Northern Cement profit down 14% to SAR 64.8 mln in 9M 2023; Q3 at SAR 23.9 mln

Northern Cement profit down 14% to SAR 64.8 mln in 9M 2023; Q3 at SAR 23.9 mln

07/11/2023 Argaam Exclusive

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Northern Region Cement Co. reported a net profit of SAR 64.8 million in the first nine months of 2023, a 14% decline compared to SAR 75.4 million in the year-ago period.



Financials (M)

Item 9m 2022 9m 2023 Change‬
Revenues 432.94 514.23 18.8 %
Gross Income 147.10 139.62 (5.1 %)
Operating Income 95.43 88.86 (6.9 %)
Net Income 75.43 64.19 (14.9 %)
Average Shares 180.00 180.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.42 0.36 (14.9 %)

The profit hike was attributed to the increase in financing costs, despite the higher sales volume and increased returns from external investments.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q3 2022 Q3 2023 Change‬
Revenues 166.26 175.20 5.4 %
Gross Income 62.00 55.53 (10.4 %)
Operating Income 32.82 35.96 9.5 %
Net Income 27.56 23.26 (15.6 %)
Average Shares 180.00 180.00 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.15 0.13 (15.6 %)

In Q3 2023, the net profit saw a 13% fall to SAR 23.9 million from SAR 27.6 million the year before, due to higher financing costs.

 

Sequentially, the cement producer’s net profit rose 22.3% from SAR 19.5 million in Q2 2023.

 

Shareholders’ equity, excluding minority interest, amounted to SAR 2.24 billion as of Sept. 30, 2023, from SAR 2.23 billion in the year-earlier period.



Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Net Income Change EPS(Riyal)
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
Q3 2021 128.10 (25.9 %) 42.02 (13.7 %) 18.36 (14.7 %) 0.10
Q4 2021 126.62 (23.9 %) 61.68 15.0 % 35.13 (21.3 %) 0.20
Q1 2022 133.26 (17.7 %) 46.47 (13.7 %) 23.24 (26.6 %) 0.13
Q2 2022 133.42 (8.2 %) 49.54 17.1 % 24.64 17.8 % 0.14
Q3 2022 166.26 29.8 % 62.00 47.6 % 27.56 50.1 % 0.15
Q4 2022 185.02 46.1 % 76.93 24.7 % 36.59 4.2 % 0.20
Q1 2023 181.09 35.9 % 48.14 3.6 % 21.40 (7.9 %) 0.12
Q2 2023 157.94 18.4 % 40.14 (19.0 %) 19.52 (20.7 %) 0.11
Q3 2023 175.20 5.4 % 55.53 (10.4 %) 23.26 (15.6 %) 0.13

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
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 %
Q3 2021 31.88 % 33.16 % 19.21 %
Q4 2021 35.57 % 35.16 % 17.50 %
Q1 2022 36.09 % 35.94 % 16.86 %
Q2 2022 38.30 % 37.68 % 17.96 %
Q3 2022 39.26 % 37.04 % 18.38 %
Q4 2022 38.02 % 34.50 % 18.13 %
Q1 2023 35.54 % 32.31 % 16.55 %
Q2 2023 32.91 % 30.07 % 15.22 %
Q3 2023 31.57 % 30.19 % 14.41 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
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
Q3 2021 180.00 0.64 0.64 12.12
Q4 2021 180.00 0.59 0.55 12.27
Q1 2022 180.00 0.54 0.50 12.41
Q2 2022 180.00 0.56 0.52 12.29
Q3 2022 180.00 0.61 0.57 12.44
Q4 2022 180.00 0.62 0.62 12.38
Q1 2023 180.00 0.61 0.61 12.49
Q2 2023 180.00 0.58 0.58 12.35
Q3 2023 180.00 0.56 0.56 12.49

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
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
Q3 2021 25.33 25.33 1.34
Q4 2021 22.78 24.57 1.09
Q1 2022 26.81 29.11 1.17
Q2 2022 20.71 22.42 0.95
Q3 2022 18.30 19.68 0.90
Q4 2022 17.32 17.32 0.87
Q1 2023 18.23 18.23 0.89
Q2 2023 20.49 20.49 0.97
Q3 2023 19.68 19.68 0.88

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period Clinker Cement White Cement White Clinker Pozzolana

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item Q3 2023 (e) Q3 2023 (a) Change‬
Average 26.00 23.26 (10.5 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item Q3 2023 (e) Q3 2023 (a) Change
Hermes 26.00 23.26 (10.5) %

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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