Some Financial Aspects of the Corporate Groups that Operate in Food Distribution and Specialized Retail in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Outline of the Determined Financial Indicators of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A.
The paper regards the selected financial indicators of the Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A.: LFL Growth, Employment, Net Sales and Services, EBITDA Mg, Long Term Borrowings, Short Term Borrowings, and Total Borrowings. The fundamental aim of the paper is the assessment of the selected financial indicators of the Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following research problems were put forward: What is the diversification of the financial indicators of the Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. as a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialized retail? Which of the researched financial aspects of the Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A has the highest, the middle, and the lowest level in 2017-2021? In the theoretical part of the paper was depicted the portfolio of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A.
The studies were carried out: documentation, statistical, comparative, and dynamics analysis. The results showed that the Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic as a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialized retail had different tendencies. The inference process took place in a deductive way.
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Mrozek, M. (2022). Some Financial Aspects of the Corporate Groups that Operate in Food Distribution and Specialized Retail in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Outline of the Determined Financial Indicators of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XVII, Summer, 2(76), 85 - 96. https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v17.2(76).01
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