This is the second part of a three part series looking at the best performers from each of the super sectors which make up the London market.
There are a total of 19 super sectors if you excluding investment companies.
We have focused on companies with market caps of £100m or more - all data is taken from SharePad as at 5 Oct 2017 and refers to share price performance since the start of the year.
The first part of the series can be found here.
Food & Beverage
Best performer: Fevertree Drinks (FEVR:AIM) +93.8%.
Shares in the premium mixers specialist continue to soar and are now up more than 15-fold on the 134p price at which it joined the stock market in November 2014.
The company will have to maintain its stellar growth to justify a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.3 times. Some fund managers have already been taking profit.
Health Care
Best performer: Faron Pharmaceuticals (FARN:AIM) +208%.
The biotech company has seen its shares surge thanks to progress with its key drug Traumakine.
Used to treat acute respiratory distress, it is currently in phase III trials and the company recently raised £10m to fund an early access programme for the treatment.
Industrial Goods & Services
Best performer: Keywords Services (KWS:AIM) +166%.
A bit of an outlier in this super sector, the video games services provider’s momentum has stalled in recent weeks as the market has become increasingly concerned about a sky-high valuation.
This helps explain why strong interim results received a lukewarm reaction.
Insurance
Best performer: Esure (ESUR) +35.7%.
The non-life insurer has successfully navigated changes to the way compensation for road traffic accidents is calculated and bid rumours have recently added fizz to the share price.
Media
Best performer: Taptica (TAP:AIM) +161%.
With first half earnings and cash flow up nearly 50% in the first half of the year, the mobile advertising platform continues to recover from the ad tech crash in 2015.
This has been matched by an impressive showing for the share price.
Oil & Gas
Best performer: Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG:AIM) +357%.
The prospective Australian shale play has seen its shares reach new heights in 2017 after partner Origin Energy suggested the assets in the Beetaloo basin could contain 496 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Personal & Household Goods
Best performer: Frontier Developments (FDEV:AIM) +256%.
Not an obvious fit in this sector but the video games developer has certainly enjoyed a brilliant year, attracting Chinese investment and recently securing the rights on a game associated with the Jurassic World film franchise.
You can read our latest thoughts on the company here.
