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Seeking Alpha - GCC stocks to watch

These are the best of times to be an investor in GCC stock markets. With the Tadawul about to open up to foreign investors for the first time, and the increasing internationalisation of bourses across the region, liquidity looks set to buoy the markets as we move into final months of 2008.


But where should investors be headed?


Which stocks are ripe for investment?


The first port of call to assess whether a stock is under or over valued is its price to earnings ratio. In this table we have ranked - from lowest (and therefore potentially better value) to highest the 100 must under valued stocks in the region.


The question you need to work out is why...? Is there a legitimate reason the stocks are valued at that price, or have investors missed a trick?


For those wishing to go further, click on a company name for the full financial profile of that company, interactive stock charts, company profile, the latest news stories, disclosures, press releases... from that company.


The table also includes other key ratios - Earnings Per Share, and Price to Book value, along with the company's Net Profit.


The figures quoted in the chart are kept up to date dynamically pulling from a live markets feed.


All prices are in USD.

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# COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY PE Ratio NET PROFIT EPS PRICE TO BOOK
1Boubyan BankKuwaitCommercial Banks0.5922.21
Million
KWD 1.014.40
2Bank of Beirut - LebanonLebanonCommercial Banks3.7144.33
Million
USD 3.261.21
3Byblos BankLebanonCommercial Banks4.61169.27
Million
LBP 565.290.73
4BLC Bank - LebanonLebanonCommercial Banks5.6045.29
Million
USD 0.300.32
5BLOM Bank LebanonCommercial Banks5.67319.90
Million
LBP 2,244.131.10
6National Bank of Ras Al KhaimahUAECommercial Banks5.90274.96
Million
AED 0.771.70
7Union National Bank - UAEUAECommercial Banks6.10370.00
Million
AED 0.580.90
8Bank Audi - LebanonLebanonCommercial Banks6.18234.84
Million
LBP 6,355.911.00
9Invest BankUAECommercial Banks6.7881.93
Million
AED 0.261.03
10Commercial Bank of DubaiUAECommercial Banks6.98223.45
Million
AED 0.430.98
11Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - UAEUAECommercial Banks7.60278.66
Million
AED 0.440.97
12Arab Banking Corporation - BahrainBahrainCommercial Banks7.79143.00
Million
USD 0.070.46
13First Gulf Bank UAECommercial Banks8.22931.39
Million
AED 2.201.13
14Cairo Amman BankJordanCommercial Banks8.3549.08
Million
JOD 0.361.46
15Sharjah Islamic BankUAECommercial Banks8.5772.54
Million
AED 0.110.53
16Albaraka Banking GroupBahrainCommercial Banks8.89105.61
Million
USD 0.130.80
17Jordan Kuwait BankJordanCommercial Banks8.8973.36
Million
JOD 0.521.42
18Doha BankQatarCommercial Banks8.96289.53
Million
QAR 5.761.77
19BBKBahrainCommercial Banks9.10103.86
Million
BHD 0.051.48
20Arab Banking Corporation - JordanJordanCommercial Banks9.1514.63
Million
JOD 0.130.91
21Jordan Ahli BankJordanCommercial Banks9.3132.34
Million
JOD 0.210.94
22Ahli Bank - QatarQatarCommercial Banks9.36113.24
Million
QAR 6.962.21
23National Bank of Abu DhabiUAECommercial Banks9.541.00 BillionAED 1.251.42
24CommercialbankQatarCommercial Banks9.56449.10
Million
QAR 7.301.38
25Emirates NBDUAECommercial Banks9.57637.05
Million
AED 0.480.75
26Dubai Islamic Bank - UAEUAECommercial Banks9.60219.62
Million
AED 0.220.83
27National Bank of Umm Al QaiwainUAECommercial Banks9.6595.52
Million
AED 0.210.99
28Bank of Jordan - JordanJordanCommercial Banks9.6544.76
Million
JOD 0.231.59
29Banque BemoLebanonCommercial Banks9.809.04
Million
LBP 421.732.09
30Bank of SharjahUAECommercial Banks9.86108.23
Million
AED 0.160.81
31Commercial Bank InternationalUAECommercial Banks10.1038.97
Million
AED 0.100.80
32Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance and InvestmentJordanCommercial Banks10.1041.09
Million
JOD 0.291.49
33Commercial International Bank - EgyptEgyptCommercial Banks10.17337.41
Million
EGP 3.032.12
34Union BankJordanCommercial Banks10.3230.13
Million
JOD 0.220.95
35Samba Financial Group - Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks10.511.18 BillionSAR 4.831.80
36BankMuscatOmanCommercial Banks11.01264.08
Million
OMR 0.071.45
37Qatar International Islamic BankQatarCommercial Banks11.16153.47
Million
QAR 4.171.69
38Société Générale de Banque - JordanieJordanCommercial Banks11.266.05
Million
JOD 0.100.91
39Banque Saudi FransiSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks11.35746.92
Million
SAR 3.881.77
40Arab Jordan Investment Bank - JordanJordanCommercial Banks11.5316.50
Million
JOD 0.121.05
41National Bank of BahrainBahrainCommercial Banks11.53114.15
Million
BHD 0.051.90
42Saudi Hollandi BankSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks12.05210.78
Million
SAR 2.411.51
43Investment BankJordanCommercial Banks12.1610.22
Million
JOD 0.141.41
44National Bank of OmanOmanCommercial Banks12.2570.58
Million
OMR 0.031.31
45Qatar National Bank - QatarQatarCommercial Banks12.401.57 BillionQAR 11.283.67
46Riyad BankSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks12.47753.21
Million
SAR 1.921.23
47Qatar Islamic BankQatarCommercial Banks12.56366.51
Million
QAR 6.222.02
48Al Khalij Commercial Bank Q.S.CQatarCommercial Banks12.93117.19
Million
QAR 1.361.20
49Ahli United Bank - BahrainBahrainCommercial Banks12.93265.50
Million
USD 0.061.53
50Arab National Bank - Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks13.67509.61
Million
SAR 2.191.67
51Bank SoharOmanCommercial Banks13.6826.55
Million
OMR 0.011.23
52Masraf Al RayanQatarCommercial Banks13.93332.68
Million
QAR 1.652.42
53Ahli Bank - OmanOmanCommercial Banks14.7136.62
Million
OMR 0.022.16
54United Arab BankUAECommercial Banks14.7883.87
Million
AED 0.302.43
55Oman International BankOmanCommercial Banks15.0845.68
Million
OMR 0.021.46
56MashreqUAECommercial Banks15.44218.79
Million
AED 4.841.07
57SABBSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks15.68502.16
Million
SAR 2.692.08
58National Bank of Kuwait - KuwaitKuwaitCommercial Banks15.681.10 BillionKWD 0.082.14
59Al Rajhi Bank - Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks16.241.81 BillionSAR 4.523.64
60Saudi Investment BankSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks16.64114.49
Million
SAR 1.121.27
61Bank Dhofar OmanCommercial Banks16.9786.44
Million
OMR 0.042.53
62Al Ahli Bank of KuwaitKuwaitCommercial Banks17.14193.36
Million
KWD 0.042.00
63National Bank of FujairahUAECommercial Banks23.9446.53
Million
AED 0.172.38
64Arab Bank - JordanJordanCommercial Banks24.32251.02
Million
USD 0.510.87
65Commercial Bank of KuwaitKuwaitCommercial Banks25.41147.09
Million
KWD 0.032.26
66Abu Dhabi Commercial BankUAECommercial Banks25.51103.75
Million
AED 0.130.92
67Bahraini Saudi Bank BahrainCommercial Banks26.102.92
Million
BHD 0.000.71
68Bank of Kuwait and Middle EastKuwaitCommercial Banks26.2899.79
Million
KWD 0.033.53
69Kuwait Finance House - KuwaitKuwaitCommercial Banks27.22385.36
Million
KWD 0.042.08
70The Housing Bank for Trade and FinanceJordanCommercial Banks27.26111.55
Million
JOD 0.292.19
71Shamil BankBahrainCommercial Banks28.0322.83
Million
USD 0.021.62
72Al Salam Bank - BahrainBahrainCommercial Banks32.0519.13
Million
BHD 0.000.38
73Jordan Commercial BankJordanCommercial Banks32.876.18
Million
JOD 0.041.07
74Gulf BankKuwaitCommercial Banks47.7869.30
Million
KWD 0.013.36
75Burgan BankKuwaitCommercial Banks54.8816.93
Million
KWD 0.011.80
76Bank Al BiladSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks58.4624.62
Million
SAR 0.321.79
77Bank Al JaziraSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks70.057.71
Million
SAR 0.261.22
78Capital Bank of JordanJordanCommercial Banks90.036.86
Million
JOD 0.010.95
79Alinma BankSaudi ArabiaCommercial Banks93.454.05
Million
SAR 0.110.96
80Ajman BankUAECommercial Banks94.241.10
Million
AED 0.010.89
81Al Salam Bank - SudanSudanCommercial Banks183.240.18
Million
SDD 0.5127.89
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