For today we decided to present you with a brief overview of share price performance across sectors for regional companies.

For this we decided to look at the average share price performance of companies in our wider coverage which includes companies from Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria.  When looking at the graph below one can notice that there are not any surprises when it comes to top or bottom performers. All observed sectors recorded a decrease, of which Pharma recorded the lowest of – 8.7% YTD and is the only sector which observed a single digit decrease. The Pharma companies in our sample are currently traded at an average P/E of 10.2 and EV/EBITDA of 6.2. Food and Insurance sector follow, with a decrease of 11% and 12.2%, respectively.

On the flip side, the highest share price decreases are mostly in line with the sectors which seem to be affected the most by the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Therefore, Construction witnessed a decrease of 26.7%. Tourism comes next, with a decrease of 23.4%. The companies in the Tourism sector in our sample are currently traded at a median P/E of 11 and EV/EBITDA of 7.6.  

YTD Performance of Regional Companies by Sector*

*Average share price performance of regional companies in our wider coverage