AMMAN — Companies listed on the
Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) made “unprecedented” and “historical” net profits of JD2.422
billion after tax in 2022 — an 85.5 percent increase from the JD1.306 billion
net profits recorded in 2021.
اضافة اعلان
The 2022 pre-tax profits of listed companies totaled JD3.349
billion, compared to JD1.815 billion in 2021, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
Financial dataThese figures, announced by
ASE Executive Director Mazen Wathafi, are based on the data of 95.2 percent of the 169 companies listed —
those that provided the
stock exchange with annual financial statements,
according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
The data audited was for the period ending December 12, 2022
with the ASE’s deadline for submitting the statements through the
XBRL electronic disclosure system set for March 31, 2023.
Strong industrial profitsIn terms of sectors, Wathafi said that industry companies
recorded the greatest profits last year, clocking JD1.348 billion compared to
JD576.8 million in 2021.
Meanwhile,
financial companies recorded JD832.6 million in
profits in 2022 compared to JD611.5 million in 2021 and service sector
companies recorded JD241.9 million, also a marked increase from the previous
year’s JD117.7 million.
According to the executive director, “these are indeed
high figures for the stock exchange’s listed companies”, and they show the
companies’ commitment to and transparency towards the ASE laws and regulations.
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