RE: Smarteye Redeye broker comment1 Oct 2024 09:20
The issue for SEYE is they can't replace the BMW volumes not that BMW are predicting flat sales. Hyundai is the issue as they thought that would replace BMW volumes.
If we were already in 9.24m VW a year I might be concerned by the drop but we aren't, we are at the very early stage of a ramp up.
Redeye extract
BMW, 10 September: slight y/y decrease rather than slight y/y increase
Mercedes, 20 September: Lowering prognosis due to lower sales in China than estimated
Volkswagen 27 September: 9m cars in 2024, down from 9.24m in 2023. The new prognosis is 5% lower than before. This is after a previous profit warning from July.
Stellantis, 30 September: Y/Y decrease of 200k cars in H2, down from 100k
Aston Martin, 30 September: Supply chain challenges and weakness in China