The goal, as the name suggests, is to guess (know) companies that are “crawlers” in terms of their business and stock price.
In other words, companies that could be so-called bond substitutes.
My list
Sampo
Consistently reliable. Odorless and tasteless. A meme stock.
Kone
China’s weaknesses are already priced into the stock, and on the other hand, the US infrastructure package will help.
QT
A wild choice, but I don’t see any major threats in the business (except Flutter), and on the other hand, €120/share next year is not insanely high if the outlook remains the same. Valuation risk certainly exists.
I believe and hope that companies realize they should stay away from Google (=Flutter).
Telia is probably the role model for laggards, found in Stone Age paintings as the top laggard of 5000 BCE
Outokumpu is pretty much in the same category, though a bit more sensitive to economic cycles over several years. But next year is unlikely to change the situation. If the 1.1. vs 31.12. share price is anything other than +/- 1 percentage point, then surprised Pikachu.
Citycon is probably also quite flat. The share price has shown almost no life since the COVID dip
Kemira: The unbeatable crawl king won’t find a challenger this year either.
TietoEvry: Valuation multiples will rise to the level of competitors, but not this decade.
Elisa: results will rise, but the unwinding of valuation will level the playing field, resulting in a flatline.
All are naturally found in my own portfolio.
Sampo, Raute, and Lassila & Tikanoja - of course, I have all of these in my portfolio.
I also believe that the share price development of companies like SRV, Lehto, and Ovaro will continue to move horizontally at most.
(At least I haven’t acquired these)