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Al Meera Nine-Month Net Profit Rises 69.7% to QR82.2 Million

Al Meera Consumer Goods Co., the Qatari supermarket operator, said net profit for the nine months to September 30, 2026 rose 69.7% to QR82.2 million ($22.6 million), from QR48.4 million a year earlier.

Earnings per share rose to QR0.40 from QR0.24, according to the company’s interim financial statements published on the Qatar Stock Exchange on Thursday and reported by the Qatar News Agency.

Men in traditional Qatari dress stand at a ribbon-cutting outside a new Al Meera supermarket decorated with green balloons
Al Meera officials at the opening of a new Al Meera store in Qatar, in an undated company photo. Photo: Al Meera

The disclosure did not give a breakdown of revenue or quarterly profit.

Al Meera operates more than 65 stores across Qatar, according to its corporate website.

The company’s net profit for the full year 2025 rose 17.2% to QR143.2 million from QR122.1 million in 2024, Gulf Times reported in March, citing exchange data.