UTICAJ PANDEMIJE COVID-19 NA FINANSIJSKE PERFORMANSE LISTIRANIH PREDUZEĆA U ODABRANIM DRŽAVAMA JUGOISTOČNE EVROPE
THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED COMPANIES IN SELECTED SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Author(s): Bobana Čegar
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Health and medicine and law, Financial Markets, Public Finances
Published by: Finrar d.o.o Banja Luka
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; profitability; liquidity; solvency; capital market; Southeast Europe; financial performance;
Summary/Abstract: Since the first case of the infection, the coronavirus has rapidly spread to almost all countries of the world, so the original health crisis soon became an economic crisis, and 2020 will be remembered as the year of the pandemic in which measures to prevent further spread of the virus greatly affected to almost all segments of life. Restricted movement, ban on crossing state borders and temporary ban on performing certain businesses have significantly affected the financial performance of companies, as shown by this analysis. In this paper, liquidity,profitability and solvency indicators for 119 companies listed on the capital markets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia are analyzed. The analysis was done for a three-year period, from 2018 to 2020, and shows that the most significant, negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are in the transport and storage and hotel sectors.

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