Saudi Aramco IPO
Saudi Aramco’s listing overshadowed every IPO in history, as it was valued at a staggering $1.88 trillion. Find out more about this oil and gas conglomerate and how it is performing.
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Saudi Aramco IPO
Saudi Aramco’s listing overshadowed every IPO in history, as it was valued at a staggering $1.88 trillion. Find out more about this oil and gas conglomerate and how it is performing.
Call +41 (0) 58 810 77 42 to talk about opening a trading account. We’re here from Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm.
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When is the Saudi Aramco IPO?
Saudi Aramco’s IPO was on 11 December 2019. Plans for the IPO were originally announced in 2016 but Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company, pushed back the date several times as a result of problems with its bookkeeping and corporate structure, as well as drone attacks on an oil facility.
The company is currently listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange. However, there may be a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), where its bonds are listed, or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the future.
How to trade the Saudi Aramco IPO
For the average trader, it is near impossible to trade Saudi Aramco stock, as the company is listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). This exchange only allows institutional foreign investors to access markets it offers.
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What is Saudi Aramco valued at?
Saudi Aramco was valued at $1.88 trillion on the day of listing on Tadawul. Shares floated at SAR32.00 and shot up to SAR35.20 on the day of the listing – up by 10%.
Saudi Aramco raised $25.6 billion by selling 1.5% of the company.
Why is Saudi Aramco going public?
Saudi Aramco was originally planning on going public to raise capital for the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which it was expected to join. At the time, it was anticipated that the listing would push the fund’s value up to $3 trillion. However, it didn’t join the PIF and decided to focus its IPO on raising money for its own diversification. In doing so, became the largest company in the world by market capitalisation.
What is the outlook for Saudi Aramco?
The outlook for Saudi Aramco is mixed, as a few factors should be taken into consideration when forecasting the future of the company. The short-term outlook is based mainly on its exposure to oil – therefore, the oil price. If there is an uptrend, Saudi Aramco’s share price could surge. However, fears of a recession in the US might have a negative impact petroleum demand.
The long-term outlook will depend on the company’s ability to diversify and move away from industry trends. It has already started its expansion by way of the recent acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi petrochemicals giant SABIC.
How has Saudi Aramco been performing?
Saudi Aramco has been growing its revenue every year, while cutting production costs and reducing its carbon footprint. In 2017, net income was $75.9 billion, increasing to $110.1 billion in 2018. The half-year report for 2019 revealed net income of $46.9 billion. The company has managed to cut extraction costs of crude oil to just $7.50 a barrel and overheads are only $1.50 per barrel. Oil production in 2019 is expected to reach 12.5 million barrels a day.
Who are Saudi Aramco’s competitors?
Saudi Aramco’s competitors include Shell (£223 billion), BP (£102 billion), Chevron (£224 billion) and Exxon Mobil (£295 billion), but it trumps all these companies in terms of market cap and revenue. Surprisingly, Saudi Aramco was formed much later than its competitors, it has the least number of employees and it is the only conglomerate between the five that hasn’t listed.
Saudi Aramco management team
There are seven key executives on Saudi Aramco’s corporate management team
| Amin H. Nasser | President and chief executive officer |
| Nabeel A. Al Mansour | Senior VP general counsel and corporate secretary |
| Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani | Senior VP upstream |
| Abdulaziz M. Al-Judaimi | Senior VP downstream |
| Ahmad A. Al-Sa’adi | Senior VP technical services |
| Muhammad M. Al-Saggaf | Senior VP operations and business services |
| Khalid H. Al-Dabbagh | Senior VP Culture |
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IPOs – short for ‘initial public offerings’ – happen when a company decides to list its shares on an exchange. This means the public can then buy or trade the shares. IPOs can create a lot of public interest, especially if the company is doing well. To learn more about IPOs and how they work, watch this short video.
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What is Saudi Aramco’s business model?
Saudi Aramco is the world’s biggest oil and gas company. Operations include the exploration, production, refining, distribution and marketing of oil and gas.
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