Sembcorp Marine Q3 net profit down 25 pct
SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Sembcorp Marine Ltd , the world's second largest rig-builder, on Thursday reported a 25 percent fall in its net profit, partly due to higher cost of sales.
The company, controlled by Singapore-listed infrastructure conglomerate Sembcorp Industries Ltd , earned S$222.5 million ($175 million) in the three months ended September compared to S$296 million million a year ago.
The profit figure beat the average estimate from analysts of S$196 million.
Sembcorp Marine, which competes with top-ranked Keppel Corp, and other Asian rivals, has a net order book of S$5.2 billion with completion and deliveries stretching to the second quarter of 2014.
Rig builders around the world have seen a recovery in demand since late last year as oil prices stabilised.
($1 = 1.272 Singapore Dollars) (Reporting by Harry Suhartono and Cerelia Lim)