A sukuk carries a share of an asset or of a receivable rather than a loan on a balance sheet, and it pays a profit rate set when the instrument is sold. Each issuance is quoted and traded like any other security: a coupon, a maturity, and an amount outstanding.
Why The State Dominates
The government borrows through the Ministry of Finance and its debt office, NDMC, in scheduled rounds. Companies borrow far less often and in smaller size, because a corporate issuer has to find buyers willing to hold its credit for years.
Sources: Saudi Exchange, Sukuk and Bond Market Watch, session dated Oct 29, 2026 (saudiexchange.sa). Coupons, maturities and amounts outstanding are as the exchange publishes them. Group totals, shares and the year groupings are TalonEdge KSA arithmetic on that column. Corporate issuer ownership from the issuer's own disclosures. Scope: this page covers Tadawul-listed Saudi fixed income instruments only. Saudi government and corporate issuances listed or traded on exchanges outside Saudi Arabia are not included.
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