Saudi Telecom Company (stc) reached its net profit of SAR 11.57 billion in the first nine months (9M) of 2025, an increase of 3.08 percent compared to SAR 11.23 billion in 9M-24.
According to the financial results, the earnings per share (EPS) increased to SAR 2.32 in the January-September 2025 period, compared to SAR 2.25 in 9M-24.
Revenue was at SAR 57.92 billion, equivalent to a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 2.58 percent as compared to SAR 56.46 billion in 9M-25.
The telecom group registered a decline of 11.54 percent of net profits at SAR 4.10 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, in contradiction to SAR 4.64 billion in Q3-24.
Stc earned an annual rate of 3.58 percent as a result of generating revenues of SAR 19.26 billion in Q3-25; this is up compared to an annual growth of SAR 18.59 billion.
The Q3-25 net profits increased by 7.42 percent as compared to SAR 3.82 billion in Q2-25, and the revenues were also reduced by 0.96 percent as compared to SAR 19.45 billion on a quarter-to-quarter basis.
CEO of Saudi Telecom Group (stc), Olayan M. Alwetaid, stated that the telecom operator is still experiencing growth in revenues of its business units and is undertaking its cost-efficiency strategy to ensure sustainable profitability and maximize shareholder value.
The GCEO also stated that stc is boosting digital infrastructure in the Kingdom and the region because its subsidiary Center3 announced a SAR 37.50 billion investment to increase its data center to 1 gigawatt by 2030.
He further reported that the company collaborated with Red Sea Global in a SAR 1.20 billion agreement to develop digital infrastructure and enhance connectivity to the Red Sea destinations to support Saudi Arabia’s giga projects.
The Tadawul-listed firm will issue cash dividends equivalent to SAR 2.74 billion, which is 5.50 percent of the SAR 50 billion capital of the company, for Q3-25.
However, stc will issue a dividend amounting to SAR 0.55 per share on 4.98 billion fully eligible shares.
The distribution date and eligibility date will be on November 26 and November 6, 2025.
