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Middle East Company for Manufacturing and Producing Paper (1202.SR)

SAR16.80 -0.23 (-1.35%)
SA SAU Basic Materials Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
Address Nujood Center 23326
Jeddah, Makkah Province, SA
CEO Faisal Haddawi
Website mepco.biz
IPO 2015-12-21
ISIN SA13Q050IP16

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Description

Middle East Company for Manufacturing and Producing Paper (MEPCO), along with its affiliated entities, specializes in the global production and distribution of container boards and various industrial papers. Its extensive market presence covers Saudi Arabia, the wider Middle East region, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The enterprise conducts its operations primarily through two divisions: Manufacturing and Trading. MEPCO supplies a comprehensive range of paper solutions, including high-performance fluting grades like MEPFLUTE, test liners such as MEPLINER and MEPWHITE (a white-top variant), dual-purpose MEPDUAL, and robust MEPKRAFT liner board. These products are critical for packaging applications across diverse sectors including beverages, consumer durables, cleaning products, industrial goods, and processed foods. Furthermore, the company provides MEPCHEM semi-chemical fluting, specifically formulated for frozen and fresh food packaging. Its portfolio also includes MEPLAMINATE, an absorbent Kraft paper utilized in the manufacture of laminated furniture, shelving, countertops, and flooring, as well as MEPGYPSUM plasterboard liners vital for interior wall lining systems. Additionally, MEPCO manufactures MEPCORE core boards, which are essential components for the film, tape and label, textile, and paper industries. Beyond its manufacturing activities, the company is involved in the wholesale and retail trade of new paper, recycled paper, cardboard, and plastic waste materials. Middle East Company for Manufacturing and Producing Paper was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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SAR16.80 -0.23 (-1.35%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
1M
Beta
-0.04
Float Shares
66.51M
Free Float %
76.7%
Price Performance
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-1.21% +10.18% +9.85% -6.12% -28.13% -11.90% -30.11% -47.68% +2.41% +24.37% +3.42%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
16.80
DCF (Unlevered) 2.03 -87.9%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 0% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 0 0
Hold 2 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
1.62
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
1 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
B-
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +0.4%
    -0.4% Q1'26: -5.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: -12.0%
    +130.3% Q1'26: -132.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +37.3%
    -1.8% Q1'26: -34.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +5.4%
    +3.5% Q1'26: +1.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +2.9%
    +1.2% Q1'26: +0.4% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +0.0%
    +0.2% Q1'26: +15.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: 0.66×
    4.65× Q1'26: 64.00× (vs Q1'25)
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Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (-0.09) × ERP
WACC = 69% × Ke + 31% × Kd (4.9%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 2.03 Current price: 16.80
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2018
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Dec 2026
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
1 Rev. Ana.
Revenue
833.61M
est: 913.00M (-8.7%)
691.08M
est: 781.00M (-11.5%)
724.69M
est: 791.00M (-8.4%)
1.06B
est: 803.00M (+31.7%)
1.19B
est: 1.19B (-0.5%)
866.75M
est: 951.97M (-9.0%)
1.07B
est: 1.07B (-0.1%)
1.06B
est: 1.13B (-5.8%)
1.16B
1.15B – 1.16B
+2.9% YoY
1.22B
1.18B – 1.27B
+5.4% YoY
1.48B
1.44B – 1.52B
+21.2% YoY
1.90B
1.85B – 1.94B
+28.0% YoY
EBITDA
215.03M
est: 184.14M (+16.8%)
127.68M
est: 157.52M (-18.9%)
147.98M
est: 159.53M (-7.2%)
340.16M
est: 161.95M (+110.0%)
403.42M
est: 240.61M (+67.7%)
51.04M
est: 181.50M (-71.9%)
89.26M
est: 203.24M (-56.1%)
158.07M
est: 214.58M (-26.3%)
220.78M
219.83M – 221.73M
+2.9% YoY
232.79M
224.16M – 241.42M
+5.4% YoY
282.17M
275.40M – 288.94M
+21.2% YoY
361.29M
353.56M – 369.02M
+28.0% YoY
EBIT
128.23M
est: 83.67M (+53.3%)
31.86M
est: 71.57M (-55.5%)
42.08M
est: 72.49M (-42.0%)
240.95M
est: 73.59M (+227.4%)
303.05M
est: 109.33M (+177.2%)
-52.09M
est: 82.78M (-162.9%)
-24.42M
est: 92.69M (-126.3%)
36.72M
est: 97.87M (-62.5%)
100.69M
100.26M – 101.13M
+2.9% YoY
106.17M
102.24M – 110.11M
+5.4% YoY
128.69M
125.60M – 131.78M
+21.2% YoY
164.78M
161.25M – 168.30M
+28.0% YoY
Net Income
99.44M
est: 160.89M (-38.2%)
6.13M
est: 97.31M (-93.7%)
20.18M
est: 97.31M (-79.3%)
220.71M
est: 97.31M (+126.8%)
269.70M
est: 328.71M (-18.0%)
-80.27M
est: -76.92M (-4.4%)
-77.33M
est: -21.68M (-256.7%)
23.41M
est: 32.50M (-28.0%)
14.74M
14.33M – 15.15M
-54.6% YoY
21.68M
21.07M – 22.28M
+47.1% YoY
57.00M
54.79M – 57.92M
+163.0% YoY
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-100.0% YoY
SGA
47.16M
est: 65.11M (-27.6%)
60.09M
est: 55.70M (+7.9%)
54.43M
est: 56.41M (-3.5%)
86.76M
est: 57.27M (+51.5%)
98.98M
est: 85.08M (+16.3%)
66.19M
est: 72.56M (-8.8%)
42.25M
est: 81.25M (-48.0%)
105.67M
est: 85.79M (+23.2%)
88.26M
87.88M – 88.64M
+2.9% YoY
93.06M
89.61M – 96.51M
+5.4% YoY
112.80M
110.10M – 115.51M
+21.2% YoY
144.44M
141.35M – 147.53M
+28.0% YoY
EPS
1.50
est: 1.86 (-19.4%)
0.09
est: 1.13 (-91.8%)
0.30
est: 1.13 (-73.3%)
3.33
est: 1.13 (+196.0%)
4.05
est: 3.80 (+6.6%)
-1.20
est: -0.89 (-35.3%)
-0.89
est: -0.25 (-256.0%)
0.27
est: 0.38 (-28.0%)
0.17
0.17 – 0.17
-54.7% YoY
0.25
0.24 – 0.26
+47.1% YoY
0.65
0.63 – 0.67
+160.0% YoY
— – —
-100.0% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-10 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-04 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-03 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 B- 2/5 1/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-26 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-19 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 B- 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-124.91M
OE per share TTM
-1.45
Owner's Yield
-6.67%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
127.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

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Institutional ownership trend

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Top institutional holders

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 6 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Avantis Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity ETF AVEE 0.01% 9.9K 0.42%
2 Dimensional - Emerging Markets Value ETF DFEV 0.00% 66.3K 0.46%
3 Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF DFEM 0.00% 174.0K 0.39%
4 Dimensional - Emerging Core Equity Market ETF DFAE 0.00% 123.0K 0.29%
5 Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF DFAX 0.00% 90.0K 0.28%
6 Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF AVEM 0.00% 174.4K 0.33%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
146.9K
Shares Outstanding
86.67M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

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Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Robertus Johannes Antonius Maria Renders Non–Executive Director 385.0K male
Adel Alfar Acting Chief Operating Officer
Bandar Al Enazi Chief Commercial Officer
Faisal Haddawi Chief Executive Officer male
Abdulrahman Shaker Chief Financial Officer
Maan Fatani Chief Human Resources Officer male
Omar Sayed General Counsel & Board Secretary
Hasan Al-Amri Chief Waste Management Officer
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