Our recommendation is to buy Volkswagen Automotive Group (OTCPK:VWAGY). Despite the fact that they are now experiencing slower revenue growth, they are still inexpensive based on their most recent results and have a sound business strategy to keep up with the rapidly evolving automotive industry.
Next to Toyota, Volkswagen is the second-largest automaker in the world (TM). They have factories in 19 different countries and sell cars mostly in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Without a question, Volkswagen is a sizable business with a broad global presence.
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Is it wise to invest in Volkswagen?
Volkswagen AG Unsponsored ADR may be undervalued, according to valuation criteria. It would be a good choice for value investors, according to its Value Score of B. VWAGY’s financial stability and expansion prospects show that it has the potential to outperform the market. Its growth score right now is C.
Will Volkswagen’s stock increase?
The consensus price objective for Volkswagen AG among the 16 analysts who are providing 12-month price projections is 23.21, with a high estimate of 32.09 and a low estimate of 11.52. The median estimate reflects a gain of +27.15 percent over the most recent price of 18.25.
Analyst Recommendations
Two investing analysts were surveyed, and their current consensus is to buy Volkswagen AG stock. Since August, when it remained unchanged from a Buy rating, this rating has been stable. Mouse over the previous months for more information.
Vow or VOW3 should I purchase?
The global impact of the Volkswagen pollution crisis is growing. American investors and consumers are suing Volkswagen in large numbers right now.
Some of you might be familiar with Volkswagen as an automaker but not as a stock. After learning about the emission scandal, I imagine that many investors are eager to examine the stock prices and purchase it for the first time.
Volkswagen stock is traded on markets around the world. But Frankfurt, Germany, is its principal market. There are multiple ticker symbols for Volkswagen when searching for Volkswagen equities on the Frankfurt market. So what makes those various symbols different from one another?
Volkswagen’s ticker symbols resemble “VOW.DE.” The exchange where equities are traded is indicated in the right part. But we’ll ignore that for now. Each symbol’s differences are displayed on the left portion.
Ordinary shares are the ones with the “VOW” symbol. Ordinary shares entitle you to voting rights if you own them. The shares with the “VOW3 sign, on the other hand, are preferred shares. Preferred shares are those that provide their owners preference in a number of ways, including dividend payments, asset distribution during a liquidation, and more. However, preferred shares typically do not grant you any voting rights. In addition, if we contrast the current values of Volkswagen’s common stock (VOW) and preferred stock (VOW3), the common stock is currently more expensive.
Additionally, there are additional Volkswagen emblems, such as VOW4 and VOW5. Depository receipt with a 20% value of VOW is referred to as VOW4. After purchasing shares of a company to use as collateral, a financial institution issues depository receipts as securities. The 20% value of VOW3 is also included in VOW5, which is a depository receipt for VOW3. In other words, both VOW and VOW3 depository receipts are exchanged in the market.
It’s better to learn more about Volkswagen shares because it’s likely that there will be numerous articles about Volkswagen in the media over the next few weeks.
What distinguishes VWAGY and Vwapy from one another?
Simply said, from a financial standpoint, the two sets of shares are nearly equal. Voting rights are attached to the relatively “overpriced” shares, VWAGY, but not to VWAPY. The spread between the two shares is what’s different. The spread (monthly) averaged $0.31 or 2.2% for the twelve months that ended in March 2020. The spread (daily) averaged $1.77 or 9.7% for the twelve months that ended in March 2021 (and $1.39 and 8.4% if March 2021 were excluded). The spread was $7.22 and a 26.3% spread as of March 29, 2021. And as of March 30, when I am writing this, the spread has increased to an absurd $9.65, or 34.2%!
I’m betting that this pendulum swings back even if pendulums (price gaps) do occasionally swing out.
Simple: Short VWAGY and purchase VWAPY. An arbitrageur might make returns above 20% if the shares revert to a more conventional spread, whether it was the spread from the previous year or the year before. I’m not forecasting when the spread will return to normal, but I’m betting (investing?) that it will.
In five years, where will the Volkswagen stock be?
Stock of Volkswagen AG?
Is it a good idea to trade “VLKAF” stock today? Our real-time forecasting system indicates that
Volkswagen AG may be a successful investment choice if you’re looking for companies with strong returns.
At 2022-09-03, the Volkswagen AG quote is equivalent to 183.450 USD. According to our projections, a long-term growth is anticipated,
2027-08-27 stock price forecast for “VLKAF” is 355.013 USD. The earnings after a five-year investment are
anticipated to be roughly +93.52%. Your $100 investment today might be worth up to $193.52 in 2027.
Buy or sell VWAGY?
Presently, VWAGY has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock’s P/E ratio is 9.03, while the P/E for its sector is 11.56 on average.
Why is the VW stock falling?
The company’s 2022 vision, which includes a crucial shift to electric vehicles, was clouded by the war Russia is waging in Ukraine, according to a warning made by Volkswagen on Tuesday.
The warning from Volkswagen (VWAGY) follows the German automaker’s announcement on Friday that sales of battery electric cars (BEVs) will nearly treble to 452,900 in 2021. However, that was considerably short of the approximately 1 million electric vehicles that Tesla (TSLA) sold last year as well as its goal of 500,000. The auto industry behemoth with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is on a mission to dethrone Tesla as the pioneer of electric transportation.
Tuesday, management cited a scarcity of cable harnesses from Ukraine as the reason why the firm had to stop producing important electric vehicles like the ID.3 and ID.4, among other things.
Volkswagen has demonstrated its resiliency over the years, and CEO Herbert Diess assured the media at a news conference in Wolfsburg that the company will handle the issue as well.
Diess expanded on a warning he had issued on Friday about the threat the conflict and supply chain bottlenecks posed to the company’s operations. “The crisis in Ukraine has called our current outlook into question,” he said. According to reports, 380 businesses have left Russia because of the conflict, but others are still there and still doing business. Nickel, which is frequently utilized in EV batteries, is mostly supplied by Russia.
Volkswagen is giving China, where it has a 16% market share and where EV sales increased by more than fourfold in 2021, a higher priority in the midst of the turbulence in Europe.
The company anticipates growing sales by 8%-13% and deliveries by 5%10% in 2022. In the second part of the year, it anticipates an improvement in the supply of semiconductors.
According to management, pricing for both internal combustion engine automobiles and electric vehicles would increase as a result of rising raw material costs. It issued a warning that commodities volatility might last into 2026.
A critical analysis of Volkswagen stock:
With the following indicators, fundamental analysis of the Volkswagen share provides intriguing medium- and long-term signals:
- Strong financial position: The company exhibits a strong financial position with intriguing earnings multiples thanks to a high level of cash and net margin.
- High price target: The average analyst price target for this company is quite different from the present price, indicating an intriguing upside potential.
- Launches that surpass expectations: According to past trends, the Volkswagen Group has a favorable surprise rate for its releases.
- Weak growth predictions: Based on how sales are predicted to evolve, weak growth is predicted during the next few years.
- Volkswagen pays out a respectable dividend, making it a desirable yield investment for investors.
- Low valuation: It is estimated that Volkswagen’s enterprise value is 0.15 times sales. Therefore, based on its net book value and cash flow, the stock appears to be undervalued.
- Divergent consensus: It is difficult to value this stock because of the wide disparity between analyst price targets for it.
A technical analysis of Volkswagen stock:
Long-term signs from Volkswagen’s chart and technical analysis data are more bearish and include the following:
- The following technical support and resistance levels are at 132.64 and 108.28, respectively. The next technical support levels are at 180.02 and 203.04.
- The MACD is presently at 0.15 and is indicating a weak buy.
- While the long-term stochastic is generating an oversold signal, the short, medium, and long-term stochastics are sending sell signals.
- With the exception of the MA200 simple and exponential average, which is sending a purchase signal, all simple and exponential moving averages are sending sell signals.
- The RSI is currently showing a strong sell signal at 43.231.
Is Volkswagen stock a good buy?
According to an analysis of Volkswagen’s historical stock price, the trend was downward and, as of 23 December, there were no indications that it will reverse.
An optimistic forecast for 2022 was supported by the consensus analyst sentiment and algorithm-based predictions from Wallet Investor.
Before purchasing Volkswagen shares, investors should conduct their own due diligence. None of these viewpoints need to be interpreted as a suggestion to buy stock in the business.
Why has Volkswagen stock gone down?
Since April of this year, the price of VOW3 stock has been declining as the company’s capacity to produce cars has been hampered by supply chain bottlenecks.
How high can Volkswagen stock go?
By the end of 2025, Volkswagen stock might cost 227.256 per share, according to forecasts made using an algorithm by Wallet Investor. These forecasts are derived from an evaluation of the current price trend. Up until then, a lot of factors could happen, which could have an impact on the performance of Volkswagen stock.
Volkswagen: Does it pay dividends?
Volkswagen distributes a dividend once every year. May is the payout month. The dividend calendar displays the month that each firm distributes dividends for more than 1,000 dividend stocks.
Which automaker has the highest debt burden?
- Mounting debt that’s almost as much as entire countries, like South Africa or Hungary
- With debts of respectively $151 billion and $114 billion, Daimler and BMW are also in the top 10.
- Volkswagen has the second-highest EBIT margin of any automaker, behind Toyota, despite its indebtedness.
The German automaker Volkswagen Group, one of the largest producers of cars and commercial vehicles worldwide, has rated first in a list of the most highly indebted companies, according to new data obtained by Kryptoszene and provided to Business A.M.
The research indicates that the amount of debt held by the automobile group is comparable to that of entire nations, such as South Africa or Hungary. All of this debt exists despite the fact that the Wolfsburg, Germany-based company is extremely successful and has the second-best earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) edge of any automaker.