据路透社10月19日迪拜报道,沙特基础工业公司麾下的子公司沙特阿拉伯化肥公司(Safco)18日在利雅得公布的统计数据显示,该公司第三季度净利润比去年同期大幅下降了38%,与分析师的预测基本一致。
导致Safco第三季度净利润大幅下降的主要原因是产品价格下降以及销售量减少。
Safco在提交给利雅得证券交易所的一份声明中表示,该公司第三季度的净利润从去年同期的9.13亿里亚尔(2.435亿美元)大幅减少到了5.56亿里亚尔(1.51亿美元)。
5名被路透社调查的分析师曾预测Safco第三季度将获得5.79亿里亚尔(1.544亿美元)的净利润。
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Safco Q3 net profit sinks 38pc
DUBAI,October 19 ,2015
Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Company (Safco) blamed lower product prices and reduced sales quantities as it reported a 38 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit on Sunday that was broadly in line with analysts' forecasts.
Safco, a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic), made a net profit of SR566 million ($151 million) in the three months to September 30, down from SR913 million ($243.5 million) in the year-earlier period, it said in a bourse statement.
Five analysts had forecast the firm would make a quarterly net profit of SR579 million ($154.4 million).- Reuters