Saudi National Bank Posts Higher H1 Net Profit

01:58 AM EDT, 07/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The Saudi National Bank (SASE:1180) said Tuesday that net attributable profit and total operations profit for the first half rose year over year. Net profit attributable to shareholders for the six months ended June 30 was 13.03 billion Saudi riyals, compared with 12.16 billion riyals earlier. EPS moved to 2.11 riyals from 1.95 riyals. The Tadawul-listed bank's total operations profit was 20.23 billion riyals, compared with 19.12 billion riyals a year ago. Meanwhile, the board declared a dividend of 1.15 riyals per share for the first half, payable Aug. 10 to shareholders of record on July 28. The company paid a dividend of 1 riyal per share in the year-ago period.