The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Group, ranked among the top 20 exchanges globally by market capitalization, has launched the FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index, a first-of-its-kind index in the region.
This new offering expands ADX’s suite of investment tools, providing investors with a unique way to track high-performing dividend-paying stocks on the exchange.
The FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index is now live, providing investors with exposure to income-generating equities in Abu Dhabi’s dynamic capital market.
Diverse Constituents with Strong Dividend Performan
Starting with 17 constituents that reflect the emirate’s diverse economic landscape, the list includes companies with strong and consistent dividend performance, well-diversified operations, and footprints that extend across multiple countries and markets, thereby reinforcing Abu Dhabi’s growing economic influence beyond the region.
Together, these constituents accounted for more than 70 percent of the total dividend payouts made by listed companies on the ADX in 2025. Their strong financial performance is equally evident in profitability, with combined net profit for the first three quarters of 2025 rising by 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024, underscoring the solid fundamentals and resilience of these companies.
Encompassing various sectors of the vibrant Abu Dhabi economy – including communication services, industrials, energy, financials, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, and basic materials – the FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index is the 17th index under the FTSE ADX index series, and the fifth headline index under the FTSE Russell partnership. The launch further reinforces the ADX’s ongoing commitment to expanding its market and enhancing the tools available to investors.
Key Insights from ADX and FTSE Russell Leaders
Abdulla Salem Alnuaimi Group CEO – ADX
“The FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index opens a new avenue for investors seeking stable and growing income, backed by Abu Dhabi’s solid and resilient capital market. With a transparent, data-driven benchmark that tracks companies with strong dividend profiles, the FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index enhances liquidity, elevates issuer visibility, and strengthens investor confidence in our strong and dynamic capital market. This innovative index further reinforces our pivotal role in Abu Dhabi’s economic growth by attracting capital, supporting company expansion, and empowering our investment community to participate in the emirate’s ongoing success.”
Gerald Toledano, Global Head of Equities and Multi Assets at FTSE Russell, an LSEG business, said that, “Our partnership with ADX continues to expand investor access to transparent, rules-based benchmarks that reflect the region’s growth and maturity. The new FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index provides a robust framework for tracking higher dividend performance, supporting both income-seeking investors and Abu Dhabi’s vibrant capital market.”
The FTSE ADX Dividend Stars Index employs the FTSE Target Diversification method, which introduces an innovative and flexible approach to address index diversification and concentration.
This flexibility allows the index to easily adjust stock concentrations, ensuring quality and balance while reducing volatility and providing steady income from high dividend-paying stocks.
ADX’s Commitment to Innovation and Market Depth
This new index demonstrates the ADX’s commitment to innovation and market depth, complementing existing thematic benchmark indices such as the FTSE ADX ESG Screened and FTSE ADX 15 Islamic, which together offer investors diversification and performance benchmarking across multiple interesting investment themes.
