Berenberg Bank, UBS Like Mercedes Prospects. New Models Will Boost Long-Term Profit Margin. Despite worries about China, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler has won a powerful endorsement from a couple of investment banks. Berenberg Bank raised its profit margin forecast for 2015 through 2017, saying its previous expectation of 10 per cent might be too low given […]
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Mercedes Resists Faltering China With Powerful Profits
Mercedes Resists Faltering China With Powerful Profits. “We expect sales momentum to continue” – Zetsche Mercedes Benefitting As Audi, BMW Ranges Look Old. While BMW and Volkswagen investors wobble from real or imagined fears about China, Mercedes-Benz sailed serenely on reporting sharply higher sales there, while reporting much improved profits. Investors wondered whether Mercedes-Benz could […]
Smart Stops Haemorrhaging Red Ink At Last
Smart Stops Haemorrhaging Red Ink At Last. “We are not planning an SUV, but never say never” Mercedes’ Smart subsidiary has stopped losing money, although it won’t say by how much it is making. This is good news for parent company Daimler shareholders because Smart came top of a champion life-time money losers survey last […]
Mercedes Pleases Investors With Big Profits, Promise Of More
Mercedes Pleases Investors With Big Profits, Promise Of More. “not just a model cycle issue but a structural improvement in the earning capacity of the group, resulting from a reinvigorated brand” Daimler’s luxury car-maker Mercedes-Benz surprised investors with better than expected profits in the first quarter, and analysts scrambled to raise their forecasts for the […]
Mercedes Will Build Pickup With Nissan, Which Will Sell In U.S.
Mercedes Will Build Pickup With Nissan, Which Will Sell In U.S. Will Sell In Europe, Australia, South Africa, Latin America. Nissan NP300 version will sell in the U.S. After the shock of finding out that Mercedes-Benz was entering the pickup truck market came the puzzle that if the project went ahead, it wouldn’t be sold […]
Mercedes-Benz Plans Pickup Truck.
Mercedes-Benz Plans Pickup Truck. Why Isn’t Going On Sale In The U.S.? You may have done a double take, but yes, this is a Mercedes-Benz pickup truck, which the German manufacturer may make by the end of the decade. If the public likes the idea, it won’t be long before it is joined by BMW […]
Mercedes Swaggers In U.S. Spotlight Expecting Banner Year
Mercedes USA – Mercedes Swaggers In U.S. Spotlight Expecting Banner Year. Annual Bottom Line Benefit From New S Class Might Be €1 Billion. Mercedes-Benz emerged as a media darling at the Detroit Car Show via the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES), while investors also liked what they saw. Mercedes-Benz showed the “Luxury in Motion” […]
China, Germany Discounts Could Jeopardise Mercedes Profits
China, Germany Discounts Could Jeopardise Mercedes Profits U.S. Prices Holding Up Though. New Naming System Might End Buyer Confusion. Mercedes’ drive towards higher profits will be derailed if the prices of its new cars are undermined by discounting and there are signs that this is happening in China and Germany. Prices in the U.S. though […]
Mercedes Races Towards Long-Term Profit Target
If Global Economy Starts To Slide, All Bets Are Off. Mercedes Races Towards Long-Term Profit Target Mercedes made progress in the third quarter towards its long-term goal of a 10 per cent profit margin, and one investor thinks it might already be there. Parent company Daimler said Mercedes Cars raised earnings before interest and tax […]
Mercedes Raises Profits, But Can It Reach 10 Per Cent Target?
Analysts Expect Profit Growth Will Lag Audi, BMW. CO2 Challenge Poses Bottom Line Threat, Medium-Term. Mercedes’ product-inspired roll is turning out how the company predicted, but investors seem to be saying, that’s nice, but what are you going to do for us today? Second quarter profits were strong, inspired by sales of the top-of-the-range S […]