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18/10/2016 05:35 AST
Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) missed analyst forecasts and extended its earnings slump on Monday, reporting a 68 percent decline in third-quarter net profit.
SAFCO, a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), made a net profit of 181.4 million riyals ($48.4 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, down from 566.1 million riyals in the year-earlier period, it said in a bourse statement.
The firm, which had reported declining profits in 12 of the preceding 13 quarters according to Reuters data, was forecast by five analysts to make 249.2 million riyals during the period.
SAFCO cited a drop in the selling prices of its products, an increase in costs which include electricity, and an increase in urea supply that has impacted its selling price, as reasons for the decline in profits.
Like many petrochemical firms in the kingdom, SAFCO's earnings have been hit hard by falling oil prices, which have dragged down product prices and reduced the benefits to their margin of subsidised energy and feedstock costs.
SAFCO is also a big producer of ammonia and urea and, since mid-2013, manufacturers worldwide have voiced increasing concerns over the continued fall of urea prices due to China's increased output.
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