,558.33 (8.7 %) 0.51
Q3 2015 12,894.71 9.7 % 7,624.10 0.0 % 2,322.15 (31.1 %) 0.46
Q4 2015 13,246.19 11.8 % 8,010.86 9.7 % 1,950.49 (20.1 %) 0.39
Q1 2016 13,228.62 6.1 % 7,076.10 (6.2 %) 2,396.58 (4.3 %) 0.48
Q2 2016 13,412.97 9.7 % 7,470.82 4.3 % 2,202.19 (13.9 %) 0.44
Q3 2016 14,025.79 8.8 % 7,117.39 (6.6 %) 2,216.94 (4.5 %) 0.44
Q4 2016 13,010.95 (1.8 %) 7,023.48 (12.3 %) 2,083.16 6.8 % 0.42
Q1 2017 12,524.11 (5.3 %) 6,923.88 (2.2 %) 2,534.75 5.8 % 0.51
Q2 2017 13,041.18 (2.8 %) 6,911.04 (7.5 %) 2,356.48 7.0 % 0.47
Q3 2017 12,621.35 (10.0 %) 7,400.59 4.0 % 2,569.37 15.9 % 0.51
Q4 2017 12,502.72 (3.9 %) 7,347.91 4.6 % 2,554.98 22.6 % 0.51
Q1 2018 12,349.08 (1.4 %) 6,934.85 0.2 % 2,587.53 2.1 % 0.52
Q2 2018 13,079.39 0.3 % 7,167.18 3.7 % 2,444.05 3.7 % 0.49
Q3 2018 13,319.89 5.5 % 7,850.74 6.1 % 2,642.62 2.9 % 0.53
Q4 2018 13,214.89 5.7 % 8,520.31 16.0 % 3,105.58 21.5 % 0.62
Q1 2019 13,385.75 8.4 % 7,903.48 14.0 % 2,749.74 6.3 % 0.55
Q2 2019 13,603.56 4.0 % 8,207.29 14.5 % 2,848.02 16.5 % 0.57
Q3 2019 14,113.63 6.0 % 7,920.82 0.9 % 2,746.20 3.9 % 0.55
Q4 2019 13,264.59 0.4 % 8,359.64 (1.9 %) 2,320.71 (25.3 %) 0.46
Q1 2020 13,934.85 4.1 % 8,195.88 3.7 % 2,912.75 5.9 % 0.58
Q2 2020 14,920.23 9.7 % 8,340.99 1.6 % 2,724.22 (4.3 %) 0.54
Q3 2020 14,881.43 5.4 % 8,970.96 13.3 % 2,765.54 0.7 % 0.55
Q4 2020 15,216.80 14.7 % 8,446.57 1.0 % 2,592.38 11.7 % 0.52
Q1 2021 15,695.50 12.6 % 8,557.10 4.4 % 2,952.09 1.4 % 0.59
Q2 2021 15,898.77 6.6 % 8,352.20 0.1 % 2,821.21 3.6 % 0.56
Q3 2021 15,735.35 5.7 % 8,368.88 (6.7 %) 2,924.39 5.7 % 0.58
Q4 2021 15,678.37 3.0 % 8,515.85 0.8 % 2,613.65 0.8 % 0.52
Q1 2022 16,919.37 7.8 % 9,150.40 6.9 % 3,035.10 2.8 % 0.61
Q2 2022 16,829.96 5.9 % 9,174.08 9.8 % 2,837.35 0.6 % 0.57
Q3 2022 16,307.74 3.6 % 8,961.11 7.1 % 3,541.00 21.1 % 0.71
Q4 2022 17,374.48 10.8 % 9,028.66 6.0 % 2,757.09 5.5 % 0.55
Q1 2023 18,179.32 7.4 % 9,233.82 0.9 % 3,108.67 2.4 % 0.62
Q2 2023 18,326.98 8.9 % 9,133.31 (0.4 %) 3,008.45 6.0 % 0.60
Q3 2023 18,106.00 11.0 % 9,746.62 8.8 % 4,904.02 38.5 % 0.98
Q4 2023 17,724.31 2.0 % 8,845.26 (2.0 %) 2,274.24 (17.5 %) 0.45
2023 72,336.61 7.3 % 37,079.69 2.1 % 13,295.38 9.2 % 2.66

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
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 %
Q3 2020 59.42 % 37.62 % 17.17 %
Q4 2020 57.60 % 37.47 % 17.55 %
Q1 2021 56.52 % 37.23 % 17.92 %
Q2 2021 55.64 % 37.10 % 18.04 %
Q3 2021 53.92 % 36.30 % 17.76 %
Q4 2021 53.63 % 36.25 % 17.53 %
Q1 2022 53.54 % 36.27 % 17.70 %
Q2 2022 54.03 % 36.64 % 17.93 %
Q3 2022 54.46 % 36.91 % 18.44 %
Q4 2022 53.85 % 35.59 % 17.84 %
Q1 2023 52.99 % 35.00 % 17.27 %
Q2 2023 51.80 % 33.71 % 16.54 %
Q3 2023 51.60 % 33.31 % 15.82 %
Q4 2023 51.09 % 33.12 % 15.40 %
2023 51.26 % 33.12 % 15.40 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
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
Q3 2020 5,000.00 2.14 1.96 12.73
Q4 2020 5,000.00 2.20 2.07 12.79
Q1 2021 5,000.00 2.21 2.18 13.01
Q2 2021 5,000.00 2.23 2.23 12.78
Q3 2021 5,000.00 2.26 2.22 13.70
Q4 2021 5,000.00 2.26 2.21 13.85
Q1 2022 5,000.00 2.28 2.27 14.07
Q2 2022 5,000.00 2.28 2.34 14.36
Q3 2022 5,000.00 2.41 2.42 14.67
Q4 2022 5,000.00 2.43 2.41 14.70
Q1 2023 5,000.00 2.45 2.37 14.93
Q2 2023 5,000.00 2.48 2.32 15.10
Q3 2023 5,000.00 2.76 2.28 15.77
Q4 2023 5,000.00 2.66 2.23 15.80

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
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
Q3 2020 18.73 20.52 3.15
Q4 2020 19.28 20.49 3.32
Q1 2021 22.98 23.30 3.90
Q2 2021 23.65 23.65 4.12
Q3 2021 22.50 22.86 3.71
Q4 2021 19.87 20.35 3.25
Q1 2022 18.92 18.96 3.06
Q2 2022 17.02 16.62 2.71
Q3 2022 16.36 16.23 2.68
Q4 2022 15.04 15.21 2.49
Q1 2023 16.35 16.88 2.68
Q2 2023 17.52 18.74 2.88
Q3 2023 13.64 16.51 2.38
Q4 2023 15.19 18.13 2.56

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period STC (Saudi arabia) STC channels Company Solutions Kuwait Telecommunication Company "STC Kuwait" Telecommunications Towers Company ( TAWAL ) stc Bahrain BSC stc Bank Gulf Digital Media Model Company (GDMM) (Intigral) Advanced Technology and Cybersecurity Company ( sirar ) Public Telecommunications Company (Specialized) Other operating segments Consolidation adjustments & eliminations GSM Landline DATA Un-allocated
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) - - - -
Q3 2020 11,041.84 3,706.50 - - - - - - - - 4,215.33 (4082.24) - - - -
Q4 2020 11,240.89 4,559.90 - - - - - - - - 4,129.05 (4713.03) - - - -
Q1 2021 11,258.37 4,929.84 1,866.79 - - - - - - - 2,254.30 (4613.80) - - - -
Q2 2021 11,223.51 5,327.80 1,937.20 - - - - - - - 2,352.57 (4942.31) - - - -
Q3 2021 11,469.19 4,745.07 1,951.46 - - - - - - - 2,473.09 (4903.46) - - - -
Q4 2021 11,494.77 5,626.77 1,452.88 - - - - - - - 2,867.06 (5763.11) - - - -
Q1 2022 12,299.31 3,078.37 2,242.90 950.30 673.83 419.14 235.36 125.23 54.81 69.58 4.78 (3234.24) - - - -
Q2 2022 12,220.50 2,770.27 2,085.15 934.00 698.86 427.20 249.65 130.68 148.33 75.09 5.23 (2915.01) - - - -
Q3 2022 12,370.96 2,596.56 2,039.16 947.92 717.35 448.35 262.45 109.97 111.80 76.24 17.97 (3390.98) - - - -
Q4 2022 11,885.63 3,006.07 2,437.88 1,281.29 778.13 495.45 293.32 172.18 115.35 140.86 33.22 (3264.91) - - - -
Q1 2023 12,188.99 3,765.58 2,676.27 1,061.01 739.29 473.42 223.64 157.41 100.68 60.22 145.26 (3412.45) - - - -
Q2 2023 12,447.95 3,769.91 2,701.29 1,069.31 797.41 477.74 244.86 130.91 148.49 79.63 228.03 (3768.54) - - - -
Q3 2023 12,384.58 3,215.50 2,794.64 1,030.42 844.12 481.92 299.86 176.78 170.43 90.36 443.15 (3825.76) - - - -
Q4 2023 12,196.66 3,443.22 2,868.29 1,117.54 962.53 480.20 294.64 178.21 169.01 167.29 483.99 (4637.30) - - - -

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Q4 2023 (e) Q4 2023 (a) Change‬
Average 2,997.23 2,274.24 (24.1 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Q4 2023 (e) Q4 2023 (a) Change
Al Rajhi Capital 2,692.00 2,274.24 (15.5) %
AlJazira Capital 2,703.00 2,274.24 (15.9) %
YAQEEN 2,722.48 2,274.24 (16.5) %
Riyad Capital 3,043.00 2,274.24 (25.3) %
SNB Capital 3,052.00 2,274.24 (25.5) %
OSOOL AND BAKHEET 3,132.37 2,274.24 (27.4) %
Sico 3,140.00 2,274.24 (27.6) %
Value Capital 3,154.35 2,274.24 (27.9) %
U-Capital 3,335.90 2,274.24 (31.8) %

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 189,750.00
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 187,307.14
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 5,000.00
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 2.69
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 16.09
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) 16.76
P/E (TTM) 14.08
Price/book 2.36
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 9.0
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 17.4

Share Price

37.95
0.30 0.80 %

Saudi Telecom Co. (STC)


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