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Saudi Aramco touches $2 trillion market value

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DUBAI Dec 12, 2019 - 10:53 am GMT+3
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by Dec 12, 2019 10:53 am

Saudi Aramco's shares opened up 10% in their second trading session Thursday, briefly sending the state-owned oil company's market value above the $2 trillion target sought by Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The shares hit 38.7 riyals ($10.32) before easing to around 37 riyals after about 15 minutes of trade, up 5%.

In their debut on the Riyadh market on Wednesday, the shares gained the bourse's maximum 10%.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Aramco) became the world's biggest initial public offering (IPO) last week by raising $25.6 billion to top the $25 billion listing in 2014 of Chinese tech firm Alibaba.

Still, that was well below the crown prince's plan announced in 2016, which called for raising as much as $100 billion via international and domestic listings of a 5% stake.

Muted interest from foreign investors meant Aramco had to cancel roadshows in New York and London, selling just a 1.5% stake in Riyadh and relying mainly on domestic and regional buyers.

Bernstein analysts initiated their coverage of the stock with an "Underperform" rating on Thursday, estimating its value at around $1.36 trillion, below Aramco's initial $1.7 trillion valuation.

U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil is worth less than $300 billion.

"Saudi Aramco is the largest, most profitable oil company in the world – but size is not everything," the Bernstein analysts wrote, flagging the risk of slow net income growth if oil prices stay flat.

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