BAHRI REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2025 RESULTS WITH 18% NET PROFIT GROWTH - Middle East Business News and Information
Q1 2025 EBITDA of SAR 1.20 billion (+14% YoY) and net profit of SAR 533 million (+18% YoY), reflecting resilience across its core shipping businesses amid prevailing market headwinds, and supported by a profit turnaround in Integrated Logistics, new earnings from Marine Services, and increased contributions from associates.
Continued fleet expansion and modernization program with seven vessels added, bringing the owned fleet to the 100-vessel milestone.
Net debt-to-EBITDA of 1.85x, supported by sustained profitability and a resilient balance sheet.
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – May 2025: The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia ('Bahri' or the 'Company', 4030 on the Saudi Exchange), the Kingdom's leading shipping and logistics provider, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025 reporting an 18% increase in net profit to SAR 533 million, compared to the same period in 2024, primarily driven by margin expansion offsetting lower revenues in its oil transport business, continued resilience of its chemicals and dry bulk shipping segments amid prevailing market headwinds, a turnaround to profitability of its integrated logistics business, additional earnings from its new desalination barges, and increased contributions from associated companies.
Eng. Ahmed Ali Al Subaey, Chief Executive Officer of Bahri, commented:
'Our first quarter results highlight the resilience of Bahri's diversified business portfolio, as we achieved strong earnings growth despite challenging market conditions. Our Oil and Dry Bulk businesses delivered positive EBITDA growth, while optimization efforts in our Chemicals business partly mitigated the impact of market normalization. Likewise, profitability improvements in our Integrated Logistics business, along with strong earnings contributions from our affiliate Petredec Group, validated the effectiveness of our strategy to expand beyond our core shipping businesses and unlock value in complementary sectors. Furthermore, we are scaling up our new desalination business in the Kingdom, and expanded our global presence with the opening of our Singapore office, bringing us closer to our Asia-Pacific customers.
During the first quarter, we had a net addition of four modern vessels to our operating fleet, while three other vessels were added soon after quarter-end, bringing our fleet to the 100-vessel mark. Our disciplined approach to fleet expansion and modernization ensures we remain well-positioned to act decisively in the vessel market as attractive opportunities arise.
In the face of ongoing global trade and economic uncertainty, Bahri's diversified platform and operational agility continue to underpin our resilience. We are firmly focused on delivering value-accretive growth for our shareholders while playing a central role in transforming the Kingdom's shipping and logistics sector in support of Vision 2030.'
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