Companies floated by private equity firms outperform businesses that have gone public from other sources, overturning the figures from the same time last year, according to an annual survey by Financial News.

Companies listed in Europe by private equity firms for more than $50m (€38m) since 2003 have suffered a less severe decline in their share price than others listed in the same period, with a -20.2% change compared with -36.9% for other listings, the research found.