Hail Cement posted 1Q24 sales of SAR73.8m (US$19.7m), up by 19.2 per cent when compared with SAR61.9m in the 1Q23.

The company’s gross profit declined by 11 per cent to SAR20.1m in the 1Q24 from SAR22.6m in the year-ago period. The operational profit saw a 18.5 per cent drop to SAR13.1m from SAR16.1m over the same period.

Net profit fell 18.9 per cent to SAR15m in the 1Q24 from SAR18.5m in the 1Q23. Hail Cement attributed the drop in net profit to an increase in the cost of sales, zakat and selling and distribution expenses.