据路透社1月13日迪拜报道,沙特阿拉伯延布国家石化公司(Yansab)13日公布的统计数据显示,由于生产力和销售额比一年前有所增加,该公司去年第4季度获得的纯利润同比大幅增加了39.7%,高于分析师们的预期。
一份提交给沙特股市的声明说,作为沙特基础工业公司(SABIC)麾下的一个子公司,Yansab去年第四季度获得了6.178亿里亚尔(1.646亿美元)的纯利润,比2013年同期增加了1.756亿里亚尔。
路透社调查的分析师们平均预测Yansab将获得5.583亿里亚尔的季度纯利润。
Yansab说,导致该公司去年第四季度纯利润增加的主要原因是产量和销售额比一年前同期有所增加。
沙特延布国家石化公司去年全年的纯利润为24.8亿里亚尔,比2013年减少了1.6亿里亚尔。导致全年纯利润下降的主要原因是一些产品的销售价下跌以及成本增加。
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Saudi's Yansab Q4 net profit rises 39.7 pct, beats forecasts
DUBAI Jan 13 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (Yansab) reported a 39.7 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Tuesday, beating analysts' forecasts as productivity and sales increased from a year earlier.
The firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), made a net profit of 617.8 million riyals ($164.6 million) in the three months to Dec. 31, up from 442.2 million riyals in the same period of 2013, a statement to the Saudi bourse said.
Analysts polled by Reuters on average forecast Yansab would make a quarterly profit of 558.3 million riyals.
The company said the profit rise was due higher production and sales compared to a year earlier when there was a temporary plant shutdown.
Yansab's 2014 net profit was 2.48 billion riyals, down from 2.64 billion riyals in 2013, a drop it attributed to lower sales prices for some products as well as higher costs.