据路透社4月28日报道，由于平均销售价格下降，世界第四大石油化工公司——沙特基础工业集团（SABIC），公布第一季度净利润下降38%，没有达到分析师的预期。
沙特基础工业集团在周日的一份交易所声明中表示，在截至3月31日的三个月中，公司净利润为34.1亿沙特里亚尔（合9.09亿美元），低于去年同期的55.1亿里亚尔。
根据Refinitiv调查的5位分析师的平均估计，分析师们预计SABIC第一季度净利润为39.8亿里亚尔。
SABIC表示，受全球需求放缓、今年开局缓慢和库存水平相对较高的影响，平均价格同比下降了8%。
该公司预计，SABIC的业绩将与全球石化行业的趋势保持一致，尽管该公司警告称，今年全球经济增长将有所放缓。
该公司的业绩与油价和全球经济增长密切相关，因为其产品，如塑料、化肥和金属等被广泛用于建筑、农业、工业和消费品制造业。
沙特阿美上月与沙特公共投资基金达成协议，以691亿美元收购公共投资基金在SABIC的控股股份。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
Saudi’s SABIC Q1 net profit drops 38 pct, cites lower selling prices
April 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s fourth-biggest petrochemicals company, reported a 38 percent drop in first-quarter net profit due to lower average selling prices, missing analysts’ expectations.
SABIC made a net profit of 3.41 billion Saudi riyal ($909 million) in the three months to March 31, down from 5.51 billion riyals in the year-earlier period, the company said in a bourse statement on Sunday.
Analysts expected SABIC to make a net profit of 3.98 billion riyals in the first quarter, according to the average of estimates of five analysts polled by Refinitiv.
SABIC said average prices decreased by 8 percent quarter-on-quarter, driven by slowing global demand, a slow start to the year and relatively high level of inventories.
It expected SABIC’s performance to be in line with trends in the global petrochemical industry, even though it cautioned that global economic growth will be lower this year.
The company’s results are closely tied to oil prices and global economic growth because its products - plastics, fertilisers and metals - are used extensively in construction, agriculture, industry and the manufacturing of consumer goods.
Saudi national oil giant Aramco last month reached an agreement with the Public Investment Fund to buy its controlling stake in SABIC for $69.1 billion.
