Abu Dhabi's Aldar Properties reported a 14.1 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, maintaining its run of improving earnings. The state-linked builder of Abu Dhabi's Formula One circuit, which reported higher profits in nine of the preceding 10 quarters, made a profit attributable to equity holders of 649.0 million dirhams ($176.7 million) in the three months to March 31, according to its financial statement.
This compares with a profit of 568.7 million dirhams in the prior-year period. SICO Bahrain had forecast Aldar would make a quarterly profit of 453.6 million dirhams. Aldar's first-quarter revenue was 1.23 billion dirhams, up from 1.18 billion dirhams a year earlier.