SABIC posts net adjusted income of SAR 2.1 billion for 2025, announces competitive interim dividends of SAR 4.5 billion for 2H2025

• Revenues for 2025 at SAR 116.5 billion; free cash flow for 2025 at SAR 7.2 billion, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 17%.
• SABIC’s brand value at $5.19, 5.4% higher than last year, exceeding the $5 billion threshold for the first time.

SABIC, a global leader in chemicals, today reported its 2025 full year financial results, posting a net adjusted income of SAR 2.1 billion and revenues of SAR 116.5 billion. Additionally, SABIC achieved free cash flow of SAR 7.2 billion in 2025, an increase of 17% compared to 2024, a level considered among the highest in the sector, signifying the company's operational strength and advanced position among the world's leading petrochemical companies. The company also announced its plan to distribute SAR 4.5 billion as interim dividends.

SABIC recorded these results during a period marked by several challenges, some of which are market-related, demonstrating the company's ability to adapt to industry’s pressures and overcome difficulties relying on its strength, flexibility, and resilience that enable the company to continue focusing on innovation, profitability and satisfying the needs of its customers worldwide, in the interest of achieving sustainable success and maximize long-term value creation.

An overview of the 2025 financial performance was presented in a press conference at the company's headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, SABIC CEO, stated that SABIC continues to strengthen safety standards, enhance plants reliability, and adopt a disciplined and rigorous approach to capital expenditures and deliver on its strategy, particularly its transformation and portfolio optimization programs, to foster the company’s adaptability to all structural changes in the petrochemical industry and create value for its shareholders in the medium and long terms, thus enhancing the company's resilience and sustainability.

Commenting on the current challenges facing the petrochemical industry, the CEO noted that the industry is still undergoing structural changes and supply and demand imbalance that have affected profit margins, highlighting the importance of SABIC's strategy in overcoming these challenges. Al-Fageeh underlined that the company achieved SAR 2.34 billion ($623 million) through the Transformation Program’s various initiatives, and SAR 12.26 billion ($3.27 billion) through synergies with Saudi Aramco.

The CEO also shared the latest developments in current growth projects, noting the successful startup of the Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) project in Jubail, which holds an annual production capacity of one million metric tons. He also highlighted the progress made in the SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex in China, which is nearing completion as planned. Additionally, he highlighted other future projects, including the expansion of the Polyvinyl Ether Specialized Oligomers Project to meet the growing demand for high-performance printed circuit boards in data centers that serve AI’s needs and the FID for Ethylene Oxide Catalyst Project in the Kingdom, which aims at promoting technology localization and supply security, and the FID for engineering thermoplastics compounds plant in China. The CEO emphasized that these projects are part of SABIC’s growth plan, which is a key pillar of the company’s strategy, and aim to enhance production capacity, drive growth and maximize value to strengthen SABIC’s position as a leading global petrochemicals company.

Al-Fageeh also underscored SABIC’s prioritization of innovation and technology, with the company successfully launching more than 490 AI-powered digital models. He also highlighted that 45% of SABIC’s facilities are currently using AI tools to enhance productivity, safety and energy efficiency. The CEO noted that SABIC additionally introduced 148 new products to fulfil the requirements of the company’s customers around the world, adding that these efforts have earned SABIC several global recognitions, including for its innovation, creativity, social responsibility efforts and institutional excellence, such as the King Abdulaziz Quality Awards, Edison Awards, and R&D 100 Awards, reinforcing the company's position as a leader in the petrochemical industry.

SABIC’s brand value increased by 5.4% year-on-year to reach $5.19 billion, exceeding the $5 billion threshold for the first time in the company’s history. The company also ranked as the second-most valuable chemical brand on Brand Finance’s list of the World’s Top 500 Global Brands for the six consecutive years. This historic achievement serves as a testament to the confidence of the industry in SABIC and affirms the company’s continued robust reputation.