MEPCO's H1 net profit falls 80% to SAR 21.4 mln

31/07/2017 Argaam Exclusive

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Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) reported a net profit of SAR 21.42 million in the first half of 2017, a 79.6 percent plunge year-on-year (YoY), attributed to recording nearly SAR 92 million in non-recurring profit from expropriated land and premises in Q2 2016, in addition to higher financing expenses.



Financials (M)

Item 6m 2016 6m 2017 Change‬
Revenues 341.36 353.22 3.5 %
Gross Income 77.17 77.09 (0.1 %)
Operating Income 27.53 36.58 32.9 %
Net Income 105.09 21.43 (79.6 %)
Average Shares 66.67 66.67 -
EPS (Riyals) 1.58 0.32 (79.6 %)

The Saudi company’s net profit for the second quarter dropped 79.4 percent YoY to SAR 18.17 million.

 

When compared to the previous quarter, Q2 2017 net profit increased more than five-fold on higher sales and selling prices, and lower selling and distribution expenses.



Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The
Item Q2 2016 Q2 2017 Change‬
Revenues 164.82 186.72 13.3 %
Gross Income 28.37 45.42 60.1 %
Operating Income 3.01 25.51 749.0 %
Net Income 88.31 18.18 (79.4 %)
Average Shares 66.67 66.67 -
EPS (Riyals) 1.32 0.27 (79.4 %)


Financial results (Million)

Period Revenues Change Gross Income Change Net Income Change EPS(Riyal)
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 - 11.26 - 0.17
Q2 2013 195.47 - 50.61 - 22.76 - 0.34
Q3 2013 200.50 - 61.21 - 31.50 - 0.47
Q4 2013 188.35 - 50.81 - 22.56 - 0.34
Q1 2014 200.96 14.3 % 52.97 28.3 % 22.83 102.7 % 0.34
Q2 2014 203.05 3.9 % 59.04 16.7 % 29.26 28.6 % 0.44
Q3 2014 219.60 9.5 % 68.98 12.7 % 36.35 15.4 % 0.55
Q4 2014 202.50 7.5 % 53.41 5.1 % 22.91 1.5 % 0.34
Q1 2015 184.71 (8.1 %) 47.14 (11.0 %) 23.20 1.6 % 0.35
Q2 2015 184.14 (9.3 %) 48.17 (18.4 %) 19.57 (33.1 %) 0.29
Q3 2015 172.83 (21.3 %) 41.85 (39.3 %) 9.58 (73.6 %) 0.14
Q4 2015 139.50 (31.1 %) 35.70 (33.2 %) 2.77 (87.9 %) 0.04
Q1 2016 176.54 (4.4 %) 48.80 3.5 % 16.78 (27.7 %) 0.25
Q2 2016 164.82 (10.5 %) 28.37 (41.1 %) 88.31 351.3 % 1.32
Q3 2016 148.13 (14.3 %) 28.76 (31.3 %) 2.28 (76.2 %) 0.03
Q4 2016 144.91 3.9 % 25.36 (29.0 %) (12.46) (550.0 %) (0.19)
Q1 2017 166.50 (5.7 %) 31.67 (35.1 %) 3.25 (80.6 %) 0.05
Q2 2017 186.72 13.3 % 45.42 60.1 % 18.18 (79.4 %) 0.27

Profitability

Period Gross Margin OIBDA Margin Net Margin Before Unusual Items
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 %
Q1 2016 25.93 % 25.91 % 7.23 %
Q2 2016 23.67 % 22.33 % 3.90 %
Q3 2016 22.52 % 20.72 % 2.89 %
Q4 2016 20.69 % 17.73 % 0.46 %
Q1 2017 18.28 % 16.26 % (1.69 %)
Q2 2017 20.30 % 19.74 % 1.74 %


Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The
Period Shares Outstanding (M) EPS (Riyal) Adjusted EPS (Riyal) Book Value (BV)
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
Q1 2016 66.67 0.73 0.73 9.62
Q2 2016 66.67 1.76 0.38 10.57
Q3 2016 66.67 1.65 0.27 10.59
Q4 2016 66.67 1.42 0.04 10.40
Q1 2017 66.67 1.22 (0.16) 10.45
Q2 2017 66.67 0.17 0.17 10.16

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The
Period P/E Adjusted P/E Price/book
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
Q1 2016 24.74 24.74 1.88
Q2 2016 10.23 47.15 1.71
Q3 2016 8.19 49.60 1.28
Q4 2016 11.33 More than 100 1.55
Q1 2017 13.51 NEG 1.58
Q2 2017 82.07 82.07 1.36

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)
Q1 2016 167.90 61.40 (52.77)
Q2 2016 147.30 58.38 (40.87)
Q3 2016 137.14 62.02 (51.03)
Q4 2016 139.15 59.06 (53.30)
Q1 2017 150.79 75.52 (59.81)
Q2 2017 175.55 79.95 (68.78)

Current
Market Cap (M Riyal) 3,514.47
Enterprise Value (EV) (M) 3,418.33
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 2.11
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM) (4.03 )
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM) (6.48 )

Share Price

40.55
0.30 0.75 %

Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO)


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