Saudi cement firms Q2 profit seen to drop 52%

13/07/2017 Argaam Exclusive

Saudi cement companies are expected to post a combined net profit of SAR 620.2 million, down 51.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q2 2017, data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Tabuk Cement is seen making the biggest profit slump of 81 percent YoY to SAR 4 million.

 

Hail Cement is forecasted to report a profit decline of 72.9 percent YoY to SAR 7.50 million.

 

Northern Province Cement is also projected to post a 71.2 percent plunge in profit YoY to SAR 14 million.

Analyst Estimates (Net Income)

Company No. of Analysts 2016 - Q2 (a) 2017 - Q2 (e) Difference
SAUDI CEMENT 10 249.46 137.95 (44.7 %)
YC 10 116.29 53.30 (54.2 %)
QACCO 9 113.90 65.76 (42.3 %)
YCC 9 159.23 92.87 (41.7 %)
SPCC 8 267.98 94.44 (64.8 %)
ACC 6 141.00 71.10 (49.6 %)
EPCCO 4 47.33 41.43 (12.5 %)
CITY CEMENT 2 64.16 29.90 (53.4 %)
TCC 1 21.08 4.00 (81.0 %)
HCC 1 26.84 7.50 (72.1 %)
JOUF CEMENT 1 22.74 8.00 (64.8 %)
NORTHERN CEMENT 1 48.66 14.00 (71.2 %)
Total 10 1,278.66 620.23 (51.5 %)

EFG-Hermes has issued forecasts for 11 cement producers, while Albilad Capital issued estimates for three companies.

Estimates per Analyst

Hermes AlJazira Capital SNB Capital Al Rajhi Capital Value Capital Sico OSOOL AND BAKHEET Riyad Capital HSBC Albilad Capital Average
SAUDI CEMENT 136.00 136.10 144.00 138.00 133.20 108.00 153.20 127.00 160.00 144.00 137.95
YC 44.10 46.80 51.00 59.00 41.80 80.00 56.30 52.00 49.00 53.00 53.30
QACCO 62.00 65.50 70.00 67.00 77.70 55.00 72.60 64.00 58.00 - 65.76
YCC 86.00 90.70 97.00 97.00 109.10 70.00 - 92.00 99.00 95.00 92.87
SPCC 101.00 91.30 100.00 99.00 85.40 83.00 99.80 96.00 - - 94.44
ACC 80.00 79.10 68.00 74.00 69.50 56.00 - - - - 71.10
EPCCO 35.00 45.00 39.00 - - - 46.70 - - - 41.43
CITY CEMENT 29.00 30.80 - - - - - - - - 29.90
TCC 4.00 - - - - - - - - - 4.00
HCC - - - - - - 7.50 - - - 7.50
JOUF CEMENT 8.00 - - - - - - - - - 8.00
NORTHERN CEMENT 14.00 - - - - - - - - - 14.00

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