Tadawul sees SAR 633.5B sukuk, bond issuances in Q4 2024

29/01/2025 Argaam Special
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The total value of Saudi-listed sukuk and bond issuances rose by 4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to about SAR 633.5 billion by the end of the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Saudi Exchange’s (Tadawul) quarterly Debt Market Report.

 

Likewise, the total traded value decreased 65% to nearly SAR 3.31 billion in Q4 2024, from SAR 9.34 billion in Q3 2024.

 

The total number of transactions also fell to 10,273 in the three-month period, compared to 11,104 deals in Q3 2024.

 

The total number of issuances of listed sukuk and bonds amounted to 61 in Q4 2024, compared to 62 in Q3 2024.

 

Meanwhile, the ratio of listed sukuk and bonds to GDP inched down to 15.6% in Q4 2024, from 17.6% in Q3 2024.

 

Details of Listed Sukuk & Bond Issuances​

Period

Value

(SAR bln)

Change

(SAR bln)

Change QoQ

Q1 2020

358.0

--

--

Q2

392.2

+34.2

+10%

Q3

393.4

+1.2

+0.3%

Q4

387.8

(5.6)

(1%)

Q1 2021

399.9

+12.1

+3%

Q2

423.3

+23.3

+6%

Q3

451.7

+28.5

+7%

Q4

461.4

+9.7

+2%

Q1 2022

488.0

+26.6

+6%

Q2

512.4

+24.4

+5%

Q3

511.3

(1.1)

(0.2%)

Q4

525.3

+14.1

+3%

Q1 2023

527.0

+1.6

+0.3%

Q2

529.8

+2.8

+1%

Q3

534.7

+5.0

+1%

Q4

549.8

+15.1

+3%

Q1 2024

564.0

+14.1

+3%

Q2

601.8

+37.8

+7%

Q3

610.7

+9.0

+1%

Q4

633.5

+22.8

+4%

 
 

The value of listed government sukuk and bonds at the end of Q4 2024 represented about 97.4% (nearly SAR 617 billion) of total issuances.

 

Meanwhile, sukuk and bonds of listed companies accounted for 2.6% (SAR 16.5 billion) of the fourth-quarter total, as shown in the table below:

 

Volume of Listed Sukuk & Bond Issuances​

Period

Gov’t Sukuk & Bonds​

Corporate Sukuk & Bonds​

Value

(SAR bln)

Ratio

(%)

Value

(SAR bln)

Ratio

(%)

Q1 2020

334.9

93.5 %

23.1

6.5%

Q2

369.6

94.2 %

22.6

5.8%

Q3

370.8

94.2 %

22.6

5.8%

Q4

365.7

94.3 %

22.1

5.7%

Q1 2021

377.8

4.5 %

22.1

5.5%

Q2

401.3

94.8 %

22.0

5.2%

Q3

429.7

95.1 %

22.0

4.9%

Q4

439.8

95.3 %

21.6

4.7%

Q1 2022

466.4

95.6 %

21.6

4.4%

Q2

496.8

97.0 %

15.6

3.0%

Q3

499.6

97.7 %

11.7

2.3%

Q4

503.9

95.9 %

21.4

4.1%

Q1 2023

505.6

95.9 %

21.4

4.1%

Q2

509.7

96.2 %

20.0

3.8 %

Q3

514.7

96.3 %

20.0

3.7 %

Q4

529.8

96.4 %

20.0

3.6 %

Q1 2024

547.4

97.1 %

16.5

2.9 %

Q2

585.2

97.2 %

16.5

2.8 %

Q3

594.2

97.3 %

16.5

2.7 %

Q4

617.0

97.4 %

16.5

2.6 %

 

In Q4 2024, Saudis owned debt instruments worth about SAR 624.9 billion, representing 98.6% of the total.

 

Foreign investors’ ownership amounted to nearly SAR 6.6 billion, while GCC investors held SAR 2 billion, as the following table shows:

 

Ownership by Nationality

Nationality

Value (SAR bln)

Ratio (%)

Saudis

624.87

98.6 %

Foreigners

6.64

1.1 %

GCC

2.00

0.3 %

Total

633.51

100%

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