Business Outlook 2017

BUSINESS OUTLOOK 2017

Figure 6 tracks share price performance of a sample of listed supply chain companies that have a strong UK presence across a number of sub-sectors, providing an indication of the sector’s health. On average, the downward trajectory in share prices reflects the revenue reductions during 2014 and 2015. In 2016 however, a sustained period of gentle share price recovery across most of the sub-sectors can be seen as another sign that the market believes the bottom of this cycle may have been reached. The outlier is the broad support and services sector, a major component of which is aviation companies. The wells services sector includes a number of companies with a strong North American position who are big players in the unconventional market. Therefore, while the share price recovery is encouraging for this sector as a whole, it should be considered as a global indicator, rather than one specific to the UK.

Figure 6: Share Price Performance of Supply Chain Companies

160

Support & Services

Facilities

Marine & Subsea

Wells Services

140

Reservoirs

Sector Average

120

100

80

Index

60

40

20

0

Jan 2014

Jan 2015

Jan 2016

Jan 2017

Source: Yahoo Finance

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