Emaar maintains 100% dividend for 2025 as sales hit $22bn

Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest real estate developer, has kept its dividend at 100 percent of its share capital following a strong performance in 2025, driven by record property sales.

The company had doubled its dividend payout year on year in 2024, paying AED8.8 billion.

Sales rose 16 percent year on year to AED80.4 billion ($21.9 billion), which lifted revenue by 40 percent year on year to AED49.6 billion, the developer said in a statement to the Dubai Financial Market.

Last year, the company launched 48 new residential projects across the UAE, including Grand Polo Club and Resort, a new phase of The Valley residential development, and the Bristol apartment building at Emaar Beachfront.

Revenue backlog rose 39 percent to AED155 billion as of December 31, 2025, providing visibility over future earnings.

Net profit rose 30 percent to AED17.6 billion last year, up from AED13.5 billion a year ago, supported by operational efficiencies and healthy margins across all business lines.

Emaar holds a land bank of 618 million square feet, earmarked for mixed-use developments, including 344 million sq ft in the UAE. The land reserve supports the group’s ongoing expansion, the statement said.

Its UAE-focused subsidiary, Emaar Development, also listed in Dubai, posted a 9 percent increase in annual property sales to AED71 billion. Revenue rose 44 percent to AED 27.5 billion, while net profit attributable jumped nearly 50 percent to AED 11.3 billion.

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International operations generated AED2.6 billion in revenue, with property sales increasing 124 percent year on year to AED9.3 billion, led by Egypt and India.

The company’s shopping malls, retail and leasing portfolio delivered AED6.3 billion in revenue in 2025, up 13 percent. 

Meanwhile, its hospitality, leisure and entertainment division recorded AED4.2 billion in revenue, with UAE hotels achieving an average occupancy rate of 82 percent.

Emaar Properties was listed on the Dubai stock exchange in 2000. The share price closed 0.6 percent lower at AED16.30 on Thursday, up 16 percent in the year to date.

Emaar Development’s share closed over 1 percent lower on Wednesday at AED18.55, but is up 22 percent in the year to date.