Seera turns to SAR 126 mln profit in H1 2023; Q2 at SAR 70.5 mln

Seera turns to SAR 126 mln profit in H1 2023; Q2 at SAR 70.5 mln

08/08/2023 Argaam Exclusive

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Seera Group Holding turned to a net profit of SAR 126 million in H1 2023, up from losses of SAR 132.3 million in the year-ago period. 



Financials (M)

Item 6m 2022 6m 2023 Change‬
Revenues 985.19 1,473.15 49.5 %
Gross Income 384.61 656.57 70.7 %
Operating Income (125.32) 131.55 205.0 %
Net Income (132.34) 123.98 193.7 %
Average Shares 300.00 300.00 -
EPS (Riyals) (0.44) 0.41 193.7 %

Year-to-date, the group’s net booking value (NBV) leapt 38% higher than 2022 from SAR 4.3 billion to SAR 5.9 billion in 2023, due to the resurgence of travel demand.

 

Also in 2023, revenue surged by 49% to SAR 1.47 billion from SAR 985 million in 2022 as a result of healthy margins and increased NBV. Further, gross profit grew to SAR 657 million in 2023, up 71% from SAR 385 million in the year before.

 

Seera posted a net profit after Zakat (before non-controlling interest) of SAR 124 million in 2023, compared to a net loss of SAR 131 million a year ago.

 

Excluding the impact of one-off items of SAR 14.9 million in income from Careem holdback and SAR 12 million in reversal of impairment losses, the company saw a normalized net profit of SAR 97 million in 2023, versus a net loss of SR 131 million, marking a 174% year-on-year (YoY) improvement.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q2 2022 Q2 2023 Change‬
Revenues 524.39 716.18 36.6 %
Gross Income 222.37 344.81 55.1 %
Operating Income (53.20) 60.60 213.9 %
Net Income (69.08) 68.50 199.2 %
Average Shares 300.00 300.00 -
EPS (Riyals) (0.23) 0.23 199.2 %

Seera’s Q2 2023 net profit came in at SAR 70.51 million, compared to losses of SAR 69.08 million in the corresponding period of the year before. This was because NBV jumped by 23% YoY to SAR 3.2 billion by the end of the three-month period, with revenues also up 37% YoY to SAR 716 million.

 

While on track for sustainable and diversified growth, the group witnessed the highest quarterly post-pandemic net profit, driven by positive business results amid great operational efficiency and high demand in all sectors.

 

For the second straight quarter, the group recorded a positive group-wide operating profit of SAR 102 million in Q2 2023, against an operating loss of SAR 49 million in Q2 2022. An overall net profit after non-controlling interest of SAR 67 million was recorded during the second quarter of this year, a 199% YoY uptick.

 

Despite seeing significant growth across all segments, overall operating expenses remained stable, with revenue growth outpacing costs, pushing the group towards profitability in the second quarter of 2023.

 

With the exceptionally high demand for leisure and religious travel during the summer season, Almosafer, Seera’s travel platform, logged a 24% YoY rise in NBV to SAR 2.1 billion in Q2 2023.

 

Seera’s car rental & leasing business, Lumi, posted a 36% YoY growth in revenues to SAR 233 million in Q2 2023, supported by the renewal of the newly-signed rental and lease contracts.

 

During the quarter, Lumi signed long-term lease contracts worth SAR 471.2 million with Saudi Aramco. The continued success of the used car sales segment fueled growth and profitable fleet turnover for the business, enabled by the expansion of new showrooms in Jeddah. Lumi’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) for Q2 2023 stood at SAR 140 million, up 41% from SAR 99 million in the year-earlier period.

 

The hospitality business' revenues advanced to SAR 65 million in Q2 2023, a 132% YoY hike, led by healthy occupancy levels at hotels operational in the company's portfolio across the Kingdom and improved average daily rates. The segment’s EBITDA edged 724% higher YoY to SAR 28 million by the end of the quarter.

 

Sequentially, Q2 net profit climbed by 27.1% from SAR 55.49 million, as the group’s NBV rose by 23% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to SAR 3.2 billion.

 

During the same quarter, Seera’s revenue plummeted by 5% QoQ to SAR 716 million.

 

Shareholders’ equity, after minority interest, reached SAR 5.61 billion by the end of H1 2023, against SAR 5.26 billion in the year-earlier period.



Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Operating Income Change
Q1 2014 1,790.31 15.1 % 363.26 20.5 % 242.13 18.3 %
Q2 2014 1,977.95 18.4 % 476.19 18.3 % 345.56 19.4 %
Q3 2014 1,759.46 22.0 % 375.62 25.9 % 234.90 16.5 %
Q4 2014 2,185.93 37.2 % 408.06 20.4 % 247.17 24.0 %
Q1 2015 2,152.58 20.2 % 441.08 21.4 % 284.32 17.4 %
Q2 2015 2,386.89 20.7 % 545.42 14.5 % 383.61 11.0 %
Q3 2015 1,906.81 8.4 % 387.72 3.2 % 223.28 (4.9 %)
Q4 2015 2,184.77 (0.1 %) 416.77 2.1 % 216.72 (12.3 %)
Q1 2016 534.96 (75.1 %) 402.93 (8.6 %) 241.23 (15.2 %)
Q2 2016 621.39 (74.0 %) 525.22 (3.7 %) 362.71 (5.4 %)
Q3 2016 523.45 (72.5 %) 384.37 (0.9 %) 237.42 6.3 %
Q4 2016 464.67 (78.7 %) 358.07 (14.1 %) 153.74 (29.1 %)
Q1 2017 466.62 (12.8 %) 346.59 (14.0 %) 169.37 (29.8 %)
Q2 2017 573.51 (7.7 %) 435.40 (17.1 %) 249.21 (31.3 %)
Q3 2017 489.02 (6.6 %) 354.22 (7.8 %) 170.33 (28.3 %)
Q4 2017 577.87 24.4 % 466.87 30.4 % 186.52 21.3 %
Q1 2018 481.71 3.2 % 355.48 2.6 % 143.66 (15.2 %)
Q2 2018 530.92 (7.4 %) 404.98 (7.0 %) 178.94 (28.2 %)
Q3 2018 615.12 25.8 % 354.66 0.1 % 144.80 (15.0 %)
Q4 2018 565.42 (2.2 %) 311.88 (33.2 %) 113.37 (39.2 %)
Q1 2019 509.55 5.8 % 302.25 (15.0 %) 69.25 (51.8 %)
Q2 2019 534.52 0.7 % 341.25 (15.7 %) 85.46 (52.2 %)
Q3 2019 641.98 4.4 % 349.24 (1.5 %) 98.27 (32.1 %)
Q4 2019 593.90 5.0 % 280.26 (10.1 %) 97.96 (13.6 %)
Q1 2020 396.70 (22.1 %) 185.20 (38.7 %) (110.18) (259.1 %)
Q2 2020 138.21 (74.1 %) 26.34 (92.3 %) (153.33) (279.4 %)
Q3 2020 141.97 (77.9 %) 30.15 (91.4 %) (180.42) (283.6 %)
Q4 2020 227.72 (61.7 %) 65.26 (76.7 %) (102.00) (204.1 %)
Q1 2021 186.26 (53.0 %) 58.56 (68.4 %) (143.81) (30.5 %)
Q2 2021 285.62 106.7 % 174.48 562.5 % (64.04) 58.2 %
Q3 2021 369.12 160.0 % 186.08 517.1 % (52.55) 70.9 %
Q4 2021 487.46 114.1 % 187.78 187.7 % (104.24) (2.2 %)
Q1 2022 460.80 147.4 % 162.25 177.1 % (72.12) 49.8 %
Q2 2022 524.39 83.6 % 222.37 27.4 % (53.20) 16.9 %
Q3 2022 512.00 38.7 % 254.88 37.0 % 78.70 249.8 %
Q4 2022 617.19 26.6 % 284.65 51.6 % (49.26) 52.7 %
Q1 2023 794.33 72.4 % 311.76 92.2 % 70.96 198.4 %
Q2 2023 716.18 36.6 % 344.81 55.1 % 60.60 213.9 %


Profit Performance (Million)

Period Net Income Change EPS(Riyal) Extraordinary Income/Expense Net Profit Before Unusual Items EPS Before XO Items
Q1 2014 280.00 28.5 % 0.98 29.12 250.88 0.88
Q2 2014 363.69 8.2 % 1.27 (0.20) 363.89 1.27
Q3 2014 243.77 13.5 % 0.85 0.95 242.82 0.85
Q4 2014 231.47 11.1 % 0.81 (31.69) 263.16 0.92
Q1 2015 285.63 2.0 % 1.00 - 285.63 1.00
Q2 2015 395.55 8.8 % 1.38 (20.00) 415.55 1.45
Q3 2015 265.12 8.8 % 0.93 (10.00) 275.12 0.96
Q4 2015 215.26 (7.0 %) 0.75 (37.10) 252.36 0.88
Q1 2016 191.05 (33.1 %) 0.64 (24.87) 215.91 0.72
Q2 2016 296.85 (25.0 %) 0.99 (48.67) 345.52 1.15
Q3 2016 186.84 (29.5 %) 0.62 (7.74) 194.58 0.65
Q4 2016 139.03 (35.4 %) 0.46 10.12 128.91 0.43
Q1 2017 136.73 (28.4 %) 0.46 - 136.73 0.46
Q2 2017 211.94 (28.6 %) 0.71 - 211.94 0.71
Q3 2017 131.77 (29.5 %) 0.44 - 131.77 0.44
Q4 2017 16.36 (88.2 %) 0.05 (74.40) 90.76 0.30
Q1 2018 85.57 (37.4 %) 0.29 (17.80) 103.38 0.34
Q2 2018 107.22 (49.4 %) 0.36 70.58 36.64 0.12
Q3 2018 (355.41) (369.7 %) (1.18) (440.77) 85.36 0.28
Q4 2018 17.66 7.9 % 0.06 (91.69) 109.35 0.36
Q1 2019 47.31 (44.7 %) 0.16 5.39 41.92 0.14
Q2 2019 65.16 (39.2 %) 0.22 - 65.16 0.22
Q3 2019 63.03 117.7 % 0.21 - 63.03 0.21
Q4 2019 10.08 (42.9 %) 0.03 (49.28) 59.37 0.20
Q1 2020 1,113.50 2253.6 % 3.71 1,234.85 (121.35) (0.40)
Q2 2020 (170.21) (361.2 %) (0.57) - (170.21) (0.57)
Q3 2020 (176.99) (380.8 %) (0.59) 9.21 (186.20) (0.62)
Q4 2020 (748.12) (7520.4 %) (2.49) (632.15) (115.97) (0.39)
Q1 2021 (129.98) (111.7 %) (0.43) - (129.98) (0.43)
Q2 2021 (98.56) 42.1 % (0.33) - (98.56) (0.33)
Q3 2021 (72.27) 59.2 % (0.24) - (72.27) (0.24)
Q4 2021 (70.73) 90.5 % (0.24) 68.50 (139.22) (0.46)
Q1 2022 (63.26) 51.3 % (0.21) - (63.26) (0.21)
Q2 2022 (69.08) 29.9 % (0.23) - (69.08) (0.23)
Q3 2022 53.42 173.9 % 0.18 48.46 4.95 0.02
Q4 2022 31.19 144.1 % 0.10 0.11 31.08 0.10
Q1 2023 55.49 187.7 % 0.18 - 55.49 0.18
Q2 2023 68.50 199.2 % 0.23 14.92 53.58 0.18

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2014 21.60 % 15.06 % 14.99 %
Q2 2014 21.71 % 15.24 % 15.23 %
Q3 2014 21.82 % 15.06 % 14.92 %
Q4 2014 21.04 % 14.66 % 14.53 %
Q1 2015 21.06 % 14.63 % 14.31 %
Q2 2015 20.86 % 14.45 % 14.23 %
Q3 2015 20.65 % 14.19 % 14.36 %
Q4 2015 20.75 % 13.90 % 14.24 %
Q1 2016 24.99 % 16.54 % 16.52 %
Q2 2016 33.02 % 21.81 % 20.75 %
Q3 2016 44.75 % 29.96 % 26.09 %
Q4 2016 77.90 % 51.05 % 41.27 %
Q1 2017 77.75 % 49.56 % 38.81 %
Q2 2017 75.16 % 45.21 % 33.14 %
Q3 2017 74.95 % 42.99 % 30.56 %
Q4 2017 76.08 % 42.76 % 27.11 %
Q1 2018 75.96 % 41.52 % 25.34 %
Q2 2018 76.05 % 39.38 % 17.43 %
Q3 2018 71.73 % 36.75 % 14.33 %
Q4 2018 65.07 % 33.89 % 15.26 %
Q1 2019 61.85 % 30.64 % 12.30 %
Q2 2019 58.89 % 27.16 % 13.57 %
Q3 2019 57.95 % 25.13 % 12.41 %
Q4 2019 55.83 % 25.28 % 10.07 %
Q1 2020 53.34 % 19.61 % 3.06 %
Q2 2020 47.50 % 11.42 % (9.55 %)
Q3 2020 41.07 % (4.57 %) (32.92 %)
Q4 2020 33.93 % (28.19 %) (65.63 %)
Q1 2021 25.98 % (41.70 %) (86.77 %)
Q2 2021 39.03 % (22.46 %) (63.06 %)
Q3 2021 45.32 % (5.10 %) (39.00 %)
Q4 2021 45.68 % (3.31 %) (33.12 %)
Q1 2022 44.33 % 3.21 % (23.29 %)
Q2 2022 41.18 % 3.76 % (18.67 %)
Q3 2022 41.68 % 11.73 % (13.43 %)
Q4 2022 43.71 % 14.23 % (4.55 %)
Q1 2023 43.86 % 18.31 % 0.92 %
Q2 2023 45.31 % 22.19 % 5.50 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2014 286.19 3.63 3.40 7.88
Q2 2014 286.19 3.73 3.62 9.26
Q3 2014 286.19 3.83 3.71 9.12
Q4 2014 286.19 3.91 3.92 9.93
Q1 2015 286.19 3.93 4.04 10.83
Q2 2015 286.19 4.04 4.22 12.25
Q3 2015 286.19 4.12 4.33 13.14
Q4 2015 286.19 4.06 4.29 13.88
Q1 2016 300.00 3.56 3.86 16.80
Q2 2016 300.00 3.23 3.63 17.77
Q3 2016 300.00 2.97 3.36 18.39
Q4 2016 300.00 2.71 2.95 18.67
Q1 2017 300.00 2.53 2.69 19.17
Q2 2017 300.00 2.25 2.24 19.90
Q3 2017 300.00 2.06 2.03 20.03
Q4 2017 300.00 1.66 1.90 20.12
Q1 2018 300.00 1.49 1.79 20.02
Q2 2018 300.00 1.14 1.21 20.32
Q3 2018 300.00 (0.49) 1.05 18.85
Q4 2018 300.00 (0.48) 1.12 18.76
Q1 2019 300.00 (0.61) 0.91 19.04
Q2 2019 300.00 (0.75) 1.01 19.24
Q3 2019 300.00 0.64 0.93 19.33
Q4 2019 300.00 0.62 0.76 19.45
Q1 2020 300.00 4.17 0.22 23.18
Q2 2020 300.00 3.39 (0.56) 22.63
Q3 2020 300.00 2.59 (1.39) 22.07
Q4 2020 300.00 0.06 (1.98) 19.70
Q1 2021 300.00 (4.08) (2.01) 19.19
Q2 2021 300.00 (3.85) (1.77) 18.83
Q3 2021 300.00 (3.50) (1.39) 18.63
Q4 2021 300.00 (1.24) (1.47) 18.36
Q1 2022 300.00 (1.02) (1.24) 18.00
Q2 2022 300.00 (0.92) (1.15) 17.55
Q3 2022 300.00 (0.50) (0.89) 17.82
Q4 2022 300.00 (0.16) (0.32) 18.07
Q1 2023 300.00 0.24 0.07 18.30
Q2 2023 300.00 0.70 0.48 18.73

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2014 17.26 18.42 7.96
Q2 2014 17.68 18.20 7.12
Q3 2014 20.73 21.37 8.70
Q4 2014 16.73 16.71 6.59
Q1 2015 18.82 18.32 6.83
Q2 2015 17.93 17.18 5.91
Q3 2015 13.59 12.91 4.25
Q4 2015 13.06 12.35 3.82
Q1 2016 6.89 6.34 1.46
Q2 2016 7.81 6.94 1.42
Q3 2016 6.53 5.77 1.05
Q4 2016 9.45 8.69 1.37
Q1 2017 8.50 8.01 1.12
Q2 2017 9.65 9.68 1.09
Q3 2017 11.73 11.92 1.21
Q4 2017 11.41 9.93 0.94
Q1 2018 13.50 11.18 1.00
Q2 2018 16.53 15.54 0.92
Q3 2018 NEG 15.39 0.86
Q4 2018 NEG 12.54 0.75
Q1 2019 NEG 21.88 1.05
Q2 2019 NEG 17.77 0.93
Q3 2019 28.89 19.97 0.96
Q4 2019 35.40 28.63 1.13
Q1 2020 3.33 62.98 0.60
Q2 2020 4.72 NEG 0.71
Q3 2020 7.39 NEG 0.87
Q4 2020 More than 100 NEG 0.96
Q1 2021 NEG NEG 0.98
Q2 2021 NEG NEG 1.15
Q3 2021 NEG NEG 1.17
Q4 2021 NEG NEG 0.94
Q1 2022 NEG NEG 1.17
Q2 2022 NEG NEG 0.91
Q3 2022 NEG NEG 1.08
Q4 2022 NEG NEG 0.96
Q1 2023 94.04 More than 100 1.22
Q2 2023 38.18 54.89 1.42

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period Tourism Transportation Ticketing Hospitality sector Other sectors Property rentals Airline tickets / Travel and Tourism Reservations Shipping Transportation and other Eliminations
Q1 2014 - - - - - - 1,742.78 33.01 14.52 -
Q2 2014 - - - - - - 1,925.79 39.55 12.62 -
Q3 2014 - - - - - - 1,690.47 49.80 19.19 -
Q4 2014 - - - - - - 2,098.82 39.06 45.78 -
Q1 2015 - - - - - - 2,046.43 32.89 73.26 -
Q2 2015 - - - - - - 2,257.11 51.89 77.88 -
Q3 2015 - - - - - - 1,787.27 38.38 81.06 -
Q4 2015 - - - - - - 2,055.07 36.69 93.11 -
Q1 2016 149.27 23.18 357.28 - 4.34 8.72 - - - (7.83)
Q2 2016 120.62 26.28 467.13 - 4.97 10.29 - - - (7.91)
Q3 2016 156.10 25.72 333.85 - 4.83 12.15 - - - (9.20)
Q4 2016 96.70 32.27 315.63 - 4.27 18.86 - - - (3.06)
Q1 2017 145.68 25.85 282.25 8.95 2.93 0.97 - - - -
Q2 2017 136.84 36.13 366.27 14.15 19.78 14.97 - - - (14.62)
Q3 2017 154.44 53.65 258.80 19.68 - 26.23 - - - (17.88)
Q4 2017 145.68 44.29 555.26 - 6.66 21.31 - - - (195.33)
Q1 2018 151.78 45.42 269.24 11.85 10.54 20.00 - - - (27.13)
Q2 2018 131.80 48.00 326.63 26.92 6.68 15.00 - - - (24.12)
Q3 2018 155.22 313.69 222.04 36.09 2.58 17.50 - - - (23.83)
Q4 2018 97.85 195.51 258.19 4.17 3.47 23.84 - - - (17.61)
Q1 2019 152.84 102.35 234.05 13.06 8.16 15.00 - - - (15.89)
Q2 2019 122.88 118.89 263.03 26.44 5.58 20.00 - - - (22.30)
Q3 2019 151.63 138.88 231.54 27.02 4.05 17.50 - - - (18.35)
Q4 2019 165.59 184.09 229.65 11.93 11.54 19.16 - - - (28.07)
Q1 2020 129.28 153.46 107.21 16.12 8.19 10.21 - - - (27.80)
Q2 2020 9.89 90.09 6.34 24.54 2.57 (2.86) - - - 7.67
Q3 2020 18.74 108.13 13.57 5.52 5.22 (4.18) - - - (5.03)
Q1 2021 26.85 125.20 28.26 5.13 7.76 1.31 - - - (8.25)
Q2 2021 48.82 129.01 92.45 12.27 10.19 1.41 - - - (8.63)
Q3 2021 102.56 149.38 111.00 4.66 7.30 1.44 - - - (7.11)
Q4 2021 207.53 158.94 102.87 13.76 14.82 1.30 - - - (11.77)
Q1 2022 189.85 179.28 69.66 17.42 12.55 1.72 - - - (9.69)
Q2 2022 199.75 177.55 107.48 27.27 18.71 0.19 - - - (6.54)
Q3 2022 206.77 194.44 69.75 26.32 19.48 1.08 - - - (5.84)
Q4 2022 212.72 273.52 113.48 25.12 (2.10) 2.18 - - - (7.73)
Q1 2023 358.99 275.51 123.90 30.39 13.20 2.74 - - - (10.40)
Q2 2023 257.65 240.37 124.63 44.43 35.78 20.95 - - - (7.63)

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Q2 2023 (e) Q2 2023 (a) Change‬
Average 75.40 68.50 (9.2 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Q2 2023 (e) Q2 2023 (a) Change
SNB Capital 69.80 68.50 (1.9) %
HSBC 60.00 68.50 14.2 %
AlJazira Capital 80.00 68.50 (14.4) %
OSOOL AND BAKHEET 91.80 68.50 (25.4) %

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 6,750.00
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 8,134.30
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 300.00
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) 0.80
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 22.32
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) More than 100
P/E (TTM) 28.12
Price/book 1.01
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) 2.2
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) 3.7

Share Price

22.50
(0.22) (0.97 %)

Seera Group Holding (SEERA)


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