Saudi Aramco’s Nine-Month Profit Falls 18% as IPO Starts

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Aramco’s nine-month profit fell 18% as lower oil prices eroded sales ahead of a share sale that could be the world’s largest.The oil giant earned net income of $68.2 billion compared with $83.1 billion for the same period a year ago, it said in a statement posted on its website. The state company’s revenue slipped to $217 billion from $233 billion.Aramco gave no explanation for the decline in its results, though its nine-month income alone exceeded the 2018 net posted by Apple Inc., the most profitable publicly traded company. Average Brent crude dropped about 11% over the …read more

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