Analysis of Umm Al-Qura Cement’s average selling price/ton, margins, market share in Q2 2022

01/09/2022 Argaam Special
Logo ofUmm Al-Qura Cement Co.

Logo of Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. 


Sales of Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. declined nearly 7% to SAR 59.48 million in the second quarter of 2022 from SAR 63.90 million in the year-earlier period.

 

Likewise, gross profit margins fell to more than a three-year low at 29% in Q2 2022, compared to 44% and 35% in Q2 2021 and Q1 2022, respectively.

 

 

The company's average selling prices decreased by 14.5% YoY to SAR 161.2/ton in Q2 2022 from SAR 188.5/ton.

 

Meanwhile, the average production cost rose by 7.1% to SAR 124.6/ton in Q2 2022, compared to SAR 116.4/ton in Q2 2021.

 

Company’s Selling Prices vs. Cost

Period

Sales Value

(SAR mln)

Average Selling Price

(SAR/ton)

Average Cost

(SAR/ton)

2021

Q1

90.4

191.5

(111.4)

Q2

63.9

188.5

(116.4)

Q3

57.0

181.4

(120.5)

Q4

67.6

167.7

(116.0)

 2022

Q1

65.6

163.6

(114.2)

Q2

59.5

161.2

(124.6)

 

Umm Al-Qura Cement’s market share grew to 3.3% of the sector's total sales in Q2 2022, compared to 2.9% in Q2 2021. This was due to an 8.8% increase in sales volumes.

 

Sales Market Share

Period

Sector’s Total Sales 

(’000 tons) 

Company's Total Sales 

(’000 tons) 

 

Market Share 

(%) 

2021

Q1

15,819

472

3.0 %

Q2

11,818

339

2.9 %

Q3

11,808

314

2.7 %

Q4

13,992

403

2.9 %

 2022

Q1

14,223

401

2.8 %

Q2

11,058

369

3.3%

 

The company's stockpile amounted to 2.55 million tons by the end of June 2022, accounting for 7.2% of the sector's total clinker inventory.

 

Umm Al-Qura’s Share in Clinker Inventory (mln tons)

Period

Sector’s Total Clinker Inventory

Clinker Inventory

(Umm Al-Qura)

Company's Share

2021

March, 2021

32.72

2.05

6.3%

June 2021

32.91

2.22

6.7%

Sept. 2021

34.55

2.35

6.8%

Dec. 2021

34.99

2.42

6.9%

2022

March, 2022

33.69

2.55

7.6%

June 2022

35.66

2.55

7.2%

 

Umm Al-Qura Cement’s monthly average sales stood at 124,000 tons. Accordingly, the company needs around 21 months to offload its stockpiles.

 

Clinker Inventory (Umm Al-Qura)

Inventory Volume
(mln tons)

Monthly Selling Average
(‘000 tons)

Inventory

Offload Period (month)

2.55

124

21

 

The company reported a net profit of SAR 8.3 million in Q2 2022, a 54.8% decrease from SAR 18.41 million in the year-ago period. The cement producer cited lower sales volume and reduced prices for the profit decline, in addition to a 16.7% increase in production cost, as well as higher selling and marketing expenses.

 

Income Statement (SAR mln)

Period

Q2 2021

Q3 2021

Q4 2021

Q1 2022

Q2 2022

Sales

63.9

57.0

67.6

65.6

59.5

Gross Profit Margin

43.7%

39.3%

36.3%

35.3%

29.5%

Expenses

(3.5)

(3.3)

(3.7)

(3.4)

(4.0)

Financing Charges

(4.3)

(4.7)

(3.6)

(4.4)

(3.2)

Net Profit

18.4

12.5

16.1

13.9

8.3

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