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Abstract
Being a managerial tool of proven efficiency when it comes to managing companies in crisis
periods, benchmarking concept is still insufficiently known and applied in the Republic
of Serbia. The idea of this paper was to reveal its possibilities through the aspect of financial
benchmarking, showing its simplicity and benefits even from the point of an external
analyst. This was achieved through the analysis of two biggest competitors on the market of
confectionery products of the Republic of Serbia, using secondary data analysis. Through
multidimensional set of performance measures based on profit as the ultimate goal, but also
including value for shareholders, liquidity and capitalization, we have confirmed the leader’s
market position and found its sources, which are the key learning points for the follower to adopt in order to improve its performance.