Hi everyone!
I have been following the stock market developments in the construction sector to some extent during 2018.
Almost all companies had the air blown out of their share prices quite thoroughly. For example, SRV and Lehto.
Both performed very poorly last year, even though in principle, you would think there would be free money for everyone at the peak of the cycle.
However, I won’t delve deeper into Lehto, but will focus directly on SRV instead. A few questions came to mind regarding the company and the market’s pricing of it.
The share price indeed dropped to nearly the 1.6 level at its worst.
What kind of fear is the market pricing into SRV for the coming years?
The real estate portfolio is significant, and if SRV succeeds in divesting these as planned over the next 3-4 years while simultaneously reducing debt, then the share price simply isn’t pricing in the return potential for the coming years. Are one of the following scenarios perhaps being feared?
A) Shopping centers/commercial premises won’t sell at target prices
B) The construction sector faces a significant downturn for the coming years/decade
C) SRV is unable to exit the centers, making additional access to debt financing impossible?
D) Something else?

Thanks in advance to everyone who joins me in sharing this state of fear.
If there are errors in the text, it is due to the following reasons:
- I am a poor writer.
- I don’t know how to analyze the construction sector/stock market well enough (I’ve only been following and studying for about a year).
Best regards, an individual interested in the construction sector from an investment perspective.