The information site about the investment “Investing.com Russia” compiled a rating of leading companies in terms of stock growth in 2020, as well as a rating of the leaders of the fall among the largest Russian companies.
The largest growth in 2020 was shown by the shares of the gold mining company Polyus (+ 95%), followed by the technology corporation Yandex (+ 80%), Polymetal (+ 60%), engaged in the extraction of precious metals, as well as AFK Systema (+ 57%), Tinkoff Bank (+ 56%), Magnet (+52%), NLMK (+51%), Severstal (+45%), Moscow Exchange (+45%), PIC (+37%) and M.Video (+37%).
“We see that gold companies showed the greatest growth this year, which is not surprising: gold is a protective asset and always rises in price during times of crisis. In 2020, gold added + 18% to the value, peaking last July”, — comments Anastasia Kosheleva, editor-in-chief, Investing.com Russia.
Shares of Russneft (-56%), QIWI (-36%) and TATNEFT (-34%) fell the most.
“Among the companies on the list of the leaders of the fall, we see several oil corporations (Russneft (-56%), Tatneft (-34%), Surgutneftegaz (-22%), Lukoil (-21%), Gazprom (-6%)) that faced a number of problems in 2020: lower oil prices, halting economic activity, reducing number of air transports, geopolitical tension. Due to a decrease in the number of flights, Aeroflot shares sank (-33%)” , — says Anastasia Kosheleva.
At the same time, the growth of Bitcoin in 2020 was 209%, the growth of Tesla — 442%, Moderna — 409%.
Growth Leaders in 2020:
• “Polyus (+ 95%)
• Yandex (+ 80%)
• Polymetal (+ 60%)
• AFK Systema (+ 57%)
• TCS Group (+56%)
• Magnet (+ 52%)
• NLMK (+ 51%)
• Severstal (+ 45%)
• Moscow Exchange (+ 45%)
• PIC and M.Video (+ 37%)
Companies leading the fall in 2020:
• Russneft (-56%)
• QIWI (-36%)
• TATNEFT (-34%)
• Aeroflot (-33%)
• Surgutneftegas (-22%)
• Lukoil (-21%)
• VTB (-18%)
• Inter RAO UES (-8%)
• Gazprom (-6%)
Analysts in Investing.com analyzed the value of shares of the largest Russian companies in the period from January 2020 to December 2020 and compiled a rating of companies whose shares showed the largest growth, as well as those whose shares showed the largest drop last year.