Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 15m ago 08.07 GMT Introduction: EU car sales grow 1.8% in 2025 with electric cars surging while Tesla loses market share Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Sales of new cars in the European Union rose by 1.8% last year, with electric c...
Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 15m ago 08.07 GMT Introduction: EU car sales grow 1.8% in 2025 with electric cars surging while Tesla loses market share Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Sales of new cars in the European Union rose by 1.8% last year, with electric cars making up a bigger share of the market, while Tesla sales plummeted as it lost ground to China’s BYD. However, overall car volumes remain well below pre-pandemic levels, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) cautioned. EU car sales rose by 5.8% to 963,319 vehicles in December and by 1.8% to 10.8m in 2025 versus 2024. More people are switching to electric cars: Nearly 1.9m battery-electric cars were registered which made up 17.4% of sales, up from 13.6% a year earlier. Hybrid electric cars remain the most popular choice among European consumers, accounting for 34.5% of the market. Meanwhile, the combined market share of petrol and diesel fell to 35.5% from 45.2%. The four largest markets in the EU, which together account for 62% of battery electric car sales, saw growth: Germany (+43.2%), the Netherlands (+18.1%), Belgium (+12.6%), and France (+12.5%). View image in fullscreen EU car sales. Photograph: ACEA By the end of 2025, petrol car sales were down by 18.7%. France experienced the steepest drop, with registrations plummeting by 32%, followed by Germany (-21.6%), Italy (-18.2%), and Spain (-16%). In December, battery-electric car sales in the EU surged by 51% while plug-in hybrid electric cars jumped 36.7% and hybrid electric vehicles recorded a 5.8% increase. Tesla sales fell by 31.9% in December to 21,485, taking its market share to 2.2% from 3.5%. Over the year as a whole, sales were down 37.9% to 150,504 vehicles. The US company run by Elon Musk lost share to China’s BYD, whose sales nearly tripled in December to 18,008, more than doubling its...
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests BYD is undervalued by 27.2%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio , or discover 888 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows . When all those projected cash flows are discounted back, the model arrives at an estimated intrinsic value of HK$135.32 per share, compared to the recent share price of HK$98.50. This implies the shares trade at a 27...
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests BYD is undervalued by 27.2%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio , or discover 888 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows . When all those projected cash flows are discounted back, the model arrives at an estimated intrinsic value of HK$135.32 per share, compared to the recent share price of HK$98.50. This implies the shares trade at a 27.2% discount to this DCF estimate, which indicates the stock screens as undervalued on this model. For BYD, the latest twelve month free cash flow is a loss of CN¥29,051.48m. Analysts and internal estimates project CN¥61,159.21m of free cash flow in 2026 and CN¥73,877.89m in 2027, with further CN¥ cash flows projected each year out to 2035 using a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model. Simply Wall St uses analyst estimates where available, then extends the series using its own growth assumptions. A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model estimates what a company could be worth by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them back to today’s value. It is essentially asking what those future CN¥ cash flows are worth in present terms. BYD scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown . Right now BYD has a valuation score of 2 out of 6, which means it screens as undervalued on 2 of the 6 checks used in the analysis. Next, we look at how different valuation methods assess the stock, before finishing with a way of thinking about value that goes beyond any single model. Recent headlines around BYD have focused on its position in electric vehicles and batteries, alongside ongoing attention on how competition and regulation affect major auto makers. These themes provide helpful context when thinking about how the stock has traded and what could be influencing sentiment. BYD's shares last closed at HK$98.5, with returns of a 2.2% decline over 7 days, 5.2% over 30 days, a 0.3% decline year to date, 8.7% over 1 year...
Artificial intelligence is impacting the physical world as it’s being used to enhance efficiency and productivity in buildings from airports to hospitals, according to Honeywell International Inc. So-called “physical AI” went from pilot projects to widespread adoption in 2025, with more than 200,000 sites globally implementing such tools to do things like configuring the workflow of a car factory ...
Artificial intelligence is impacting the physical world as it’s being used to enhance efficiency and productivity in buildings from airports to hospitals, according to Honeywell International Inc. So-called “physical AI” went from pilot projects to widespread adoption in 2025, with more than 200,000 sites globally implementing such tools to do things like configuring the workflow of a car factory or deciding what energy sources to use at different times of the day, said Anant Maheshwari , Honeywell’s president of global regions. “Every building needs energy efficiency, it needs a better way of providing safety and security, it needs a better way of providing productivity for people,” Maheshwari said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of India Energy Week in Goa. Honeywell is also using lessons it learned during the pandemic to make sure its supply chains can withstand the disruptions being brought about by constant tariff threats from US President Donald Trump. “The trade order in the world is shifting, it’s moving a lot more to bilaterals from standard global supply chains,” Maheshwari said. The pandemic “was a great wake up call to everybody in creating supply chains that could work within local ecosystems. We did that and therefore we are very well set up to work with uncertainties that come in with any kind of bilateral changes.”
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On January 22, TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $355.00 price target. The firm cited accelerated market expansion plans for the company’s autonomous vehicle unit Waymo. In an investor note, the firm said that it is raising its Waymo estimates to reflect an accelerating pace of ma...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On January 22, TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $355.00 price target. The firm cited accelerated market expansion plans for the company’s autonomous vehicle unit Waymo. In an investor note, the firm said that it is raising its Waymo estimates to reflect an accelerating pace of market launches in 2026. It now anticipates that an estimated 6000 vehicles will be offering paired rides across 17 cities by the end of 2026. A fleet of cars parked at a car rental company's headquarters, symbolizing the company's commitment to servicing its customers. These will lead to 28 million paid rides and gross bookings of $463 million, equivalent to about 0.7% of the US rideshare market. Besides the 12 expected city launches in 2026, Waymo is also testing several other markets, TD Cowen noted. We left GOOG est’s unchanged; PT remains at $355. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company wholly owning the internet giant Google, amongst other businesses. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 10 AI Stocks on Market Radar and 10 Buzzing AI Stocks Analysts are Watching Disclosure: None.
Amazon and Alphabet could be $5 trillion companies by the end of 2028. Nvidia is the world's most valuable company, with a market capitalization of $4.5 trillion. Meanwhile, Palantir Technologies is worth $400 billion. That brings their collective valuations to $4.9 trillion. I think Amazon (AMZN 0.31%) and Alphabet (GOOGL +1.60%) (GOOG +1.57%) can top that figure by 2028. Here's what that implies...
Amazon and Alphabet could be $5 trillion companies by the end of 2028. Nvidia is the world's most valuable company, with a market capitalization of $4.5 trillion. Meanwhile, Palantir Technologies is worth $400 billion. That brings their collective valuations to $4.9 trillion. I think Amazon (AMZN 0.31%) and Alphabet (GOOGL +1.60%) (GOOG +1.57%) can top that figure by 2028. Here's what that implies for shareholders: Amazon is worth $2.6 trillion. The stock must add about 92% for the company's market value to hit $5 trillion. Reaching that level by the end of 2028 implies annual returns of 24% over the next three years. Alphabet is worth $3.9 trillion. The stock must add about 28% for the company's market value to hit $5 trillion. Reaching that level by the end of 2028 implies annual returns of 9% over the next three years. Here's what investors should know about Amazon and Alphabet. 1. Amazon Amazon is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) products and tools across its three core businesses -- retail e-commerce, digital advertising, and cloud computing -- to not only increase revenue, but also to improve profitability. Non-GAAP operating margin increased nearly 2 percentage points in the past year due in part to efficiency gains in the retail business driven by generative AI tools. Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates the cloud infrastructure and platform services market with 41% market share, according to Gartner. Cloud computing revenue growth accelerated to 20% in the third quarter as AWS continued to benefit from demand for AI. "AWS is where the preponderance of companies' data and workloads reside, and part of why most companies want to run AI on AWS," CEO Andy Jassy said. Looking ahead, retail e-commerce sales are projected to increase at 10% annually through 2030, according to Straits Research. Ad tech spending is forecast to grow at 14% annually through 2030, according to Grand View Research. And cloud services spending is projected to increase at 22% annuall...