The global sports industry experienced a 93% drop in company filings mentions of COVID-19 in Q2 2023 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by DoorDash with 69% year-on-year decrease, according to GlobalData’s analysis of over 18 sports company filings. GlobalData’s COVID-19 Cross-Sector Impact – Thematic Research report helps understand how the effect of COVID-19 on sports sector compares with 17 other key sectors, in terms of equity indices, M&A volumes, jobs index, and filings. Buy the report here.
Notably, COVID-19 was one of the most frequently referenced themes in Q2 2023, ranking highest in terms of mentions, ahead of governance and sports betting, according to GlobalData.
Of the top leading companies in the sports industry, DoorDash had the greatest increase in references for COVID-19 in Q2 2023, compared with the previous quarter. GlobalData identified 16 COVID-19-related sentences in the company's filings - 1% of all sentences - and an increase of 100% in Q2 2023 compared with Q2 2022. Ambev’s mentions of COVID-19 rose by 100% to 6 and Ana’s by 100% to 5 and Beijing Kuaishou Technology’s by 100% to 4 and Charter Communications’s by 100% to 3.
GlobalData’s Company Filings Analytics also applies sentiment weight to reference sentences, based on whether the sentences are positive, negative, or neutral. Starting at 100 in 2020, an index over 100 is more positive. The overall index for COVID-19 in Q2 2023 was 164.
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