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Data appendix

Every figure behind the mills piece, as it comes out of the model. One table per measure, with all 4 companies and the industry aggregate in every one of them, FY2018 to FY2025.

Reading these tables

One table per measure. The rows are the 4 companies and then the industry, which is the benchmark the others are read against rather than another company. Figures are as the model carries them: ratios and multiples unscaled, days as days, per-share amounts in riyals, a minus sign for negatives. The last column is shaded because it is the year being reported on.

This is the rare sector where the cohort is the industry: all four milling companies licensed to process the Kingdom's subsidized wheat are listed, all four report to 31 December, and all four are covered here. A “sector median” on this site is therefore the median of the whole industry rather than of a sample. The histories are not equally long: the companies were carved out of the state grains organization and sold in 2020 and 2021, and the earliest years on each sheet are pre-privatization carve-out accounts, which is why several series begin part way across the period.

Growth Rates

YoY Revenue Growth Rate#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/a10.8%11.2%11.9%14.1%5.5%8.8%9.3%
Modern Millsn/a-2.9%-3.2%27.5%76.2%-4.0%8.1%3.1%
Arabian Millsn/an/an/a4.6%40.9%-4.5%13.0%2.4%
Fourth Millsn/an/an/a-2.6%72.0%-2.2%9.2%7.0%
Industryn/a4.7%92.9%10.6%44.6%-1.3%9.7%5.4%

5Yr CAGR#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/an/an/an/a9.5%8.4%7.9%7.4%
Modern Millsn/an/an/an/a16.1%15.9%18.5%13.5%
Arabian Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a9.7%9.3%
Fourth Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a12.3%14.5%
Industryn/an/an/an/a26.4%24.9%11.6%10.5%

YoY Free Cash Flows Growth Rate#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/a-35.4%141.2%26.2%-29.6%1.7%27.0%3.1%
Modern Millsn/a-71.2%399.5%-18.9%106.5%-44.4%-4.9%-26.2%
Arabian Millsn/an/an/a-54.3%254.6%26.8%-5.7%14.2%
Fourth Millsn/an/an/a446.2%492.9%-31.6%61.4%-21.8%
Industryn/a-52.8%353.5%-6.5%85.9%-13.6%13.8%-4.6%

YoY EPS Growth Rate#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/a-69.6%-99.9%4.1%6.5%1.3%14.6%10.7%
Modern Millsn/a-83.7%-99.9%-4.7%318.1%-13.4%2.4%7.2%
Arabian Millsn/an/an/a-7.1%110.6%-21.5%6.7%11.0%
Fourth Millsn/an/an/a12.4%225.7%-12.4%-89.5%17.5%
Industryn/a-74.9%-99.9%0.2%107.6%-11.9%-64.4%11.3%

Working Capital Turnover

Accounts Receivables Turnover#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1,851.58458.65569.61668.55197.89145.7184.1138.94
Modern Millsn/an/an/an/a10,295.721,307.89175.4355.38
Arabian Millsn/an/an/an/an/a271.9345.4825.12
Fourth Millsn/an/an/an/a391.49125.0181.4042.79
Industry6,653.46779.001,678.031,947.29544.95221.6077.3537.21

Inventory Turnover#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1.761.952.112.172.532.872.992.96
Modern Mills1.731.761.492.103.734.084.664.91
Arabian Millsn/an/a1.551.642.352.843.062.88
Fourth Millsn/an/a1.231.121.812.232.993.13
Industry3.481.862.161.782.623.043.403.40

Accounts Payables Turnover#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills48.4232.7319.109.838.9510.959.959.12
Modern Mills32.3626.8320.4311.1612.0112.6312.2912.25
Arabian Millsn/an/a6.978.169.057.149.8210.37
Fourth Millsn/an/a2.052.627.3710.2110.479.82
Industry79.6130.0111.206.909.4310.0710.6210.32

Cash Conversion Cycle

Days Sales Outstanding#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills01112349
Modern Millsn/an/an/an/a0027
Arabian Millsn/an/an/an/an/a1815
Fourth Millsn/an/an/an/a1349
Industry000012510

Days Inventory Outstanding#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills208187173168144127122123
Modern Mills21120724617498897974
Arabian Millsn/an/a236223155129120127
Fourth Millsn/an/a297327202163123117
Industry105196169205140120108107

Days Payables Outstanding#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills811193741333740
Modern Mills1114183330293030
Arabian Millsn/an/a534540513735
Fourth Millsn/an/a17813950363537
Industry512335339363435

Cash Conversion Cycle#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills201177155131105979093
Modern Mills20019322814167615151
Arabian Mills001841781157991106
Fourth Mills001191881531319288
Industry100184137152101857882

CapEx

CapEx % of Revenues#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1.1%7.6%4.9%4.8%4.2%12.4%5.5%7.4%
Modern Mills2.2%3.0%4.7%3.3%3.5%6.0%10.6%13.3%
Arabian Millsn/an/a7.7%14.5%8.1%2.3%1.9%5.8%
Fourth Millsn/an/a7.5%6.2%12.8%1.8%2.5%5.4%
Industry1.6%5.7%5.9%7.0%4.9%6.1%5.2%8.1%

Tangibility#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills61.0%61.5%56.1%74.2%35.5%39.7%39.7%43.1%
Modern Mills70.4%70.4%66.1%78.8%80.4%79.3%75.8%84.1%
Arabian Millsn/an/a67.5%65.8%44.7%53.1%50.7%48.6%
Fourth Millsn/an/a83.9%83.4%79.2%82.2%76.2%70.5%
Industry66.1%66.1%66.7%74.2%35.2%39.5%38.6%40.6%

Capex-to-CF Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.040.350.140.120.160.370.180.24
Modern Mills0.070.260.080.100.090.240.380.52
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.220.530.210.050.050.13
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.780.320.090.060.050.15
Industry0.060.330.170.230.140.190.160.25

CF-to-CapEx Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills23.502.867.248.386.272.675.714.18
Modern Mills14.263.8312.359.8111.134.202.611.92
Arabian Millsn/an/a4.601.874.7918.5619.377.51
Fourth Millsn/an/a1.283.0810.7518.0419.236.78
Industry17.803.075.724.387.215.326.264.08

Share Performance

Earnings per Share#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills8,282.8822,515.6073.5363.6813.9193.9684.5455.032
Modern Mills4,905.553797.7670.7220.6882.8762.4912.5502.735
Arabian Millsn/an/a2.5432.3634.9753.9034.1634.619
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.9401.0563.4403.0140.3170.372
Industry6,594.2181,656.6871.7751.7793.6943.2531.1591.290

Sales per Share#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills46,498.86612,877.87413.27914.85516.46217.37419.00120.768
Modern Mills37,045.4278,994.8464.8386.16912.07211.58612.40312.790
Arabian Millsn/an/a11.94312.48717.59316.80018.98019.442
Fourth Millsn/an/a7.2857.09612.20311.9361.1431.223
Industry41,772.14710,936.3608.6959.61714.33914.1605.0195.287

Cash Flow per Share#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills11,790.4772,804.4184.7295.8424.1895.7285.5426.197
Modern Mills11,492.5121,039.9022.3211.9274.3602.8983.3703.210
Arabian Millsn/an/a4.2003.2256.7257.1346.7118.382
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.6881.2165.3723.5280.4980.433
Industry11,641.4951,922.1602.9352.9335.0394.6171.6411.742

Book Value per Share#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills61,182.76517,811.29820.05212.33613.53116.07517.12019.408
Modern Mills82,672.19221,465.81512.6521.2462.2023.0573.2083.947
Arabian Millsn/an/a20.54222.90512.06216.03820.17224.199
Fourth Millsn/an/a12.69713.75415.58814.4131.3211.472
Industry71,927.47819,638.55615.97510.7369.72311.2484.0594.710

Price Multiples

P/E Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.0016.5712.169.08
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.0016.1410.44
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.0011.788.38
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.0012.769.52
Industry0.000.000.000.000.004.7713.189.33

P/S Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.003.782.912.20
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.003.322.23
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.002.581.99
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.532.89
Industry0.000.000.000.000.001.103.042.27

P/CF Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.0011.489.977.37
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.0012.218.89
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.007.314.62
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.008.118.17
Industry0.000.000.000.000.003.369.316.90

P/B Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.004.093.232.35
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.0012.837.23
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.002.431.60
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.062.41
Industry0.000.000.000.000.001.383.762.55

Dividends

Dividends per Share#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.0000.0000.00011.3943.2341.3702.9762.785
Modern Mills0.0000.0000.0003.0011.8821.7282.0002.000
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.0000.0000.0000.0000.5901.000
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.0000.0001.2944.1850.2600.220
Industry0.0000.0000.0003.6461.6721.7620.6850.669

Dividends Payout Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.0%0.0%0.0%309.6%82.5%34.5%65.5%55.3%
Modern Mills0.0%0.0%0.0%436.3%65.4%69.4%78.4%73.1%
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.2%21.6%
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.0%0.0%37.6%138.9%82.1%59.2%
Industry0.0%0.0%0.0%204.9%45.3%54.2%59.1%51.9%

Dividends Coverage Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/an/an/a0.3231.2122.8961.5271.807
Modern Millsn/an/an/a0.2291.5281.4421.2751.367
Arabian Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a7.0564.619
Fourth Millsn/an/an/an/a2.6580.7201.2171.690
Industryn/an/an/a0.4882.2091.8461.6931.927

Dividends Yield#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Millsn/an/an/an/an/a2.1%5.4%6.1%
Modern Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a4.9%7.0%
Arabian Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a1.2%2.6%
Fourth Millsn/an/an/an/an/an/a6.4%6.2%
Industryn/an/an/an/an/a11.4%4.5%5.6%

Liquidity

Current Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills3.015.378.372.101.231.241.120.85
Modern Mills3.096.109.171.641.151.241.610.89
Arabian Millsn/an/a4.295.511.781.742.022.49
Fourth Millsn/an/a1.151.942.402.423.123.70
Industry3.055.674.682.591.551.481.631.43

Quick Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1.993.806.421.050.830.810.670.44
Modern Mills2.064.196.480.730.550.701.080.44
Arabian Millsn/an/a2.673.611.481.061.081.80
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.300.631.471.572.332.83
Industry2.023.963.121.371.090.921.030.92

Cash ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1.973.606.671.100.640.660.530.23
Modern Mills2.184.276.820.650.600.580.940.32
Arabian Millsn/an/a2.653.641.430.880.871.56
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.370.761.521.251.390.73
Industry2.073.883.241.391.030.750.790.54

Operating Cash Flow Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills1.031.583.282.210.691.100.850.86
Modern Mills1.160.814.131.201.791.211.411.15
Arabian Millsn/an/a2.121.840.862.512.312.84
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.240.652.351.973.052.71
Industry1.091.261.951.531.131.521.511.47

Solvency & Capital Structure

Debt ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills20.8%21.7%22.4%31.0%62.7%55.9%54.1%47.2%
Modern Mills10.6%14.0%13.6%78.4%72.2%67.6%67.7%63.6%
Arabian Millsn/an/a15.0%13.6%73.6%59.5%49.5%41.0%
Fourth Millsn/an/a25.2%30.6%33.8%34.8%32.9%29.9%
Industry15.3%17.8%18.6%36.7%63.4%55.6%51.6%45.2%

Debt-to-equity ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.300.300.310.542.021.551.431.15
Modern Mills0.130.170.167.794.663.193.362.51
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.190.173.311.661.090.77
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.400.490.570.590.550.47
Industry0.200.230.250.672.111.491.270.98

Interest coverage ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills11.1212.5817.9021.748.323.583.894.93
Modern Mills11.949.4112.425.269.046.475.819.67
Arabian Millsn/an/a16.8017.1216.943.114.525.54
Fourth Millsn/an/a7.836.9515.8927.7422.0024.02
Industry11.4611.2613.7710.6711.254.595.377.03

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills11.12-3.16-26.52-20.538.323.744.366.08
Modern Mills11.94-2.24-24.089.9811.087.666.6212.77
Arabian Millsn/an/a-35.06-32.9822.283.354.956.22
Fourth Millsn/an/a-16.10-19.4330.16-29.10-279.85-200.28
Industry11.46-2.80-25.49-71.8713.535.236.299.02

Efficiency

Fixed Assets Turnover#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.860.840.860.941.701.441.541.40
Modern Mills0.510.480.480.641.411.331.311.20
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.680.681.000.971.151.19
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.430.391.061.061.221.32
Industry0.660.640.610.661.261.191.301.27

Total Assets Turnover#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.530.520.480.690.380.390.420.44
Modern Mills0.360.340.320.500.850.800.780.82
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.460.440.320.380.430.43
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.360.320.460.490.520.52
Industry0.440.430.410.490.440.470.500.52

Goodwill to Assets Ratio#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%45.0%44.1%43.7%43.8%
Modern Mills0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.0%0.0%29.6%35.9%36.1%35.3%
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Industry0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.2%27.0%26.3%26.3%

Profit Margins

Gross Profits#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills34.6%36.6%41.1%46.1%48.6%47.2%48.3%46.9%
Modern Mills36.5%36.3%41.1%38.0%42.6%42.4%43.4%42.6%
Arabian Millsn/an/a44.6%43.5%52.0%56.2%53.5%54.8%
Fourth Millsn/an/a40.2%42.5%52.1%54.2%53.6%53.9%
Industry35.5%36.5%42.0%43.0%48.4%49.4%49.2%49.0%

EBITDA#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills25.3%26.4%33.2%32.1%33.6%34.8%35.7%35.1%
Modern Mills24.1%20.1%26.8%24.6%33.1%33.2%31.4%30.6%
Arabian Millsn/an/a29.1%27.7%38.9%44.0%38.8%39.1%
Fourth Millsn/an/a28.4%31.6%41.0%38.7%40.7%40.4%
Industry24.8%23.8%29.9%29.0%36.1%37.4%36.2%35.8%

EBIT#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills19.9%20.9%27.8%26.6%28.0%29.8%30.4%29.6%
Modern Mills14.9%10.1%16.2%16.2%27.6%27.0%25.5%24.7%
Arabian Millsn/an/a22.1%20.3%32.0%35.5%30.6%30.7%
Fourth Millsn/an/a16.8%19.0%32.8%29.0%32.1%32.1%
Industry17.7%16.5%22.0%21.3%29.8%30.3%29.4%29.0%

NOPAT#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills22.2%23.0%29.7%28.2%29.3%31.0%31.7%30.9%
Modern Mills14.9%10.1%18.4%17.9%28.3%27.8%26.2%25.3%
Arabian Millsn/an/a22.1%20.3%33.0%36.3%31.6%31.7%
Fourth Millsn/an/a20.5%23.5%33.3%29.1%32.5%32.5%
Industry19.0%17.7%23.7%22.9%30.7%31.0%30.2%29.9%

EBT#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills17.8%19.5%26.6%25.4%24.5%23.5%24.5%24.8%
Modern Mills13.2%8.9%14.9%11.6%24.1%22.3%20.9%21.8%
Arabian Millsn/an/a21.3%19.2%30.3%23.8%22.5%24.4%
Fourth Millsn/an/a12.9%14.9%30.6%27.9%30.1%32.1%
Industry15.8%15.1%20.4%18.9%27.0%24.0%23.9%25.1%

Net Profits#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills17.8%19.5%26.6%24.8%23.8%22.8%23.9%24.2%
Modern Mills13.2%8.9%14.9%11.2%23.8%21.5%20.6%21.4%
Arabian Millsn/an/a21.3%18.9%28.3%23.2%21.9%23.8%
Fourth Millsn/an/a12.9%14.9%28.2%25.2%27.7%30.4%
Industry15.8%15.1%20.4%18.5%25.8%23.0%23.1%24.4%

Returns

ROIC#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills13.0%12.8%15.0%22.0%11.8%12.9%14.3%15.1%
Modern Mills5.9%3.6%6.0%10.0%27.3%25.0%23.1%23.2%
Arabian Millsn/an/a10.8%9.5%11.2%14.3%14.2%14.3%
Fourth Millsn/an/a8.4%8.2%16.6%15.1%17.9%18.1%
Industry9.2%8.0%10.3%12.3%14.5%15.6%16.3%16.7%

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills11.1%9.6%8.1%6.7%5.4%10.0%9.6%9.2%
Modern Mills6.8%5.2%5.1%3.0%4.3%6.1%9.9%9.5%
Arabian Millsn/an/a6.6%6.2%2.7%8.8%8.5%9.7%
Fourth Millsn/an/a6.6%6.1%6.8%6.4%8.3%8.7%
Industry10.6%8.7%8.0%6.4%5.0%8.6%7.1%9.0%

Return on Assets#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills9.4%10.1%12.9%17.2%9.0%8.9%10.1%10.7%
Modern Mills4.7%3.0%4.7%5.6%20.2%17.3%16.0%17.6%
Arabian Millsn/an/a9.7%8.4%9.2%8.7%9.4%10.2%
Fourth Millsn/an/a4.6%4.8%13.1%12.3%14.3%15.9%
Industry6.9%6.5%8.4%9.1%11.4%10.8%11.6%12.6%

Return on Equity#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills13.5%14.1%17.6%29.8%29.0%24.7%26.5%25.9%
Modern Mills5.9%3.7%5.7%55.2%130.6%81.5%79.5%69.3%
Arabian Millsn/an/a12.4%10.3%41.2%24.3%20.6%19.1%
Fourth Millsn/an/a7.4%7.7%22.1%20.9%24.0%25.3%
Industry9.2%8.4%11.1%16.6%38.0%28.9%28.6%27.4%

Valuation Multiples

EV/Revenues#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.005.024.013.19
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.004.012.94
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.612.71
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.973.37
Industry-0.18-0.13-0.110.471.112.123.903.03

EV/EBITDA#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.0014.4311.259.09
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.0012.759.60
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.009.316.93
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.009.758.33
Industry-0.71-0.53-0.351.623.075.6610.778.45

EV/Book Value#

Company20182019202020212022202320242025
First Mills0.000.000.000.000.005.424.453.41
Modern Mills0.000.000.000.000.000.0015.499.52
Arabian Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.402.18
Fourth Millsn/an/a0.000.000.000.003.442.80
Industry-0.10-0.07-0.060.421.642.664.823.40