{"id":2323,"date":"2025-11-18T09:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversiview.online\/blog\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:27:28","slug":"top-20-dfm-listed-securities-by-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diversiview.online\/blog\/top-20-dfm-listed-securities-by-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest-Growth Stocks on the Dubai Financial Market: Top 20 by CAGR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This list is compiled based on indicators as at 17 November 2025, and it lists 20 stocks listed on the Dubai Financial Market with some of their past performance (CAGR, volatility) and expected performance indicators. Only stocks with a history older than 3 years have been included, which may explain why some known names are not in the list. Also, indicators are based on the original raw price data in AED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DFM\u2019s Top 20 Performers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Explore more about each stock by clicking on the ticker link. This is not<\/span> financial advice but factual representation of the calculated performance, that you are welcome to use in your research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TICKER<\/strong><\/td>NAME<\/strong><\/td>EXPECTED RETURN (HISTORICAL)<\/strong><\/td>EXPECTED RETURN (CAPM)<\/strong><\/td>CAGR<\/strong><\/td>VARIABILITY OF RETURNS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
EKTTITAB<\/a><\/td>EKTTITAB HOLDING CO SAK<\/td>81.53%<\/td>6.44%<\/td>79.40%<\/td>56.20%<\/td><\/tr>
EMAARDEV<\/a><\/td>EMAAR DEVELOPMENT PJSC<\/td>49.39%<\/td>13.54%<\/td>49.71%<\/td>33.03%<\/td><\/tr>
UPP<\/a><\/td>UNION PROPERTIES PJSC<\/td>45.87%<\/td>9.92%<\/td>45.65%<\/td>39.74%<\/td><\/tr>
AMLAK<\/a><\/td>AMLAK FINANCE<\/td>38.45%<\/td>10.05%<\/td>38.87%<\/td>40.89%<\/td><\/tr>
SALIK<\/a><\/td>SALIK CO PJSC<\/td>37.91%<\/td>8.52%<\/td>38.39%<\/td>25.04%<\/td><\/tr>
MASQ<\/a><\/td>MASHREQBANK<\/td>36.07%<\/td>8.41%<\/td>34.48%<\/td>32.02%<\/td><\/tr>
ALFIRDOUS<\/a><\/td>AL FIRDOUS HOLDINGS PJSC<\/td>32.99%<\/td>7.49%<\/td>32.69%<\/td>63.89%<\/td><\/tr>
EMAAR<\/a><\/td>EMAAR PROPERTIES PJSC<\/td>30.68%<\/td>12.95%<\/td>30.87%<\/td>28.03%<\/td><\/tr>
AJMANBANK<\/a><\/td>AJMAN BANK PJSC<\/td>30.41%<\/td>6.78%<\/td>30.51%<\/td>27.27%<\/td><\/tr>
CBD<\/a><\/td>COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI<\/td>30.93%<\/td>9.91%<\/td>30.10%<\/td>38.89%<\/td><\/tr>
GFH<\/a><\/td>GFH FINANCIAL GROUP BSC<\/td>29.56%<\/td>7.37%<\/td>29.83%<\/td>27.71%<\/td><\/tr>
DEYAAR<\/a><\/td>DEYAAR DEVELOPMENT PJSC<\/td>25.11%<\/td>9.68%<\/td>25.26%<\/td>27.67%<\/td><\/tr>
EMIRATESNBD<\/a><\/td>EMIRATES NBD PJSC<\/td>24.75%<\/td>10.69%<\/td>24.94%<\/td>24.86%<\/td><\/tr>
AIRARABIA<\/a><\/td>AIR ARABIA PJSC<\/td>23.23%<\/td>9.53%<\/td>23.43%<\/td>22.72%<\/td><\/tr>
DIN<\/a><\/td>DUBAI INSURANCE CO. (P.S.C.)<\/td>28.60%<\/td>5.41%<\/td>22.91%<\/td>28.71%<\/td><\/tr>
NCC<\/a><\/td>NATIONAL CEMENT CO<\/td>25.78%<\/td>6.18%<\/td>21.97%<\/td>50.65%<\/td><\/tr>
DU<\/a><\/td>EMIRATES INTEGRATED TELECOMM<\/td>19.52%<\/td>6.94%<\/td>19.66%<\/td>16.60%<\/td><\/tr>
TAALEEM<\/a><\/td>TAALEEM HOLDINGS PSC<\/td>17.75%<\/td>6.47%<\/td>17.87%<\/td>26.06%<\/td><\/tr>
DIB<\/a><\/td>DUBAI ISLAMIC BANK<\/td>17.04%<\/td>9.40%<\/td>17.16%<\/td>18.60%<\/td><\/tr>
ITHMR<\/a><\/td>ITHMAAR HOLDING BSC<\/td>15.38%<\/td>7.31%<\/td>15.42%<\/td>44.98%<\/td><\/tr>
DFMGI<\/a><\/td>DFM INDEX<\/td>21.76%<\/td>9.54%<\/td>21.44%<\/td>10.81%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Figure 1<\/strong> below plots the 20 stocks by CAGR and Variability of returns (blue points) and the DFMGI index (orange point).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1:<\/strong> Top 20 DFM-listed stocks by CAGR, plotted against their variability of returns (volatility).<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We believe that past performance is not a guarantee of future performance, but one should also look at volatility<\/strong> of the past returns to understand how much risk they may take with any of those investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what do we learn from the Top 20 DFM stocks graph?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As one can easily notice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n