Yesterday Presight released their financial results for 2025, citing strong revenue growth of AED 3.03B equivalent to a 36.9% growth YoY.
Finance Middle East spoke with Ram Meyoor, the Chief Financial Officer of Presight, about the drivers behind the firm’s 2025 performance, the macroeconomic forces shaping the firm’s trajectory across the GCC, and the regions powering the strongest growth for the data analytics firm.
Primary Drivers of Revenue Growth
Meyoor cited three key factors for the revenue growth: multi-year sovereign and AI programs, international expansion, and the scaling of applied AI verticals.
Profit Margins and UAE 15% Corporation Tax
EBITDA grew 23.5% YoY to AED 785M, reflecting an improved mix of greater platform revenues and operating leverage as revenue scaled.
Profits also grew after tax by 8.6% to AED 665.5M. The moderation in net profit growth relative to EBITDA is linked to the UAE’s corporation tax introduction.
According to Meyoor, the full-year impact of the UAE’s 15% corporate tax regime and lower finance income compared to the prior year explains the “moderation in net profit growth” for 2025.
Previously, the UAE held a 9% effective CT rate (2024). Under 2024 metrics, Presight would have held a 16.7% PAT growth YoY.
Meyoor emphasised that the underlying firm remains “margin-resilient” as reflected in Q4 2025, balancing growth with disciplined cost control and investment in long-term capabilities.
International Expansion
International revenues also reached AED 1.17B in FY2025, a YoY growth of 130%, representing 38.5% of total revenue made in 2025.
“International expansion is no longer incremental; it is now a core growth engine. The scale achieved in 2025 demonstrates the portability of our sovereign AI model and provides a diversified revenue base going forward,” said Meyoor.
In fact, international markets delivered the strongest growth in 2025. Central Asia, the MENA, and Africa are key contributions for Presight. Meyoor was keen to emphasise that the sustainability of this momentum is supported by “multi-year sovereign contracts, structured deployment programs, and growing pipelines in priority markets.”
“This is not episodic growth but a structural trend,” said Meyoor.
Long-Term Projects
What is interesting to note is the growth potential for Presight across long-term clientele, specifically multi-year contracts.
In FY2025, 93% of revenue was generated from multi-year contracts. Presight closed the year with AED 3.4B in backlog and AED 3.4B in new orders reinforcing strong forward visibility.
According to Meyoor, “the contribution from long-term, multi-year contracts reflects a durability and predictability of future revenue growth.”
A Successful Acquisition of AIQ
Presight acquired a 51% stake in AIQ (2024), with ADNOC having a 49% shareholding, valuing the firm at over $1.4B. The acquisition followed a previous shareholding agreement between G42 owning 40% and ADNOC owning 60% of the AIQ.
Meyoor outlined AIQ’s contributions as AIQ contributed 27.4% to FY 2025 to group revenue and 33% to group EBITDA.
AIQ’s continued successful deployments, enabling autonomous operations and Agentic AI platforms for energy upstream operations, has provided a “growth compounding segway into energy and the utilities sector,” said Meyoor.
AIQ is forecast to remain an important contributor to Presight’s group revenue and earnings growth.
2026 Forecast
Looking ahead, Meyoor forecasts a strong forward look for Presight in 2026.
Presight’s fundamentals remain strong going forward as the firm’s outlook is underpinned by AED 3.4B in backlog and a 93% revenue contribution from multi-year contracts.
Structural international expansion momentum, ongoing demand for sovereign, secure AI deployments, and the scaling of applied AI verticals will continue to drive Presight’s growth this year.
Presight is now upgrading its medium-term guidance for 2025-2029 targeting: 20-25% revenue CAGR, 23-28% EBITDA CAGR, and 21-26% PAT CAGR.
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