5 growth stocks to watch in the UAE in 2025: analysis and market outlook

What are growth stocks?

Growth stocks are the shares of companies that are expected to grow at a pace that significantly outperforms the average market. Stock traders hope to see capital gains because the growth stocks are expected to rise in value exceptionally quickly.

Growth stocks are often found in the technology industry, holding patents or innovations that capture a large portion of the market – or when a significant amount of market share is still available.

Do growth stocks pay dividends?

While it’s not a strict rule, growth stocks usually don’t pay dividends. Instead, the companies reinvest their profits back into the business, which helps them expand at a quicker rate. Stock traders might hope for dividends in the future, though, once growth has slowed and the company has stabilised. However, this could take years to happen.

Price-to-earnings ratios: are growth stocks overpriced?

While growth stocks can often have high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios, a deeper look reveals that they’re expected to generate high earnings in the future – or so stock traders hope. So, in reality, the shares can often be bought at a bargain compared to what their future value will be.

It’s important to remember that all stock trading carries an element of risk, and no company’s shares are a sure thing.

Advantages of growth stocks

There are numerous advantages to stock trading growth stocks. Here are a few:

• There’s great potential for high returns. If growth stocks expand as the market expects them to, big profits can be made
• Due to the nature of growth stocks, the companies behind them typically contribute positively to economic growth and technological advancement
• Growth stocks often belong to innovative companies – as you’ll see in our list below, all five of our picks are tech businesses. By investing in these stocks, you’re helping to contribute to technological progression

Risks of growth stocks

Just as important as the advantages are the risks of growth stocks. Here are a few notable ones:

• Because stock traders often pay a premium for growth stocks, if the expected growth doesn’t occur, investors can lose their funds
• They don’t pay dividends as a general rule, which can be a positive or a negative, depending on how you look at it. On the one hand, you don’t realise dividend earnings on your stock, but on the other, profit is reinvested to continue to drive growth
• Stock traders face a higher risk than, say, value stocks, with growth stocks, as they’re often volatile, and there’s no guarantee that the projected profits will materialise

Top 5 growth stocks to watch

We’ve chosen these five growth stocks for a number of reasons, including:

• Current and future earnings outlooks
• Connection to the latest technology (think AI), which is growing at an astounding pace. It’s also no surprise that the stocks on our list are all involved in the tech sector, historically known for its ability to produce growth shares
• International exposure for UAE stock traders

About the growth stocks in this article

All the stocks we mention here are available for both CFD trading and stock trading, except for Samsung Electronics.

1. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)

Industry: Technology and automotive

Market cap: US$1.34 trillion¹

Tesla is a high-profile electric vehicle (EV) and energy company led by Elon Musk. In addition to EVs, it sells energy storage and solar products, and is pushing into autonomy and AI-enabled features. Tesla’s mix of goals includes hardware scale-up (factories in Texas, Berlin, Shanghai) and software/AI ambitions for self-driving.

This combination creates frequent news cycles and headline risk — exactly the sort of thing CFD traders can take advantage of.

Tesla remains one of the market’s most traded stocks. In 2025, it has shown recurring sharp moves tied to delivery numbers, regulatory news and company-level events (executive moves and product launches).

These movements are useful for short-term traders seeking volatility. Trading volumes are large, which helps with CFD execution.

Retail stock traders who prefer buy-and-hold positions should be comfortable with big drawdowns and active monitoring.

Highlights:

• Tesla’s stock price has grown 77.39%² over the past six months, as of 19 September 2025 – indicating it’s a risky but potentially highly profitable choice for stock traders
• In Q2 2025, the company produced more than 410,000 vehicles and deployed 9.6 GWh of energy storage products³

2. ASML Holding (Euronext: ASML)

Industry: Technology

Market cap: € 307.81 billion

ASML manufactures the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines that are central to advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its machines are essential for the most advanced nodes and are therefore deeply tied to AI.

The company’s orderbook and revenue outlook move quickly with AI spending expectations. With renewed EUV demand growth in 2025 as AI and memory investment pick up, ASML has seen momentum in its share price, along with plenty of intraday changes.

With good conditions for CFD traders, ASML has presented high volatility, along with substantial growth, over the past six months. This makes it a stock pick worth considering for investors, too.

Highlights:

• ASML has grown 18.65% over the past six months, as of 19 September 2025⁴
• Popular with CFD traders and stock traders aiming to get in on AI enablers, the latter of which who must also have the conviction to hold over the longer term

3. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)

Industry: Technology

Market cap: US$4.28 trillion⁵

NVIDIA is the leading company making graphics chips (GPUs), which are essential for AI, gaming and data centres. Right now, NVIDIA is a top choice for companies building AI systems – making it one of the fastest-growing tech stocks in the world.

Over the past few months, its share price has climbed thanks to huge demand for its AI chips. Its earnings keep beating expectations, and new partnerships are helping it expand beyond hardware into AI software and platforms. For stock traders, this is a strong long-term growth story: if AI adoption keeps rising, NVIDIA will likely stay at the centre of it.

For traders, NVIDIA is also interesting because it’s highly sensitive to news. Earnings reports, new product launches or even changes in AI regulation can make the stock jump or fall quickly. That means it provides opportunities for both CFD traders and long-term buy-and-hold stock traders.

Highlights:

• 51.25% growth over the past six months, as of 19 September 2025⁶
• In the company’s Q2 2026 quarter, its revenue was US$46.7 billion – an increase of 56% from one year ago⁷
• Revenue outlook for the next quarter is at US$54 billion, give or take 2%⁸

4. Sea Limited (NYSE: SE)

Industry: Technology

Market cap: US$112.82 billion⁹

Sea Limited is a Southeast Asian company that runs three big businesses: Shopee (online shopping), Garena (gaming) and SeaMoney (digital payments). It’s one of the region’s most notable companies and is growing quickly across Asia and Latin America.

Sea has historically been a volatile stock. At times, stock traders worried about its heavy spending and losses. But recently, the company has shown improvements in profitability, especially in gaming and ecommerce. Over the past three – six months, its share price has climbed as investors have regained confidence.

For long-term stock traders, Sea is attractive because it operates in markets with huge growth potential. Online shopping and digital payments are still expanding rapidly in Southeast Asia. For short-term traders, the volatility around earnings and competition news creates opportunities for CFD plays.

Highlights:

• The stock price has seen a healthy 53.13% growth over the past six months, as of 19 September 2025¹⁰
• Business risks include strong competition from rivals and regulatory risks in various countries where it operates
• Revenue in Q2 2025 was US$2.4 billion, up 52.1% year-over-year (YoY)¹¹
• Total net income was US$414.2 million, up from US$79.9 million YoY¹²

5. Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930)

Industry: Technology

Market cap: ₩‪523.77 trillion¹³

Samsung is one of the world’s biggest tech companies, manufacturing memory chips, smartphones, displays and many other electronics. Its memory chips are used in data centres and AI systems, so it benefits from the same AI boom that drives companies like NVIDIA.

Its stock price is closely linked to the global chip cycle. When demand for memory chips is high, Samsung’s earnings rise, and the stock performs well. Recently, stronger chip demand and stable consumer electronics sales have helped its performance. That makes it a good option for stock traders who want exposure to a large, diversified tech company.

However, it's open to risks like cyclical chip demand, strong competition in other companies like LG and geopolitical tensions in Asia, which could affect supply chains.

Highlights:

• Its stock price has increased by 30.87% over the past six months, as of 19 September 2025¹⁴
• Growth profit in Q2 2025 hit ₩25.5 trillion, while operating profit was ₩4.7 trillion¹⁵

How to trade growth stocks with IG UAE

CFDs

1. Open a CFD trading account with IG UAE
2. Search for growth stocks on the IG platform
3. Decide whether to go long (buy) or short (sell)
4. Choose your position size
5. Set stop-loss and limit orders
6. Place your trade and monitor it 

Stock trading

1. Open a stock trading account with IG UAE
2. Search for growth stocks
3. Choose the stock you want to buy
4. Determine how many stocks you want to purchase
5. Place your order
6. Monitor your investment 

FAQs about growth stocks

Footnotes
 

1. TradingView, September 2025
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3. Tesla, July 2025
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7. NVIDIA, August 2025
8. NVIDIA, August 2025
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11. Sea Limited, August 2025
12. Sea Limited, August 2025
13. TradingView, September 2025
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15. Samsung Electronics, July 2025