Zain KSA continues to record net profit for fifth quarters in a row.

The company reported net profit of SAR 121 million in Q3 2019 compared to a net profit of SAR 48 million in Q3 2018 with an increase of 152%. This was achieved mainly from the increase in revenues by SAR 56 million generated from increasing demand for the company’s products and services as well from the decrease in CITC royalty fees from 15% to 10%. Furthermore, due to the same reasons mentioned above, this quarter witnessed a SAR 174 million gross profit increase to reach SAR 1,495 million gross profit compared to SAR 1,321 million.

It is worth mentioning that the decrease in operating and administrative expenses by SAR 47 million is mainly due to the reclassification of leases from operating expenses to depreciation and finance cost for a total amount of SAR 120 million following the adoption of IFRS 16.

Depreciation and amortization increased by SAR 114 million while finance charges increased by SAR 16 million mainly due to the adoption of IFRS 16.

EBITDA significantly improved to reach SAR 949 million; representing 47% of revenue; compared to SAR 728 million; representing 37% of revenue; for the same quarter of the previous year. Accordingly, EBIT has improved as well to reach SAR 376 million compared to SAR 268 million for the same quarter of the previous year.

The company released certain provision in this quarter with a net impact of SAR 129 million vs SAR 126 million in Q3 2018