Saturday, 21 November 2009 | 04:30 UAE time
The Top 50 Real Estate Companies
Arabian Business profiles the largest publicly traded real estate companies operating across the Gulf.
These are tumultuous times for real estate companies across the region.
On the one hand, there have never been bigger or more ambitious projects in the pipeline.
In the other the global credit squeeze has made funding more difficult, buyers more anxious, and the markets more jittery.
Never has the maxim 'Get out when the market is ruled by greed, get in when the market is ruled by fear' been more relevant to the more bullish investors out there.
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All prices are in USD.
| # | COMPANY | COUNTRY | MARKET CAP | NET PROFIT | TOTAL ASSETS | SHARE PRICE | % INCREASE |
| 1 | Ezdan Real Estate Company | Qatar | 8.10 B | 372.82 M | 1.90 B | 17.72 | 138.89 |
| 2 | Emaar Properties - UAE | UAE | 7.18 B | 831.83 M | 16.52 B | 1.18 | 91.59 |
| 3 | The Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction of the Beirut Central District | Lebanon | 4.26 B | 182.72 M | 2.45 B | 25.90 | 56.59 |
| 4 | ALDAR Properties | UAE | 3.83 B | 938.38 M | 13.55 B | 1.49 | 40.00 |
| 5 | Barwa Real Estate Company | Qatar | 2.44 B | 85.16 M | 6.68 B | 9.29 | 11.55 |
| 6 | Sorouh Real Estate | UAE | 2.13 B | 505.90 M | 4.61 B | 0.85 | -2.19 |
| 7 | Arkan Building Materials Company | UAE | 1.52 B | -79.40 M | 696.68 M | 0.87 | -49.44 |
| 8 | Deyaar Development Company | UAE | 1.12 B | 298.16 M | 3.07 B | 0.19 | 42.00 |
| 9 | Mabanee Company | Kuwait | 1.11 B | 21.85 M | 809.89 M | 2.42 | 28.64 |
| 10 | United Development Company | Qatar | 1.06 B | 160.30 M | 2.04 B | 9.89 | 1.98 |
| 11 | Kuwait Cement Company | Kuwait | 1.06 B | 15.13 M | 839.94 M | 1.82 | -7.46 |
| 12 | Arabtec Holding | UAE | 1.02 B | 260.83 M | 2.58 B | 0.85 | 38.05 |
| 13 | Qatar Shipping Company - Qatar | Qatar | 1.01 B | 142.27 M | 1.49 B | 9.20 | -10.67 |
| 14 | Qatar National Cement Company | Qatar | 987.19 M | 113.64 M | 783.85 M | 22.12 | 0.93 |
| 15 | Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries Company | Kuwait | 972.31 M | 11.36 M | 831.68 M | 4.63 | 33.33 |
| 16 | Union Properties | UAE | 937.73 M | 207.76 M | 5.23 B | 0.25 | 42.08 |
| 17 | Raysut Cement Company | Oman | 767.87 M | 70.41 M | 305.60 M | 3.84 | 34.00 |
| 18 | IFA Hotels and Resorts - Kuwait | Kuwait | 724.62 M | 108.24 M | 1.19 B | 1.60 | -20.56 |
| 19 | The Commercial Real Estate Company | Kuwait | 722.01 M | 50.76 M | 1.40 B | 0.42 | -5.59 |
| 20 | Mena Holding | Kuwait | 673.68 M | 93.00 M | 989.89 M | 1.12 | 84.62 |
| 21 | Oman Cement Company | Oman | 651.50 M | 32.57 M | 345.46 M | 1.97 | 151.83 |
| 22 | Qatar Real Estate Investment Company | Qatar | 626.65 M | 85.56 M | 1.60 B | 7.25 | -9.28 |
| 23 | Jordan Cement Factories Company | Jordan | 606.15 M | 69.72 M | 402.59 M | 10.03 | 9.92 |
| 24 | Drake and Scull International | UAE | 598.84 M | 55.38 M | 394.71 M | 0.27 | 36.49 |
| 25 | Gulf Holding Company - Qatar | Qatar | 584.08 M | 9.38 M | 460.12 M | 4.70 | -1.72 |
| 26 | Commercial Bank International | UAE | 532.65 M | 35.21 M | 3.06 B | 0.40 | -5.32 |
| 27 | Afaq for Investment and Real Estate Development Company | Jordan | 509.19 M | 11.39 M | 143.94 M | 6.36 | 0.00 |
| 28 | National Industries Company for Building Materials | Kuwait | 479.60 M | -32.68 M | 441.62 M | 1.39 | 3.95 |
| 29 | National Marine Dredging Company | UAE | 441.06 M | 72.29 M | 487.23 M | 2.21 | -13.46 |
| 30 | Al Themar International Holding Company | Kuwait | 426.32 M | 1.01 M | 584.14 M | 0.42 | -7.69 |
| 31 | Gulf Cement Company | UAE | 395.68 M | 0.58 M | 492.96 M | 0.48 | -21.68 |
| 32 | Tamdeen Real Estate Company | Kuwait | 379.67 M | 47.69 M | 1.56 B | 1.02 | -9.38 |
| 33 | RAK Properties | UAE | 375.71 M | 103.31 M | 1.14 B | 0.19 | 35.29 |
| 34 | Oman Cables Industry | Oman | 349.52 M | 15.93 M | 357.24 M | 3.90 | 67.41 |
| 35 | Combined Group Contracting Company | Kuwait | 336.25 M | 29.81 M | 440.93 M | 4.21 | 140.00 |
| 36 | National Cement Company | UAE | 331.15 M | 52.81 M | 762.86 M | 0.92 | -43.59 |
| 37 | Galfar Engineering and Contracting - Oman | Oman | 327.31 M | 59.52 M | 964.11 M | 1.56 | 55.51 |
| 38 | Salhia Real Estate Company | Kuwait | 305.37 M | -124.54 M | 926.35 M | 0.76 | -2.68 |
| 39 | Fujairah Cement Industries Company | UAE | 290.66 M | 53.26 M | 436.46 M | 0.82 | -35.15 |
| 40 | Aerated Concrete Industries Company | Kuwait | 290.32 M | 22.92 M | 711.61 M | 1.59 | -6.22 |
| 41 | Union Cement Company | UAE | 287.97 M | 42.31 M | 417.91 M | 0.43 | -46.48 |
| 42 | Ras Al Khaimah Ceramic Company | UAE | 269.23 M | 50.35 M | 1.23 B | 0.44 | 39.45 |
| 43 | Holcim Liban | Lebanon | 254.10 M | 19.65 M | 325.65 M | 13.02 | -18.27 |
| 44 | Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company | Kuwait | 252.92 M | 2.40 M | 340.56 M | 1.70 | 14.12 |
| 45 | Zara Investment Holding Company | Jordan | 247.52 M | 13.92 M | 361.50 M | 1.98 | -19.54 |
| 46 | Kuwait Real Estate Company | Kuwait | 244.97 M | -164.37 M | 622.64 M | 0.27 | 32.76 |
| 47 | Sharjah Cement and Industrial Development Company | UAE | 235.40 M | 68.52 M | 552.24 M | 0.47 | -31.47 |
| 48 | Al Mazaya Holding Company | Kuwait | 234.84 M | 45.77 M | 1.28 B | 0.84 | -53.92 |
| 49 | Privatization Holding Company | Kuwait | 222.82 M | -48.20 M | 803.49 M | 0.28 | 0.00 |
| 50 | United Real Estate Company - Kuwait | Kuwait | 212.89 M | 21.45 M | 1.11 B | 0.27 | -7.23 |
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