MEPCO’s net profit plunges 51% to SAR 55 mln in FY15

21/01/2016 Argaam Exclusive

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Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO) has reported a net profit of SAR 55.12 million for the 2015 fiscal year (FY); a sharp decline of 21 percent year-on-year (YOY) due to lower sales prices, a decline in sales and higher freight costs.



Financials (M)

Item 2014 2015 Change‬
Revenues 826.43 681.17 (17.6 %)
Gross Income 234.71 172.86 (26.4 %)
Operating Income 141.99 81.87 (42.3 %)
Net Income 111.34 55.12 (50.5 %)
Average Shares 66.67 66.67 -
EPS (Riyals) 1.67 0.83 (50.5 %)

 

The company’s net profit in Q4-2015 plunged 88 percent YOY to SAR 2.77. Profit for the quarter also fell by 71 percent when compared to Q3-2015.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q4 2014 Q4 2015 Change‬
Revenues 202.50 139.50 (31.1 %)
Gross Income 53.41 35.70 (33.2 %)
Operating Income 31.88 10.55 (66.9 %)
Net Income 22.91 2.77 (87.9 %)
Average Shares 66.67 66.67 -
EPS (Riyals) 0.34 0.04 (87.9 %)


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Operating Income Change
Q1 2006 - - - - - -
Q2 2006 - - - - - -
Q3 2006 - - - - - -
Q4 2006 - - - - - -
Q1 2007 - - - - - -
Q2 2007 - - - - - -
Q3 2007 - - - - - -
Q4 2007 - - - - - -
Q1 2008 - - - - - -
Q2 2008 - - - - - -
Q3 2008 - - - - - -
Q4 2008 - - - - - -
Q1 2009 - - - - - -
Q2 2009 - - - - - -
Q3 2009 - - - - - -
Q4 2009 - - - - - -
Q1 2010 - - - - - -
Q2 2010 - - - - - -
Q3 2010 - - - - - -
Q4 2010 - - - - - -
Q1 2011 - - - - - -
Q2 2011 - - - - - -
Q3 2011 - - - - - -
Q4 2011 - - - - - -
Q1 2012 - - - - - -
Q2 2012 - - - - - -
Q3 2012 - - - - - -
Q4 2012 - - - - - -
Q1 2013 175.85 - 41.28 - 20.60 -
Q2 2013 195.47 - 50.61 - 29.56 -
Q3 2013 200.50 - 61.21 - 41.72 -
Q4 2013 188.35 - 50.81 - 32.76 -
Q1 2014 200.96 14.3 % 52.97 28.3 % 29.65 44.0 %
Q2 2014 203.05 3.9 % 59.04 16.7 % 36.78 24.4 %
Q3 2014 219.60 9.5 % 68.98 12.7 % 43.91 5.3 %
Q4 2014 202.50 7.5 % 53.41 5.1 % 31.88 (2.7 %)
Q1 2015 184.71 (8.1 %) 47.14 (11.0 %) 28.15 (5.1 %)
Q2 2015 184.14 (9.3 %) 48.17 (18.4 %) 26.28 (28.5 %)
Q3 2015 172.83 (21.3 %) 41.85 (39.3 %) 16.89 (61.5 %)
Q4 2015 139.50 (31.1 %) 35.70 (33.2 %) 10.55 (66.9 %)
2015 681.17 (17.6 %) 172.86 (26.4 %) 81.87 (42.3 %)


Profit Performance (Million)

Period Net Income Change EPS(Riyal) Extraordinary Income/Expense Net Profit Before Unusual Items EPS Before XO Items
Q1 2006 - - - - - -
Q2 2006 - - - - - -
Q3 2006 - - - - - -
Q4 2006 - - - - - -
Q1 2007 - - - - - -
Q2 2007 - - - - - -
Q3 2007 - - - - - -
Q4 2007 - - - - - -
Q1 2008 - - - - - -
Q2 2008 - - - - - -
Q3 2008 - - - - - -
Q4 2008 - - - - - -
Q1 2009 - - - - - -
Q2 2009 - - - - - -
Q3 2009 - - - - - -
Q4 2009 - - - - - -
Q1 2010 - - - - - -
Q2 2010 - - - - - -
Q3 2010 - - - - - -
Q4 2010 - - - - - -
Q1 2011 - - - - - -
Q2 2011 - - - - - -
Q3 2011 - - - - - -
Q4 2011 - - - - - -
Q1 2012 - - - - - -
Q2 2012 - - - - - -
Q3 2012 - - - - - -
Q4 2012 - - - - - -
Q1 2013 11.26 - 0.17 - 11.26 0.17
Q2 2013 22.76 - 0.34 - 22.76 0.34
Q3 2013 31.50 - 0.47 - 31.50 0.47
Q4 2013 22.56 - 0.34 - 22.56 0.34
Q1 2014 22.83 102.7 % 0.34 - 22.83 0.34
Q2 2014 29.26 28.6 % 0.44 - 29.26 0.44
Q3 2014 36.35 15.4 % 0.55 - 36.35 0.55
Q4 2014 22.91 1.5 % 0.34 - 22.91 0.34
Q1 2015 23.20 1.6 % 0.35 - 23.20 0.35
Q2 2015 19.57 (33.1 %) 0.29 - 19.57 0.29
Q3 2015 9.58 (73.6 %) 0.14 - 9.58 0.14
Q4 2015 2.77 (87.9 %) 0.04 - 2.77 0.04
2015 55.12 (50.5 %) 0.83 - 55.12 0.83

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2006 - - -
Q2 2006 - - -
Q3 2006 - - -
Q4 2006 - - -
Q1 2007 - - -
Q2 2007 - - -
Q3 2007 - - -
Q4 2007 - - -
Q1 2008 - - -
Q2 2008 - - -
Q3 2008 - - -
Q4 2008 - - -
Q1 2009 - - -
Q2 2009 - - -
Q3 2009 - - -
Q4 2009 - - -
Q1 2010 - - -
Q2 2010 - - -
Q3 2010 - - -
Q4 2010 - - -
Q1 2011 - - -
Q2 2011 - - -
Q3 2011 - - -
Q4 2011 - - -
Q1 2012 - - -
Q2 2012 - - -
Q3 2012 - - -
Q4 2012 - - -
Q1 2013 - - -
Q2 2013 - - -
Q3 2013 - - -
Q4 2013 26.82 % 26.56 % 11.59 %
Q1 2014 27.46 % 27.05 % 12.69 %
Q2 2014 28.26 % 28.06 % 13.39 %
Q3 2014 28.55 % 28.01 % 13.67 %
Q4 2014 28.37 % 27.86 % 13.48 %
Q1 2015 28.22 % 28.65 % 13.79 %
Q2 2015 27.52 % 28.28 % 12.90 %
Q3 2015 25.61 % 26.90 % 10.11 %
Q4 2015 25.38 % 26.78 % 8.09 %
2015 25.38 % 26.78 % 8.09 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
Q1 2006 - - - -
Q2 2006 - - - -
Q3 2006 - - - -
Q4 2006 - - - -
Q1 2007 - - - -
Q2 2007 - - - -
Q3 2007 - - - -
Q4 2007 - - - -
Q1 2008 - - - -
Q2 2008 - - - -
Q3 2008 - - - -
Q4 2008 - - - -
Q1 2009 - - - -
Q2 2009 - - - -
Q3 2009 - - - -
Q4 2009 - - - -
Q1 2010 - - - -
Q2 2010 - - - -
Q3 2010 - - - -
Q4 2010 66.67 - - 5.15
Q1 2011 - - - -
Q2 2011 - - - -
Q3 2011 - - - -
Q4 2011 66.67 - - 6.47
Q1 2012 - - - -
Q2 2012 - - - -
Q3 2012 - - - -
Q4 2012 66.67 - - 7.04
Q1 2013 66.67 - - 7.21
Q2 2013 66.67 - - 7.55
Q3 2013 66.67 - - 8.02
Q4 2013 66.67 1.32 1.32 7.99
Q1 2014 66.67 1.49 1.49 8.33
Q2 2014 66.67 1.59 1.59 8.15
Q3 2014 66.67 1.66 1.66 8.70
Q4 2014 66.67 1.67 1.67 9.04
Q1 2015 66.67 1.68 1.68 9.39
Q2 2015 66.67 1.53 1.53 9.68
Q3 2015 66.67 1.13 1.13 9.83
Q4 2015 66.67 0.83 0.83 9.87

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
Q1 2006 - - -
Q2 2006 - - -
Q3 2006 - - -
Q4 2006 - - -
Q1 2007 - - -
Q2 2007 - - -
Q3 2007 - - -
Q4 2007 - - -
Q1 2008 - - -
Q2 2008 - - -
Q3 2008 - - -
Q4 2008 - - -
Q1 2009 - - -
Q2 2009 - - -
Q3 2009 - - -
Q4 2009 - - -
Q1 2010 - - -
Q2 2010 - - -
Q3 2010 - - -
Q4 2010 - - -
Q1 2011 - - -
Q2 2011 - - -
Q3 2011 - - -
Q4 2011 - - -
Q1 2012 - - -
Q2 2012 - - -
Q3 2012 - - -
Q4 2012 - - -
Q1 2013 - - -
Q2 2013 - - -
Q3 2013 - - -
Q4 2013 - - -
Q1 2014 - - -
Q2 2014 - - -
Q3 2014 - - -
Q4 2014 - - -
Q1 2015 - - -
Q2 2015 26.14 26.14 4.13
Q3 2015 25.29 25.29 2.90
Q4 2015 30.07 30.07 2.52

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The
Period The industrial sector The commercial sector Disposals
Q1 2013 158.35 71.46 (53.97)
Q2 2013 178.71 81.47 (64.72)
Q3 2013 185.64 77.94 (63.08)
Q4 2013 178.20 71.61 (61.46)
Q1 2014 189.39 64.27 (52.69)
Q2 2014 186.73 82.23 (65.90)
Q3 2014 204.13 83.05 (67.58)
Q4 2014 190.08 90.98 (78.55)
Q1 2015 149.78 73.94 (39.01)
Q2 2015 170.79 72.52 (59.17)
Q3 2015 171.60 59.18 (57.94)
Q4 2015 142.39 54.31 (57.21)

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 3,479.80
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 3,383.66
Shares Outstanding ((M)) 86.67
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM) (1.06)
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal) 19.22
Par Value ( Riyal) 10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12) Neg
P/E (TTM) NEG
Price/book 2.09
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) (4.03 )
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) (6.48 )

Share Price

40.15
(0.25) (0.62 %)

Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO)


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