Stock Analysis on Retail Industries under the COVID-19 Epidemic

Abstract

In 2020, The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the globe. Covid-19 has had a major impact on the economies of various countries. The researchers found that the retail industry is one of the industries that have been greatly affected by the epidemic. However, there is still a research gap on retail stock selection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this paper analyzes the specific method of stock selection, introduces the meaning of various data and collects the stock prices of Yonghui Supermarket, Sun Art Retail and Walmart. Conducted a presentation study on equity investments in three retail sectors under COVID-19. The study found that after 2020, all the operating data of the three companies have undergone significant changes, and different companies have different measures to cope with the pandemic, and the change of stock prices is also different. It can be seen that different types of investors have different stock selection methods, and the impact of the pandemic on different companies is also relatively different.