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The stock market at the start of the week after the holiday saw active trading in Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR) shares. Demand surged from the opening, pushing the price up to the 7% daily limit to 25,250 dong per share. The high level did not dampen buying interest, with the remaining bids at the limit price exceeding 5 million shares as of the morning session close.
Compared with the start of 2026, BSR's price has risen by about 57%. At the current price, BSR's market capitalization stands at 126.4 trillion dong, up 45.8 trillion dong in just four months.
The positive momentum in the oil and gas stock followed the company’s earnings release. BSR reported consolidated revenue of 46,462 billion dong and net profit after tax of 8,265 billion dong. Compared with the same period last year, total revenue increased by more than 14,000 billion dong, while after-tax profit was nearly 21 times higher than a year earlier.
BSR attributed the record profit growth to a sharp rise in crude oil prices, from 66.8 USD per barrel in January 2026 to 103.89 USD per barrel in March 2026. In contrast, in Q1 2025 crude prices moved in the opposite direction, falling from 79.23 USD to 72.6 USD per barrel in March 2025. The company also said the gap between product prices and crude prices widened by more than in the year-ago quarter.
As of March 31, 2026, BSR’s total assets surpassed 106.7 trillion dong. Inventories accounted for more than 21.5 trillion dong, nearly double the level at the year’s start. The company said maintaining high inventory—including crude oil and products—helps secure input supply amid global geopolitical volatility and potential disruptions to crude supply. It also allows BSR to adjust supply and meet domestic gasoline/diesel demand when demand spikes or imports are interrupted.
For 2026, BSR set a target for consolidated revenue above 154,000 billion dong, up 7% from last year. If achieved, this would be the second-highest annual revenue in nearly two decades of operation, behind only 2022’s more than 167,000 billion dong.
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