Introduction
Methodology Respondents
IR Rankings – Euro Top 100 2024
MethodologyRespondents
Euro Top 100 rankingsPoints breakdown for the Top 100Position and points by categoryPosition and points by sectorPosition and points by countryInvestor and analyst comments
Nominees and winners 2024
Editor & copy editor Kathleen HennessyResearch Ash Govender, Maria LovatiDesign & layout James NodenCover media credit: stock.adobe.com/uk/contributor/208604450/andrew©2024 IR Media Group Ltd
All the rankings, category point scores and charts included in this report are based solely on a survey of 547 members of the investment community, the people who make up the most important audience for corporate investor relations professionals. All survey respondents are based in Europe.
The first phase was to email European portfolio managers, buy-side analysts and sell-side analysts with an online questionnaire. In the second phase, additional members of the European investment community were contacted by telephone to ask them the same questions about IR performance by European companies. This research was carried out between January and March 2024.
Points & rankingsEach respondent is asked to make three nominations in each category of investor relations: first, second and third. Every first-choice nomination earns six points, a second choice earns three points and a third earns two. The points are then totaled by company for each category to establish the winners and the short lists for each of the research categories presented at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2024. The same points system is used for IR Magazine’s other investor research studies in Canada, the US and Asia.
The points totals are also used to rank all companies in the research. Rankings for each category except best IR by sector and best overall IR are based on the points each company has received in the research for the category; for these two exceptions, the rankings are based on overall points. The overall IR rankings are based on the total points from all categories for which all companies are eligible.
Some categories are divided by market cap sizes. These are determined in line with Bloomberg as at March 30-31, and are split as follows:
Below €1 bn Small cap€1 bn-€7.5 bn Mid-cap€7.5 bn and over Large cap
AwardsThe investor perception research outlined above is also used as the basis for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2024, which took place on June 20 this year.
In addition, awards were presented to winners of self-nominated categories. For these, companies submitted entries that were judged by an expert panel comprising IR Magazine editors and investment professionals.
Between January and March 2024, a total of 547 European investment professionals from 26 countries participated in the research.
