Saud Qahtani posts 75% profit hike in Q1 2018 on higher sales

24/02/2019 Argaam

 

Saud Qahtani Auction Co. has generated SAR 5.24 million in profit, up by around 75 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 2018, the company said in a statement.

 

Income Statement (SAR mln)

Period

 Q1 2017

Q1 2018

Variation

Revenue

5.43

8.06

+48%

Net Profit

3.00

5.24

+75%

Average number of shares (mln)

2.00

2.00

--

EPS (SAR/share)

1.50

2.62

+75%

 

The profit rise was attributed to a sales increase of SAR 2.6 million, or 48 percent YoY. Additionally, profit margins for the same period improved to 74 percent in Q1 2018, compared to 66 percent in year-earlier period.

 

Sales and Net Profit (SAR mln)

Period

2016

2017

Variation

Revenue

29.43

29.22

(1%)

Net Profit

18.87

19.24

+2%

Average number of shares (mln)

2.00

2.00

--

EPS (SAR/share)

9.43

9.62

+2%

 

Balance Sheet (SAR mln)

Period

2016

2017

March 2018

Cash & cash equivalent

8.27

5.45

5.35

Current assets

16.73

33.02

21.17

Non-current assets

11.64

10.99

28.26

Total assets

28.36

44.01

49.43

Current liabilities

3.42

3.47

5.15

Non-current liablities

5.87

0.67

9.91

Total liabilities

9.29

4.14

15.06

Capital

0.100

20.00

20.00

Shareholders’ equity

19.07

39.87

34.37

 

The company’s initial public offering (IPO) on Nomu Parallel Market began on Feb. 14 and will run until Mar. 4. The company will float 780,000 ordinary shares, or 39 percent of its SAR 20 million capital to qualified investors, Argaam earlier reported.

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