ACWA Power 9M 2023 net profit up 23% to SAR 1.08 bln; Q3 at SAR 397.9 mln

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ACWA Power reported a net profit of SAR 1.08 billion for the first nine months of 2023, an increase of 23% from SAR 883.4 million in the year-earlier period.

Financials (M)

Item	9m 2022	9m 2023	Change‬
Revenues	3,707.84	4,285.49	15.6 %
Gross Income	1,971.02	2,373.10	20.4 %
Operating Income	1,314.69	1,473.18	12.1 %
Net Income	883.42	1,082.08	22.5 %
Average Shares	732.56	732.56	-
EPS (Riyals)	1.21	1.48	22.5 %

This was driven by a rise in operating income before impairment and expenses on higher contribution from existing projects. The company also cited lower Zakat and tax charges on deferred tax credit.

Meanwhile, higher finance costs applied downward pressure on the net profit.

Current Quarter Comparison (M)

Compared With The

Item	Q3 2022	Q3 2023	Change‬
Revenues	1,262.85	1,542.13	22.1 %
Gross Income	694.88	877.49	26.3 %
Operating Income	508.46	535.27	5.3 %
Net Income	341.70	397.94	16.5 %
Average Shares	732.56	732.56	-
EPS (Riyals)	0.47	0.54	16.5 %

Item	Q2 2023	Q3 2023	Change‬
Revenues	1,411.92	1,542.13	9.2 %
Gross Income	794.17	877.49	10.5 %
Operating Income	510.06	535.27	4.9 %
Net Income	414.40	397.94	(4.0 %)
Average Shares	732.56	732.56	-
EPS (Riyals)	0.57	0.54	(4.0 %)

Q3 2023 net earnings rose 17% YoY to SAR 397.94 million, on lower Zakat and tax charges, in addition to higher operating income before impairment and other expenses.

On a quarterly basis, net profit decreased 4% from SAR 414.40 million.

Total shareholders’ equity, after minority interest, stood at SAR 21.66 billion by Sept. 30, 2023, compared to SAR 18.22 billion in the prior-year period.

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Financial results (Million)

Period	Revenues	Change	Gross Income	Change	Operating Income	Change
Q1 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	3,782.90	-	1,610.35	-	785.34	-
Q1 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	3,227.83	(14.7 %)	1,309.55	(18.7 %)	715.31	(8.9 %)
Q1 2019	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2019	853.13	-	362.69	-	194.22	-
Q4 2019	1,322.80	-	703.93	-	489.86	-
2019	4,115.00	27.5 %	2,086.20	59.3 %	1,417.66	98.2 %
Q1 2020	1,062.77	-	468.07	-	296.00	-
Q2 2020	1,208.09	-	711.37	-	355.24	-
Q3 2020	1,367.15	60.3 %	754.29	108.0 %	603.18	210.6 %
Q4 2020	1,191.10	(10.0 %)	594.03	(15.6 %)	311.60	(36.4 %)
2020	4,829.11	17.4 %	2,527.75	21.2 %	1,566.01	10.5 %
Q1 2021	1,242.76	16.9 %	661.45	41.3 %	402.89	36.1 %
Q2 2021	1,251.76	3.6 %	700.65	(1.5 %)	461.73	30.0 %
Q3 2021	1,268.81	(7.2 %)	708.01	(6.1 %)	469.06	(22.2 %)
Q4 2021	1,472.07	23.6 %	781.61	31.6 %	465.90	49.5 %
2021	5,235.39	8.4 %	2,851.72	12.8 %	1,793.60	14.5 %
Q1 2022	1,151.27	(7.4 %)	583.50	(11.8 %)	340.78	(15.4 %)
Q2 2022	1,293.72	3.4 %	671.07	(4.2 %)	444.93	(3.6 %)
Q3 2022	1,262.85	(0.5 %)	694.88	(1.9 %)	508.46	8.4 %
Q4 2022	1,568.09	6.5 %	894.33	14.4 %	485.88	4.3 %
2022	5,275.93	0.8 %	2,865.35	0.5 %	1,800.57	0.4 %
Q1 2023	1,331.44	15.6 %	701.45	20.2 %	427.85	25.6 %
Q2 2023	1,411.92	9.1 %	794.17	18.3 %	510.06	14.6 %
Q3 2023	1,542.13	22.1 %	877.49	26.3 %	535.27	5.3 %

Period	Revenues	Change	Gross Income	Change	Operating Income	Change
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	3,782.90	-	1,610.35	-	785.34	-
2018	3,227.83	(14.7 %)	1,309.55	(18.7 %)	715.31	(8.9 %)
2019	4,115.00	27.5 %	2,086.20	59.3 %	1,417.66	98.2 %
2020	4,829.11	17.4 %	2,527.75	21.2 %	1,566.01	10.5 %
2021	5,235.39	8.4 %	2,851.72	12.8 %	1,793.60	14.5 %
2022	5,275.93	0.8 %	2,865.35	0.5 %	1,800.57	0.4 %

Profit Performance (Million)

Period	Net Income	Change	EPS(Riyal)	Extraordinary Income/Expense	Net Profit Before Unusual Items	EPS Before XO Items
Q1 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	920.24	-	1.26	-	920.24	1.26
Q1 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	(773.84)	(184.1 %)	(1.06)	(1228.39)	454.55	0.62
Q1 2019	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q3 2019	87.28	-	0.12	-	87.28	0.12
Q4 2019	1,038.81	-	1.42	(325.85)	1,364.66	1.86
2019	1,173.87	251.7 %	1.60	(325.85)	1,499.71	2.05
Q1 2020	104.63	-	0.14	-	104.63	0.14
Q2 2020	221.02	-	0.30	-	221.02	0.30
Q3 2020	524.25	500.6 %	0.72	-	524.25	0.72
Q4 2020	32.67	(96.9 %)	0.04	(149.79)	182.46	0.25
2020	882.57	(24.8 %)	1.20	(149.79)	1,032.35	1.41
Q1 2021	139.04	32.9 %	0.19	-	139.04	0.19
Q2 2021	307.85	39.3 %	0.42	(60.02)	367.87	0.50
Q3 2021	(26.94)	(105.1 %)	(0.04)	(308.50)	281.56	0.38
Q4 2021	338.85	937.1 %	0.46	-	338.85	0.46
2021	758.80	(14.0 %)	1.04	(368.52)	1,127.32	1.54
Q1 2022	151.85	9.2 %	0.21	48.71	103.15	0.14
Q2 2022	389.87	26.6 %	0.53	-	389.87	0.53
Q3 2022	341.70	1368.3 %	0.47	12.75	328.95	0.45
Q4 2022	656.61	93.8 %	0.90	397.66	258.96	0.35
2022	1,540.04	103.0 %	2.10	459.11	1,080.92	1.48
Q1 2023	269.74	77.6 %	0.37	-	269.74	0.37
Q2 2023	414.40	6.3 %	0.57	-	414.40	0.57
Q3 2023	397.94	16.5 %	0.54	88.68	309.26	0.42

Period	Net Income	Change	EPS(Riyal)	Extraordinary Income/Expense	Net Profit Before Unusual Items	EPS Before XO Items
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	920.24	-	1.26	-	920.24	1.26
2018	(773.84)	(184.1 %)	(1.06)	(1228.39)	454.55	0.62
2019	1,173.87	251.7 %	1.60	(325.85)	1,499.71	2.05
2020	882.57	(24.8 %)	1.20	(149.79)	1,032.35	1.41
2021	758.80	(14.0 %)	1.04	(368.52)	1,127.32	1.54
2022	1,540.04	103.0 %	2.10	459.11	1,080.92	1.48

Profitability

Period	Gross Margin	OIBDA Margin	Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2014	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-
2017	42.57 %	28.02 %	24.33 %
Q1 2018	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-
2018	40.57 %	33.49 %	14.08 %
Q1 2019	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-
Q3 2019	-	-	-
Q4 2019	-	-	-
2019	50.70 %	44.62 %	36.44 %
Q1 2020	-	-	-
Q2 2020	50.51 %	39.61 %	39.97 %
Q3 2020	53.17 %	46.71 %	44.64 %
Q4 2020	52.34 %	44.18 %	21.38 %
2020	52.34 %	44.18 %	21.38 %
Q1 2021	54.32 %	44.71 %	21.30 %
Q2 2021	53.64 %	46.92 %	24.02 %
Q3 2021	53.77 %	45.26 %	19.60 %
Q4 2021	54.47 %	46.23 %	21.53 %
2021	54.47 %	46.12 %	21.53 %
Q1 2022	53.92 %	45.39 %	21.22 %
Q2 2022	52.92 %	43.64 %	21.47 %
Q3 2022	52.72 %	43.78 %	22.41 %
Q4 2022	53.90 %	42.57 %	20.49 %
2022	54.31 %	42.96 %	20.49 %
Q1 2023	54.28 %	42.71 %	22.86 %
Q2 2023	55.34 %	42.96 %	22.82 %
Q3 2023	55.82 %	41.33 %	21.39 %

Period	Gross Margin	OIBDA Margin	Net Margin Before Unusual Items
2013	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-
2017	42.57 %	28.02 %	24.33 %
2018	40.57 %	33.49 %	14.08 %
2019	50.70 %	44.62 %	36.44 %
2020	52.34 %	44.18 %	21.38 %
2021	54.47 %	46.12 %	21.53 %
2022	54.31 %	42.96 %	20.49 %

Period	Gross Margin	OIBDA Margin	Net Margin Before Unusual Items
Q1 2014	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-
Q1 2018	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-
Q1 2019	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-
Q3 2019	42.51 %	-	10.23 %
Q4 2019	53.22 %	47.72 %	103.16 %
Q1 2020	44.04 %	41.00 %	9.84 %
Q2 2020	58.88 %	41.41 %	18.30 %
Q3 2020	55.17 %	54.84 %	38.35 %
Q4 2020	49.87 %	37.58 %	15.32 %
Q1 2021	53.22 %	43.62 %	11.19 %
Q2 2021	55.97 %	50.45 %	29.39 %
Q3 2021	55.80 %	48.94 %	22.19 %
Q4 2021	53.10 %	42.52 %	23.02 %
Q1 2022	50.68 %	39.63 %	8.96 %
Q2 2022	51.87 %	43.27 %	30.14 %
Q3 2022	55.03 %	49.54 %	26.05 %
Q4 2022	57.03 %	38.53 %	16.51 %
Q1 2023	52.68 %	40.62 %	20.26 %
Q2 2023	56.25 %	44.20 %	29.35 %
Q3 2023	56.90 %	42.17 %	20.05 %

Per Share Data (Riyal)

Compared With The

Period	Shares Outstanding (M)	EPS (Riyal)	Adjusted EPS (Riyal)	Book Value (BV)
Q1 2014	-	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-	-
Q1 2018	-	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-	-
Q1 2019	-	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-	-
Q3 2019	732.56	-	-	12.02
Q4 2019	732.56	-	-	13.52
Q1 2020	732.56	-	-	-
Q2 2020	732.56	1.98	2.43	-
Q3 2020	732.56	2.58	3.02	12.02
Q4 2020	732.56	1.20	1.41	9.38
Q1 2021	732.56	1.25	1.46	11.00
Q2 2021	732.56	1.37	1.66	11.16
Q3 2021	732.56	0.62	1.33	11.50
Q4 2021	732.56	1.04	1.54	18.41
Q1 2022	732.56	1.05	1.49	20.94
Q2 2022	732.56	1.17	1.52	22.64
Q3 2022	732.56	1.67	1.58	24.87
Q4 2022	732.56	2.10	1.48	25.47
Q1 2023	732.56	2.26	1.70	24.97
Q2 2023	732.56	2.30	1.74	25.97
Q3 2023	732.56	2.37	1.71	29.58

Period	Shares Outstanding (M)	EPS (Riyal)	Adjusted EPS (Riyal)	Book Value (BV)
2013	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-
2017	732.56	1.26	1.26	11.60
2018	732.56	(1.06)	0.62	13.23
2019	732.56	1.60	2.05	13.52
2020	732.56	1.20	1.41	9.38
2021	732.56	1.04	1.54	18.41
2022	732.56	2.10	1.48	25.47

Multiple Ratios (End of Period Price)

Compared With The

Period	P/E	Adjusted P/E	Price/book
Q1 2014	-	-	-
Q2 2014	-	-	-
Q3 2014	-	-	-
Q4 2014	-	-	-
Q1 2015	-	-	-
Q2 2015	-	-	-
Q3 2015	-	-	-
Q4 2015	-	-	-
Q1 2016	-	-	-
Q2 2016	-	-	-
Q3 2016	-	-	-
Q4 2016	-	-	-
Q1 2017	-	-	-
Q2 2017	-	-	-
Q3 2017	-	-	-
Q4 2017	-	-	-
Q1 2018	-	-	-
Q2 2018	-	-	-
Q3 2018	-	-	-
Q4 2018	-	-	-
Q1 2019	-	-	-
Q2 2019	-	-	-
Q3 2019	-	-	-
Q4 2019	-	-	-
Q1 2020	-	-	-
Q2 2020	-	-	-
Q3 2020	-	-	-
Q4 2020	-	-	-
Q1 2021	-	-	-
Q2 2021	-	-	-
Q3 2021	-	-	-
Q4 2021	80.93	54.48	4.55
Q1 2022	More than 100	89.63	6.38
Q2 2022	More than 100	98.10	6.59
Q3 2022	More than 100	More than 100	6.74
Q4 2022	72.16	More than 100	5.96
Q1 2023	62.00	82.40	5.62
Q2 2023	72.48	95.87	6.41
Q3 2023	82.25	More than 100	6.60

Period	P/E	Adjusted P/E	Price/book
2013	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-
2017	-	-	-
2018	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-
2021	80.93	54.48	4.55
2022	72.16	More than 100	5.96

Business Segments (Million)

Compared With The

Period	Thermal Desalination Station	Renewable Energy Sources	Other activities	Water and power generation parts	services segment
Q1 2020	929.91	126.09	6.77	-	-
Q2 2020	932.92	263.56	11.61	-	-
Q3 2020	1,102.49	262.85	1.82	-	-
Q4 2020	1,020.98	164.16	5.97	-	-
Q1 2021	1,040.37	200.92	1.47	-	-
Q2 2021	944.68	302.78	4.30	-	-
Q3 2021	1,013.72	248.24	6.86	-	-
Q4 2021	1,191.67	275.56	4.85	-	-
Q1 2022	972.41	170.77	8.09	-	-
Q2 2022	1,042.92	269.37	(18.57)	-	-
Q3 2022	1,032.42	227.59	2.83	-	-
Q4 2022	1,210.10	350.11	7.88	-	-
Q1 2023	1,080.84	237.94	12.67	-	-
Q2 2023	1,066.11	342.39	3.42	-	-
Q3 2023	1,131.81	401.02	9.29	-	-

Period	Thermal Desalination Station	Renewable Energy Sources	Other activities	Water and power generation parts	services segment
2017	-	-	-	1,810.42	1,706.71
2018	-	-	-	1,539.84	1,688.00
2019	3,267.42	823.45	24.12	-	-
2020	3,986.29	816.65	26.17	-	-
2021	4,190.44	1,027.49	17.46	-	-
2022	4,257.86	1,017.85	0.22	-	-

Analysts Estimates (Million)

Item	Q3 2023 (e)	Q3 2023 (a)	Change‬
Average	578.00	309.26	(46.5 %)

Estimates vs Actual (Million)

Item	Q3 2023 (e)	Q3 2023 (a)	Change
Hermes	578.00	309.26	(86.9) %

Financial Ratios

	Current
Market Cap (M Riyal)	299,617.04
Enterprise Value (EV) (M)	322,456.66
Shares Outstanding ((M))	732.56
EPS ( Riyal) (TTM)	2.50
Book Value (BV) ( Riyal)	25.28
Par Value ( Riyal)	10.00
Adjusted P/E (Last12)	More than 100
P/E (TTM)	More than 100
Price/book	16.18
Return on Average Assets (%) (TTM)	3.3
Return on Average Equity (%) (TTM)	9.1

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