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Industries Qatar Overview

A Qatari conglomerate with subsidiaries and investments in petrochemicals, fertilisers and steel, Industries Qatar (IQ) is a 51 percent subsidiary of QatarEnergy.

Industries Qatar’s principal investments are Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC), Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO) and Qatar Steel.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) held QAPCO, QAFAC and QAFCO and then in 2003 Qatar Steel was also moved from state ownership to QP. QP then transferred these four companies into Industries Qatar, which was listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange in April 2003.

Industries Qatar is one of the largest publicly traded companies in Qatar by market capitalisation.

Industries Qatar News

People celebrate after Eid al-Adha morning prayers inside Education City Stadium, Doha. The completion of infrastructure projects leading up to the 2022 World Cup meant there were few opportunities and catalysts left for the market

Sustained sell-off makes Qatari stocks more attractive

Qatari stocks are among the Gulf’s most attractively priced, according to core metrics, after a sustained slump on Doha’s bourse. The decline – the Qatari index is down about 27 percent from its late 2021 peak – comes after a momentous rally that propelled the index to a seven-year high when investors bet on a […]

The benchmark EGX30 index closed at 24,894.26 points in 2023, up from 14,598.53 in 2022

Mid-cap stocks offer best dividend yields in Gulf

Dividend-seeking Gulf investors are likely to find little value among the region’s blue-chip stocks and should instead target mid-cap companies with steady cash flows and low debt, experts suggest. When interest rates hovered near zero and average dividend yields on GCC stocks were around 4 percent, the difference with the risk-free rate – the return […]

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Aramco dividends outstrip rival blue-chips

Saudi Aramco’s payouts of dividends surpass those of other leading global companies, and the world’s top oil producer provides sizeable returns for its shareholders in monetary terms. Aramco listed on Riyadh’s bourse in December 2019 following a $29.4 billion initial public offering that sold around 1.7 percent of the government-owned company’s stock. Since then, it […]

Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan, acting chief executive of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC)

Gulf petrochemical giants well placed to weather tough economy

Petrochemical companies in the Gulf have safe credit ratings despite rising interest rates and higher energy costs. S&P Global reported this week that Saudi Arabia’s SABIC and Industries Qatar (IQ), which are both ultimately state-controlled, benefit from low feedstock prices, strong shareholder support and “solid bases” of customers. Feedstock is raw material used for processing […]