THE COMPANY: Gulf Hotel Group (GHG) is a public limited liability company that has been listed on the Bahrain Bourse since 1987. A luxury hotel brand, GHG was inaugurated in 1967 under the name of Bahrain Hotels Company. The company is primarily involved in two main operations: the...
With an 18.9% year-on-year increase in market capitalisation and a 17.2% hike in the Bahrain All-Share Index, 2013 was a positive year for the Bahrain Bourse. This positive trend continued into 2014 as well, with a 21.7% rise in market capitalisation to BD8.47bn ($22.45bn) at the end of September 2014 and a 23.63% increase year to date in the Bahrain All-Share Index,...
THE COMPANY: Seef Properties is primarily a mall operator and it manages Seef Mall, Bahrain’s second-largest shopping mall, with a gross leasable area (GLA) of 72,000 sq metres. Seef also has a serviced apartments division, through which it operates Fraser Suites, and a recreational...
Relative illiquidity and low free float constitute two key challenges to the growth of the Bahrain Bourse (BHB). One of the main reasons is the low free float in blue chip companies: nine out of the top 15 stocks have a free float of lower than 25%. While it is widely reported that Batelco and Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) have a free float of 23% and 10%, respectively,...
THE COMPANY: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is the Middle East’s second-largest aluminium producer and ninth-largest globally in terms of tonnage. It was established in 1968 and officially commissioned on May 11, 1971 as a 120,000-tonnes-per-annum (tpa) smelter. Today, the company produces...
THE COMPANY: Al Salam Bank-Bahrain (ASBB) is a diversified Islamic bank engaged in commercial and investment banking and providing wealth management, retail, corporate, treasury, offshore and private banking services. Incorporated in January 2006, ASBB is regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain...
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