Volvo Cars pulled the plug on 2025 and 2026 guidance, as returning CEO Håkan Samuelsson cited a “very challenging” environment. Q1 sales, margins, and cash flow missed expectations, with tariffs, weaker demand, and price pressure forcing a pivot to cost-cutting and regionalisation, including a SEK18bn cost and cash savings programme. We have lowered our 2025–2027e adj. EBIT by c23% on average and our target price to SEK17.6 (18.0). We reiterate our HOLD.
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Q1’s punchy order intake was a positive. However, soft US Truck margins, “slightly” negative pricing, mix headwinds for VCE and FX all point to earnings pressure still not being reflected in consensus (we are c15–16% below on 2025–2026e adj. EBIT after lowering our estimates by another c7%). Although the stock is starting to look attractive fundamentally, we expect sentiment to get worse before it gets better, reiterate our SELL and have cut our target price to SEK240 (280).
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