Effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on the performance of companies in the health sector

The COVID-19 epidemic affected the whole world in a short time and quickly infected people, and this epidemic affected all humanity. While many businesses closed, within the scope of the measures taken during the pandemic, thousands of people were laid off from their jobs. This situation has created an economic threat. The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on the performance of companies in the healthcare sector. During the analysis phase, the financial statements of the healthcare sector companies listed on BIST were taken from the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) and www.fintable.com and a comparison performance analysis was made. This evaluation data will cover the years of 2016-2022, and the comparison of the pre-pandemic and pandemic period was made for the relevant 7 years. In the literature research, two studies were found on the effects of Covid-19 on the financial performance of companies. With the study carried out in this direction. The Covid-19 epidemic was implemented in five companies in the health sector in BIST, namely Deva Holding, Eczacıbaşı, Lokman Hekim, MLP Sağlık Hizmetleri, Selçuk Ecza Deposu. The feature of this thesis study is to examine the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on businesses that provide private healthcare services and produce materials within service businesses. The sector subject to review and compare is the healthcare companies listed in BIST from the years 2016-2022. In order to obtain financial information transparently and easily, it was preferred to conduct research on BIST companies.