Industries Qatar Profit Misses Estimates Amid Plant Shutdowns - Bloomberg

Industries Qatar Profit Misses Estimates Amid Plant Shutdowns - Bloomberg:



"Industries Qatar QSC, the Persian Gulf nation’s biggest petrochemicals company, posted a bigger-than-expected 38 percent drop in first-quarter profit.



Net income fell to 1.59 billion riyals ($420 million) from 2.55 billion riyals a year earlier, according to an e-mailed statement from the company. The mean estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for a profit of 1.81 billion riyals, data compiled by Bloomberg show.



Plant shutdowns for maintenance “was a driver” of the financial results, said Bobby Sarkar, head of research at Qatar National Bank Financial Services, who predicted a first-quarter net income of 1.68 billion riyals, according to Bloomberg data. “This quarter had significant scheduled shutdowns, especially in urea,” he said in a phone interview."



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