- As part of the latest FTSE Russell review, OMV Petrom shares will exit the FTSE Russell Emerging Markets indices effective March 23, 2026, reflecting index methodology related to liquidity thresholds
- The company has delivered a solid equity performance, with its share price outperforming regional peers over the last 4 years and reached a record high market capitalization of USD 15 billion on January 16, 2026
Starting March 23, 2026, OMV Petrom (ticker symbol SNP), the largest integrated energy producer in Southeastern Europe, will no longer be part of the Emerging Markets indices of the global supplier FTSE Russell, as a result of not meeting the liquidity eligibility criterion.
Alina Popa, CFO, member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board: ”Over the past four years, OMV Petrom’s share price almost doubled and outperformed its regional peers. Moreover, on the first trading day of 2026, the share price exceeded the RON 1 threshold.
These milestones reflect OMV Petrom’s solid financial and operational performance, underpinned by strong fundamentals and the consistent delivery of our Strategy 2030. In this context, we noted a consolidation of shareholding in OMV Petrom by several mid- and long-term investors with a buy-and-hold investment approach, which has contributed to lower trading liquidity of our shares.
OMV Petrom remains fully committed to initiatives that support sustainable growth and the continued creation of long-term shareholder value”.
SNP could become eligible for re-inclusion as early as September 2027, provided the liquidity requirement is fulfilled during the reference period July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
About FTSE Russell Indices
FTSE Russell Emerging Markets indices are part of FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS), which include over 19,000 large, mid, small, and micro cap securities across 49 developed and emerging markets globally, with a wide range of modular indexes available to target specific markets and market segments.
For inclusion in the FTSE indices, companies must meet various criteria, one of the most important being liquidity, namely that in 10 of 12 months of any given reference period the ratio between the monthly median of the daily trading values and the stock free float market capitalization should be higher than 0.05%. For being maintained in the index, the ratio between the monthly median of the daily trading values and the stock free float market capitalization should be higher than 0.04% in 8 out if 12 months of any given reference period.
To be reincluded in the index the companies have to meet the inclusion criteria mentioned above after a pause of at least one year.
OMV Petrom was included in the FTSE Russel Emerging Market indices on September 20, 2021.