Information agency Credinform has prepared a ranking of the Russian companies engaged in business consulting. The largest enterprises (TOP-10 and TOP-100) in terms of annual revenue were selected according to the data from the Statistical Register and the Federal Tax Service for the available periods (2018-2020). Then the companies were ranged by net profit ratio (Table 1). The selection and analysis were based on the data from the Information and Analytical system Globas.

Net profit ratio (%) is calculated as a ratio of net profit (loss) to sales revenue. The ratio reflects the company’s level of sales profit.

The ratio doesn’t have the standard value. It is recommended to compare the companies within the industry or the change of a ratio in time for a certain company. The negative value of the ratio indicates about net loss. The higher is the ratio value, the better the company operates.

For the most full and fair opinion about the company’s financial position the whole set of financial indicators and ratios should be taken into account.

Table 1. Revenue, net profit, net profit ratio, solvency index Globas of the companies engaged in business consulting (ТОP-10)

Name, INN, region	Revenue, million RUB		Net profit (loss),million RUB		Net profit ratio, %		Solvency index Globas
	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
JSC Sovcomflot INN 7702060116 St. Petersburg	9 445,0	15 818,8	7 204,7	13 448,9	76,28	85,02	154 Superior
JSC CHERKIZOVO GROUP INN 7718560636 Moscow region	12 231,4	11 248,5	7 887,1	6 945,8	64,48	61,75	193 High
VOLGA GROUP LLC INN 7718989383 Moscow	13 884,5	21 599,3	6 912,5	10 724,6	49,79	49,65	243 Высокий
LLC MCKINSEY & COMPANY CIS INN 7710708760 Moscow	14 022,9	20 069,4	807,4	3 897,0	5,76	19,42	194 High
JSC Severstal management INN 7713505053 Moscow	11 962,2	14 747,3	364,2	1 779,6	3,04	12,07	197 High
LLC ASNA INN 7728850310 Moscow	10 229,8	12 143,9	474,2	1 090,9	4,64	8,98	231 Высокий
URALMASH OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT HOLDING LLC INN 7707727918 Moscow	10 448,5	10 549,6	474,0	403,6	4,54	3,83	221 Высокий
LLC Boston Consulting Group INN 7710927201 Moscow	6 322,1	8 736,4	562,1	61,3	8,89	0,70	269 Medium
LLC CABLE ALLIANCE HOLDING CORPORATION INN 6658388288 Sverdlovsk region	21 593,4	46 170,6	-38,7	-57,4	-0,18	-0,12	318 Adequate
RT-CAPITAL LLC INN 7704770859 Moscow	12 987,0	10 397,8	-6 762,7	-775,0	-52,07	-7,45	280 Medium
Average value for TOP-10 companies	12 312,7	17 148,2	1 788,5	3 751,9	16,52	23,38
Average value for TOP-100 companies	3 226,8	3 600,7	462,4	927,6	7,68	17,31
Average industry value	33,3	32,6	14,3	38,2	42,99	117,36

growth of indicator in comparison with prior period, decline of indicator in comparison with prior period

In 2020, the average value of net profit ratio of TOP-10 and TOP-100 companies is significantly lower than the average industry value. In 2020 and 2019, two companies had negative results. In 2020, four companies reduced the results, while in 2019, the decline was observed in five companies. At the same time, eight companies showed the increase in revenue and four companies demonstrated the increase in net profit.

The TOP-10 revenue increased by more than 39%, the TOP-100 revenue - by more than 11%, however, the industry average ratio showed the decrease by 2%.

The average TOP-10, TOP-100 profit and the average industry profit double increased.

In general, for the last five years the average industry indicators of net profit ratio grew within three periods. The ratio showed the best result in 2020 and the worst in 2017 (Picture 1).

Picture 1. Change in average industry values of net profit ratio of companies engaged in business consulting in 2016 – 2020

The Federal Law No.360-FZ dated 02.07.2021 introduced the significant amendments to the Federal Law No.223-FZ dated 18.07.2011«On procurement of goods, works and services by certain types of legal entities» and the Federal Law No.44-FZ dated 05.04.2013 «On the system of public procurement contracts for goods, works and services for state and municipal needs».

The main updates are as below:

• reduction of ways to identify suppliers, contractors and performers - now it is planned to conduct only open tenders, open tenders in electronic form, selective tendering, selective tendering in electronic form, public online auctions, closed auctions, closed auctions in electronic form and bids in electronic form;
• «general pre-qualification» was introduced, it allows participants with a positive contract history in the amount of more than 20% of the initial or maximum contract price to participate in the procurement worth over 20 million RUB.

Moreover, the amendments and significant changes were made to the provisions regulating the public discussions of procurement and the procedure for appealing against actions or omissions of regulatory authorities.

The amendments and updates will come into force on the 1^st January 2022.

The data on all deals, procurement, bankruptcy auctions and the in-depth analysis for all these categories are available in the Information and Analytical system Globas