The Effect of Financial Disruptions, Epidemics & Pandemics on the Investor’s Sentiments—The Case of IHI PLC

Abstract

The research has aimed at analyzing the financial performance of IHI Plc before the pandemic and after the pandemic with a specific analysis of the investor’s sentiments associated with it. The Covid-19 pandemic appeared in Wuhan, China, gradually spread across the world in 2020, and it was acknowledged by the WHO as a public health emergency. This created challenges for the organisations to continue their operations and pretend the global equity market and investors due to the higher volatility of the stock market. The pandemic was followed by a financial crisis due to the loss of productivity and economic activity, along with negatively impacting future investment decisions. The study has incorporated research methods of positivism philosophy, deductive approach and descriptive design and collected survey data considering investors for IHI Plc. The correlation and regression tests reflected an understanding that the investor’s sentiments changed with the fluctuations in the financial performance of the company. However, an alternative hypothesis has been considered, thereby rejecting the null hypothesis where it reflected a pandemic effect on IHI’s financial performance as well as investors’ sentiments and participation.