The share price of Danish jewelry maker Pandora A/S has fallen more than 50 percent this year, including a 12 percent decrease on Dec. 12.
Last week’s plunge followed a warning by Carnegie, a brokerage, to its clients to be ready for a rough fourth quarter and 2019, Bloomberg reports.
In all, Pandora’s market value has fallen by about $7 billion this year, bringing the company’s value to less than $5 billion. At its peak about two years ago, Pandora’s value was $18 billion, Bloomberg notes.
The last time Pandora had a year this bad in terms of stock performance was 2011. The company’s markekt value fell by 84 percent that year.
So why the terrible year?
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Per Hansen, investment economist with Nordnet in Denmark, says Pandora “doesn’t just need better sales momentum and a complete overhaul in terms of the cost side,” according to Bloomberg.
Rather, Hansen says, it “also needs to find itself again and stabilize the downward spiral.”
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