The Oslo-listed shipping shell formerly known as a dry bulk operator is testing investor patience. After handing back the vast majority of its fleet-sale proceeds to shareholders, 2020 Bulkers saw its stock slide another 11 percent on Thursday to 3.87 NOK, extending a run of losses that has pushed the equity far from the 10.07 NOK peak it touched in May.
The move came a day after the market initially punished the shares with a 13 percent drop to 4.40 NOK, meaning the company has now shed roughly a fifth of its value in just two sessions as the market recalibrates what the business is actually worth in its stripped-down form.
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