According to the consolidated financial report, by the end of September, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR) had about VND36,470 billion (nearly USD1.5 billion) in demand deposits and deposits with terms of less than 12 months. This figure increased by more than 45% compared to the beginning of the year, with the largest increase in deposits with terms of more than 3 months. Bank deposits currently account for more than 41% of the company's total assets.

In the third quarter alone, BSR increased its idle funds by more than VND7,200 billion. This enterprise also changed its structure to prefer longer-term bank deposits, instead of focusing on deposits of no more than 3 months as before.

This "savings" contributed greatly to BSR's financial revenue, increasing by 22% to VND420 billion. In the first 9 months, the company received nearly VND1,176 billion in interest from deposits. On average, BSR earned more than VND4 billion from savings interest every day.

Unlike the previous period, this time the company's business activities also grew in line with financial activities. In the third quarter, although revenue decreased slightly, the cost of goods sold was cut sharply, helping gross profit increase 5.8 times compared to the same period last year. The group of regular expenses also increased, but BSR still had more than VND 3,235 billion in profit after tax, an increase of more than 7 times compared to the third quarter of 2022.

The management said that the increase in crude oil prices and the good price gap have improved the production and business situation. Specifically, crude oil prices increased from an average of more than 80 USD per barrel in July to 94 USD per barrel in September. In addition, the gap between product prices and crude oil prices in this period is also better than in the third quarter of 2022.

In the first 9 months, BSR recorded nearly VND105,500 billion in revenue and nearly VND6,200 billion in after-tax profit. These two indicators decreased by 17% and 52% respectively compared to the same period last year. However, this enterprise has far exceeded the plan to make a profit of more than VND1,600 billion this year.

At the previous annual meeting, the company's board of directors said that the profit reduction target was inevitable because 2022 achieved record business results, but this year encountered many difficulties and had to maintain the entire Dung Quat oil refinery. However, the Dung Quat maintenance plan was later postponed to early 2024.

BSR’s backward business plan is based on a crude oil price scenario of $70 a barrel this year. The cost of sales (including selling and administrative costs) of key finished products is projected to be VND15,070 per liter of diesel, VND17,910 per liter of RON E95 gasoline, and VND18,000 per liter of E5 RON 92 gasoline.

Siddhartha