First Mills is placed to announce its Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Result for The Period Ended 31 st March 2023 (Three Months) :
*All figures are in (Thousand)Saudi Arabia, Riyals
Element List Current Quarter Similar Quarter For
Previous Year %Change
Sales/Revenue
255,547 242,368 5%Gross Profit (Loss)
120,143 111,361 8%Operational Profit (Loss)
90,967 77,526 17%Net Profit (Loss) after Zakat and Tax
73,757 72,452 2%
Total Comprehensive Income
69,078 72,452 -5%Total Share Holders Equity (after Deducting Minority Equity)
596 ,
820 695,713 3%
Profit (Loss) per Share
1.33 144.9First Mills recorded in Q1 2023 net profit of SAR 73.8 mln and grew by 2% vs Q1 2022, it is worth noting that Financing cost in Q1 2023 is higher by 19.4mln vs same period 2022 since the Interest charges related to the long-term loan started to be recorded in the company financials from 15th September 2022 after the merger with the parent company. Like For Like Net Profit Growth is 24% vs the same period last year.
Growth in Net profit is driven by:
Revenue grew by 5% mainly driven by higher flour sales in Ramadan season and higher sales of Bran.
Higher Gross profit by 1% vs same period last year (47% 2022 Q1 GP vs 46% Q1 2023) driven by higher volume sales.
The decrease in General, Selling and marketing costs amounted to 4.6 million SAR.
The net profit increased vs last quarter by SAR 53 mln mainly driven by:
Higher sales by 12%, amounting to 29 mln SAR driven by higher sales of flour during Ramadan season and higher sales of Bran.
The cost in Q1 2023 is lower than Q4 in 2022 driven by one offs and non-recurring cost booked in Q4 2022 ~ SAR21mln.
Interest income booked in Q1 2023 driven by short term deposit (in compliance with Sharia law) and hedge benefit ~ 7mln SAR
Revenue by Categories:
Flour grew by 5.4% vs same period last year driven by Ramadan Season and significant growth in Retail channel.
Bran with Feed grew by 5% vs last year.
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2023, will be available through the following link on First Mills website.
Q1 2023 Financial Statements