Volkswagen made $12 billion in 2020 despite the pandemic
Volkswagen made almost twice as a lot cash in 2019, posting a revenue of €19.3 billion ($23.5 billion) on gross sales of €252 billion ($306.6 billion). However shares within the firm jumped as a lot as 6% in Frankfurt on Friday, suggesting that traders have been anticipating an much more precipitous drop in earnings.
Volkswagen has needed to adapt manufacturing at crops in China, North America and Europe this quarter and will lose out on 100,000 models, or roughly 4% of worldwide quarterly output, on account of the parts shortages, in line with UBS analysts.
The German carmaker, which additionally owns the Audi and Porsche manufacturers, stated final week that it “barely expanded” its share of the worldwide passenger automotive market in 2020. It delivered 9.3 million autos, a drop of 15.2% from 2019. Deliveries held up higher in China, its single largest market, declining 9% in contrast with a 20% hunch in Europe.
Deliveries of battery electrical autos hit 231,600, greater than 3 times the quantity in 2019. Plug-in hybrid deliveries surged 175% to 190,500 models.
It seems that conventional carmakers “can handle the transition to electrical mobility significantly better than feared,” Bernstein senior analyst Arndt Ellinghorst stated in a notice to shoppers on Friday. “Buyers must get up to the excessively low valuation of conventional automotive makers, particularly within the context of valuation for every part ‘new mobility,'” he added.
