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Saudi's Safco posts 0.8% drop in Q2 profit

Posted Sat 14 Jul 2012 01:18:19 pm in News, Business | By Dubib.com News Desk

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Saudi Arabia Fertilisers Co reported a 0.8 percent drop in Q2 net profit. (Getty Images)

Saudi Arabian Fertilizers Company (Safco) reported a 0.8 percent drop in second quarter net profit to SR784m ($209m), compared with SR790m during the same period a year earlier, it said on Saturday.

The results missed expectations, with 10 analysts polled by Reuters anticipating an average net profit of SR937.73m.

The firm attributed the decline in net profit to lower sales resulting from lower production levels after maintenance work on some of its units.

Operational income declined by 4.1 percent to SR726m from SR757m in the second quarter a year earlier, it said.



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