STOCK PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LISTED ENTITIES AT THE BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE. CASE STUDY ON THE ENERGY AND RELATED UTILITIES SECTOR COMPANIES

• Main Authors: Ioana Anghel, Mariana Man
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitatea din Craiova 2016-12-01
• Series: Annals of the University of Craiova: Economic Sciences Series
• Subjects: stock performance; stock indicators; stock growth ratios; rates of return; capital market
• Online Access: http://feaa.ucv.ro/annals/v1_2016/0044v1-014.pdf

Financial performance, as a multi-criteria economic category, constitutes a current topic broadly investigated by authors and experts in finance, financial management, accounting, evaluation and general management. In this ever more competitive capital market, because investors are increasingly better informed, it becomes essential for a company to know and periodically evaluate its stock performance in order to compare it at economic branch level. This present research study analyses six companies that activate in the energy and related utilities sector, listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, between 2004 and 2015, with the aim of identifying branch similarities regarding the evolution of the key stock growth ratios and indicators used in stock performance analysis. Furthermore, the authors deemed appropriate to correlate their results with the evolution of the main rates of return of the same companies