The CEO of the Amman Stock Exchange, Mr. Mazen Al-Wazifi stated that 96% of the 159 companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange provided the exchange with audited annual financial statements for the period ending on 12/31/2025 within the specified deadline, through the XBRL electronic disclosure system, noting that this high percentage demonstrates the listed companies' compliance with the provisions of current laws and regulations, as well as reflecting the Jordanian companies' commitment to principles and standards of disclosure and transparency in general.
Al-Wazifi added that the after-tax profits attributable to the shareholders of the company for 2025, for the public shareholding companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange, which provided their financial statements, amounted to 2348.3 million dinars compared with 2080.5 million dinars for 2024, an increase of 12.9%. This represents the second highest net historical profits achieved by the listed companies, noting that pre-tax profits for these companies amounted to 3268.9 million dinars for 2025 compared with 2981.7 million dinars for 2024, an increase of 9.6%.
From the sector perspective, after-tax profits attributable to the shareholders of the company for the financial sector companies that provided their data increased by 10.1%, while profits for the services sector increased by 11.4%, and the profits for the industrial sector increased by 18.4%.
Al-Wazifi highlighted that these positive results achieved by the listed companies and the rise in net profits achieved for their various sectors for the year 2025, despite the tough regional circumstances and challenges, indicate the positive ascending trajectory of the national economy, its resilience, and its ability to recover and adapt and overcome challenges, coupled with noticeable improvements in the investment environment amid governmental decisions to stimulate economic sectors and implement economic modernization projects and launching major projects and positive performance indicators at the macroeconomic level, represented in achieving positive growth rates by many economic sectors which led to an increase in the fourth quarter growth rate of 2025 to 3% and led several productive sectors to drive growth such as the agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries, as well as an increase in national exports during 2025 by 9.9%, an increase in tourist income for the kingdom during 2025 by 7.6%, and a 25.1% increase in foreign direct investment reflecting the growing confidence of foreign investors in the economy and investment development in Jordan, along with recording a rise in remittances of Jordanians abroad during the year 2025 by 4.5% to reach 4.5 billion dollars, and these positive results and others confirm the success and effectiveness of the economic, structural, and legislative reform policies applied, enhancing optimism and confidence in recording more positive indicators and achievements at the economic level, and boosting Jordan's position as an attractive investment environment and achieving further growth.
Al-Wazifi added that according to the instructions for listing securities at the Amman Stock Exchange; all listed companies are required to provide the exchange with their audited financial statements by their auditors during the specified period, emphasizing that the exchange has disseminated the financial statements through the exchange's electronic site www.exchange.jo under the circulars and disclosures (annual financial reports).
Al-Wazifi explained that the exchange has suspended trading in the shares of Jordan Investment and Multimodal Transport Co. (ALFA), Engaz for Development and Multi Projects (ATCO), and Arab Aluminum Industry Co. (AALU), effective from the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2026, due to their failure to provide the exchange with audited financial statements for the financial period ending on 12/31/2025 during the specified period, noting that if the mentioned companies fail to provide the exchange with the required data subsequently, their shares will remain halted from trading for three business days, thereafter they will be returned to trading according to the restrictions issued by the board in this regard and represented by reducing the duration of their trading session and the allowed increase and decrease percentages until they provide the exchange with the required financial statements, based on the provisions of articles (15/A) and (15/C) from the instructions for listing securities.
Al-Wazifi indicated that the trading restriction will continue on the shares of Union Financial Investments Co. (UINV), Jordan & UAE Dimensions for Commercial Investments (JEDI), and Union Factories for Tobacco and Cigarettes Production (UTOB), due to either not providing the exchange with the financial statements for previous periods or the auditors' report for the previous financial statements containing a negative opinion, in addition to not providing the exchange with the annual audited financial statements for the financial period ending on 12/31/2025.
Regarding the companies granted a grace period to rectify their status and meet the listing requirements in the secondary market, Al-Wazifi said that only one company, Jordan Steel Co. (JOST) has not provided the exchange with the annual audited financial statements for 2025, therefore, its trading was suspended starting from the morning of Wednesday, April 1 2026, and its listing will be canceled and trading of its shares will be transferred to the unlisted securities market starting from the morning of Thursday, April 2, 2026, based on the provision of article (22/A/5) of the securities listing instructions.
