Dubai’s Emaar Malls Q-2 Profit Up 43%

Emaar Malls made a net profit of Dhs 412-M in Q-2 of Y 2015, or + 43%

Dubai’s Emaar Malls, a unit of Emaar Properties, reported a 43% rise in Q-2 net profits Wednesday.

Emaar Malls made a net profit of Dhs 412-M ($112.2-M) in the 3 months to 30 June, the company said in a statement. That compares with a profit of Dhs 288-M in the same frame in Y 2014.

Investment bank EFG Hermes had forecast that Emaar Malls would make Dhs 445-M in Q-2.

Quarterly revenue was Dhs 727-M, up 11% Y-Y.

Emaar Malls attracted about 62-M visitors in 1-H of Y 2015, 11%  higher than a year ago, while lease renewal rates for its outlets were flat at Dhs 9.6-B.

It did not provide a breakdown for Q-2 figures. Emaar saw 21-M visitors in Q-1 of the year.

Parent firm Emaar Properties owns 84.6% of Emaar Malls, having floated to the stock market 15.4% of its subsidiary last September. At the time, the Dhs 5.8-B ($1.58-B) share sale was the Gulf’s largest since Y 2008.

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Paul Ebeling

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