Enterprises’ financial condition as a factor influencing the withdrawal of companies from stock exchange in Warsaw in the years 2010–2015

Abstract

Our research concerned the financial condition of the companies delisted from The Warsaw Stock Exchange. It describes the reasons for delisting with regard to the basic financial indicators. The article consists of five parts. In the introduction and the first part we present the scale of the phenomenon, in the second part delisting companies from the exchange was defined, while the third part presents the classification of the causes of delisting. The reasons for this are merger with another entity, delisting, foreclosure, bankruptcy and others. The fourth part contains charts showing the average values of the financial indicators for the two categories: bankruptcy and merger. The following financial ratios were illustrated: capital multiplier, total asset turnover, return on assets, return on equity, return on sales, earnings per share.