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Eastern Province Cement Co (SAU:3080) Profitability Rank : 9 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Eastern Province Cement Co Profitability Rank?

Eastern Province Cement Co has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Eastern Province Cement Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 24.86%. As of today, Eastern Province Cement Co's Piotroski F-Score is 8.


Competitive Comparison of Eastern Province Cement Co's Profitability Rank

For the Building Materials subindustry, Eastern Province Cement Co's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Eastern Province Cement Co's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Eastern Province Cement Co's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Province Cement Co's Profitability Rank falls into.



Eastern Province Cement Co Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Eastern Province Cement Co has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Eastern Province Cement Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=75.142 / 302.248
=24.86 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Eastern Province Cement Co has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Eastern Province Cement Co operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Eastern Province Cement Co (SAU:3080) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
King Fahd Road (Dammam - Khobar Highway), P.O. Box 4536, Dammam, SAU, 31412
Eastern Province Cement Co is engaged in producing different kinds of Building materials. It operates in two segments: Cement, which is into manufacturing and wholesale of ordinary cement, salt-resistant cement, and clinker cement; and Precast segment is into manufacturing of partitions, frames & prefabricated bui8ldings from prefabricated concrete. The cement segment accounts for the majority revenue of the company. Geographically it generates nearly all of its revenue from Saudi Arabia.

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