Saudi Aramco has announced a net income of $106.2 billion for the year 2024 (2023: $121.3 billion), in line with analyst consensus, despite certain other non-cash charges of about $1.7 billion.
Cash flow from operating activities was $135.7 billion (2023: $143.4 billion), while free cash flow was $85.3 billion (2023: $101.2 billion). Gearing ratio was at 4.5% as at December 31, 2024 (end of 2023: -6.3%).
Aramco's board has declared a base dividend of $21.1 billion for Q4, a 4.2% YoY increase, to be paid in Q1 2025, reflecting Aramco’s focus on delivering a sustainable and progressive dividend, it said. It declared a performance-linked dividend of $0.2 billion to be paid in Q1 2025, in line with previously announced mechanism.
The company expects total dividends of $85.4 billion to be declared in 2025.
Aramco's capital investment was $53.3 billion in 2024, including $50.4 billion in organic capex. It gave 2025 capital investment guidance of $52 billion to $58 billion, excluding around $4 billion of project financing.
It said progress is on track to deliver growth strategy across Upstream and Downstream, with potential additional operating cash flows of $9 billion to $10 billion from growth in Aramco’s Upstream gas business, and $8 billion to $10 billion from growth in its Downstream business, by 2030.
The company’s spare capacity provides flexibility to help meet potential oil demand growth. If called upon, utilising one million barrels per day of existing spare capacity could generate an additional $12 billion in operating cash flow, based on 2024’s average price, Aramco said.
Commenting on the results, Aramco President & CEO Amin H Nasser said: “Our strong net income and increased base dividend illustrate Aramco’s exceptional resilience and ability to leverage its unique scale, low cost, and high levels of reliability to deliver industry-leading performance for our shareholders and customers.
“Global oil demand reached new highs in 2024, and we expect further growth in 2025. With dependable and more sustainable energy key to global economic growth, we continue to make progress on projects to maintain our maximum sustainable crude oil capacity, expand our gas capabilities, achieve further integration of our Upstream and Downstream businesses to capture additional value, and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
“We are also adopting and deploying AI technologies and solutions at scale across our operations, unlocking greater efficiencies and value creation throughout our business. Capital discipline is at the core of Aramco’s strategy, enabling us to deliver growth and capture value across conventional and new energy solutions.” - TradeArabia News Service
