Saudi bank Al Rajhi reports 44% rise in the first nine months of 2021 net profits 

Al Rajhi Bank reported a 44 percent increase in net profit for the first nine months of 2021, from SR 7.474 billion ($ 1.992 billion) in the same period last year, to SR 10.73 billion ($ 2.860 billion).

The higher net profit for Q3 2021 is spurred by 43 percent year-on-year to SR 3.794 billion, compared to the third quarter of 2020. 

The bank attributed the profit increase to the rise in total operating income by 26.4 percent, as a result of higher net financing and investment income. 

Shareholders’ equity, excluding minority interest, increased to SR 63.637 billion, compared to SR 54.919 billion at the end of the same period of 2020.