The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Financial Performance of the Transport Sector

The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Financial Performance of the Transport Sector

The pandemic, which was announced by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2019, has affected the entire life, as well as the transportation and logistics sector and its actors both nationally and internationally. This process, which has been experienced and whose effects are still continuing, has restricted the flow of both passengers and cargo. The effects of the pandemic, which has caused many negativities all over the world, also on the financial performance of the companies in the relevant sector is one of the important issues. In this study by using consolidated financial ratios of the companies traded in the transportation index in the Istanbul Stock Exchange between 2008 and 2020, authors evaluated the developments on a yearly basis, the financial activities were ranked with the OCRA method and the effects of the COVID 19 process were interpreted. Since measuring the financial performance, the most important financial ratios were used under the main headings of liquidity, activity, financial structure, profitability, growth and sector rates. In addition to these analyses, suggestions were made for the relevant sector. The results show that between 2008 and 2020, the companies affiliated to the relevant index experienced the effects of the pandemic dramatically and experienced the worst period in terms of financial performance. In addition, the financial ratios show that the profitability of the sector has dropped dramatically in 2020, the sector survived by financing from banks and non-bank sources, and resisted to crisis with debt in this period

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