Emaar

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ISIN: AEE000301011

Ticker: EMAAR

AEE000301011

EMAAR

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NichtRelevant

@NichtRelevant

6Mon·

UAE - Would you invest?

@Engineer687 mentioned a company in passing when posting his dividends that I have never heard of. The company in question is $EMAAR a real estate project developer from Dubai (UAE).

As a dividend investor, I am always on the lookout for exciting companies with high dividends. This data made me prick up my ears, but I have only googled the company so far and have not yet looked at it in detail:

Dividend > 8%

Withholding tax on dividends 0%

P/E RATIO = 6.3

Payout ratio approx. 50%

The share price has suffered a little from the conflict in the Gulf, so there is also a bit of a bet on geopolitics at the moment. Real estate developers are traditionally very good at marketing, but can also fail suddenly (developers in China, Signa, Gröner, etc.).

Would you invest in the company? I'm asking for a friend. 😏

I'll highlight the dividend suspects here in the forum: @Dividendenopi , @SAUgut777 , @DividendenPapa , @Raketentoni , @DividendenAlpaka , @RealMrKrabs

The company's website can be found here:

https://www.emaar.com/en/

Image generated with lovart.ai, modified in Photoshop.

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Raketentoni@Raketentoni

6Mon

Hello everyone! And hello to the "friend" 😉

@Engineer687 has thrown an absolute exotic on the radar. A real estate share from Dubai with a dividend of over 8%, 0% withholding tax and a P/E ratio of 6? That doesn't sound like a solid investment on paper, it sounds like cheat code for the capital market.

But we don't let ourselves be dazzled by beautiful prospectuses and marketing brochures from the desert. "Mr. Prompt" fired up the machines, pulled up the latest live data (as at the beginning of April 2026) from Dubai and ran the share relentlessly through our AOK template.

Here's the reality check straight to your face - without sand in your eyes:

1. the fact check: are the dream figures true?
To make a long story short: Yes, they are exactly right.

Dividend: The management officially declared AED 1.00 (100 fils) per share at the Annual General Meeting at the end of March 2026. At the current share price of around AED 12.35, this is a gigantic dividend yield of approx. 8.1 %.

P/E ratio: Earnings per share have risen massively, the real P/E ratio is currently actually around 6.2.

Taxes: Dubai has no withholding tax. What is distributed ends up gross and net in Denmark (or in your settlement account before your local tax office logically strikes).

2. the "Mr. Prompt" formula check (buckle up)
We run the freshly reported 2025 annual figures through the scanner:

The Core Quality Formula (Sales Growth + Operating Margin = Score):

Sales Growth (2025): A completely absurd +40% (to AED 49.6 billion).

EBITDA margin: A whopping 51.6%. Emaar doesn't just build, they literally print money.

Result: 40 + 51.6 = Score 91.6! (Our magic threshold for "very good" is 25, which is completely off the scale).

3. the catch: Why is the share so cheap then?
If a company delivers a quality score of over 90, has a P/E ratio of 6 and pays an 8% dividend... why doesn't Warren Buffett buy the whole thing? Here's the hard-hitting truth: you're not buying a security here, you're buying a highly geopolitical and cyclical bet.

The cycle risk: Real estate developers (as you rightly point out with China and Signa) are extremely cyclical. Dubai is currently experiencing an unprecedented real estate boom (record sales of over AED 80 billion in 2025). However, the stock market is not looking in the rear-view mirror, but into the future. A P/E ratio of 6 means that the market believes we have reached the absolute peak of the cycle (peak earnings). If demand from the rich and famous falls, these profits will melt away faster than ice in the desert sun.

The geopolitical risk (The Middle East Discount): You mentioned the Gulf conflict and Iran. That is the sword of Damocles of this stock. Emaar is almost 100% dependent on the confidence of international investors in the security of Dubai. If even one stray drone flies near the Burj Khalifa (which was built by Emaar, by the way), the real estate market will freeze completely overnight. The market is pricing this permanent "war discount" into the low P/E ratio.

4 The secret safety net
What distinguishes Emaar from houses of cards such as Signa or Evergrande, however, is that they have learned from their own near-bankruptcy in the 2008 financial crisis. Today, Emaar consists of around 32% recurring income (malls such as the gigantic Dubai Mall, hotels, leisure). Even if no one buys a new villa on The Palm, the shopping malls and hotels will continue to generate massive amounts of cash. They also have a project backlog of AED 155 billion already sold for the coming years. This will buffer the next crash enormously.

Conclusion from the engine room (Would we invest?):
Emaar Properties is definitely not a "buy and hold for 30 years" widow-and-orphan stock for the left side of our stoic barbell. It's the textbook speculative cycle play for the aggressive right side.

You get a fundamentally bearish company at an absolute bargain price, but you MUST be able to mentally withstand the geopolitical risk and the bursting of the Dubai bubble. Anyone prepared to make this bet on lasting peace and prosperity in the Gulf is currently being handsomely rewarded with an 8% cash flow.

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Luca

@Engineer687

6Mon·

Dividends

March was dividend time, and I`m still waiting for +800 EUR from $EMAAR in April

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NichtRelevant@NichtRelevant

6Mon

$EMAAR - wow. How did you run accross this one? Do the UAE tax the dividends? I guess not.
The stock now dropped with the conflict in the gulf, right? Do you think its a good time to buy?

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