European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

Porsche Automobil Holding  / Event-Driven

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<li>Discount Opportunity: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/porsche-automobil-holding-se" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21691:1" rel="noopener">Porsche Automobil Holding (PAH3 GR)</a> SE trades at a ~32% NAV discount—above peers—despite improving balance-sheet structure, stable dividends from VW and Porsche AG, and diminishing legal risks.</li>
<li>Deleveraging Catalyst: Ongoing debt reduction, stronger dividend visibility, and extended maturities enhance transparency and reduce equity risk, offering clear scope for discount compression toward the mid-20s.</li>
<li>Asymmetric Upside: With 99% of assets in VW and Porsche AG, Porsche SE remains a high-convexity play on discount normalization and legal clarity, offering leveraged exposure to core holdings.</li>
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Discount Opportunity: Porsche Automobil Holding (PAH3 GR) SE trades at a ~32% NAV discount—above peers—despite improving balance-sheet structure, stable dividends from VW and Porsche AG, and diminishing legal risks.
Deleveraging Catalyst: Ongoing debt reduction, stronger dividend visibility, and extended maturities enhance transparency and reduce equity risk, offering clear scope for discount compression toward the mid-20s.
Asymmetric Upside: With 99% of assets in VW and Porsche AG, Porsche SE remains a high-convexity play on discount normalization and legal clarity, offering leveraged exposure to core holdings.


Porsche Automobile Holding: Q3-25 Update — Discount Still Wide, Deleveraging on Track

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<li>Porsche SE is trading at a 35.3% discount to NAV, vs. 32.4% long-term average, implying a 68% probability that Porsche SE will be liable for c. €6.5 billion legal claims.</li>
<li>I think this is too harsh. Shares are trading at a Fwd P/E of 2.5x and a dividend yield of 7.8%, which I consider very attractive. </li>
<li>Porsche SE presents an attractive opportunity to gain exposure to Volkswagen and Porsche AG. Porsche SE is focusing on deleveraging which should drive a reduction in the discount.</li>
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Porsche SE is trading at a 35.3% discount to NAV, vs. 32.4% long-term average, implying a 68% probability that Porsche SE will be liable for c. €6.5 billion legal claims.
I think this is too harsh. Shares are trading at a Fwd P/E of 2.5x and a dividend yield of 7.8%, which I consider very attractive. 
Porsche SE presents an attractive opportunity to gain exposure to Volkswagen and Porsche AG. Porsche SE is focusing on deleveraging which should drive a reduction in the discount.


Porsche Automobile Holding: H1, Model Update, Discount to NAV

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<li>Holdco dispersion persists: GBL simplifies and strengthens liquidity yet trades at –30.5%; Industrivärden and Investor remain unusually tight; Heineken Holding stable in its post-Covid range.</li>
<li>Porsche SE’s ~30% discount aligns with “no-liability” scenarios, while Rio Tinto’s DLC premium stays structurally elevated, leaving convergence trades dependent on governance catalysts rather than statistical mean reversion.</li>
<li>Vivendi’s discount widened to 42% on legal timing noise; AMF logic unchanged. Optionality rebuilt, making Vivendi the most asymmetric setup in the current holdco universe.</li>
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Holdco dispersion persists: GBL simplifies and strengthens liquidity yet trades at –30.5%; Industrivärden and Investor remain unusually tight; Heineken Holding stable in its post-Covid range.
Porsche SE’s ~30% discount aligns with “no-liability” scenarios, while Rio Tinto’s DLC premium stays structurally elevated, leaving convergence trades dependent on governance catalysts rather than statistical mean reversion.
Vivendi’s discount widened to 42% on legal timing noise; AMF logic unchanged. Optionality rebuilt, making Vivendi the most asymmetric setup in the current holdco universe.


Selected European HoldCos and DLC: November 2025 Report

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Dividend cut reflects strategic shift: Porsche SE cut its 2024 dividend due to reduced Volkswagen inflows and focus on deleveraging, limiting its near-term appeal as a dividend pass-through holding structure.</li>
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Diversification stillsSuperficial: despite claims of expanding into defense and infrastructure, Porsche SE’s portfolio remains 99% tied to Volkswagen and Porsche AG, making its diversification strategy more rhetorical than real.</li>
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Discount to NAV remains high: Porsche SE trades at a 33.4% NAV discount, reflecting legal overhangs and structural inefficiencies. Favorable rulings could trigger re-rating if legal risks prove overstated.</li>
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Dividend cut reflects strategic shift: Porsche SE cut its 2024 dividend due to reduced Volkswagen inflows and focus on deleveraging, limiting its near-term appeal as a dividend pass-through holding structure.

Diversification stillsSuperficial: despite claims of expanding into defense and infrastructure, Porsche SE’s portfolio remains 99% tied to Volkswagen and Porsche AG, making its diversification strategy more rhetorical than real.

Discount to NAV remains high: Porsche SE trades at a 33.4% NAV discount, reflecting legal overhangs and structural inefficiencies. Favorable rulings could trigger re-rating if legal risks prove overstated.


Porsche Automobile Holding: Q1 2025, Discount to NAV

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<li>Porsche SE, a holding company, controls 53.3% of Volkswagen (VW) and 25% (+1 share) of Porsche AG, leveraging a dual-class share structure to consolidate control with minimal economic stakes.</li>
<li>Net debt of €5.16 billion, accrued from the Porsche AG stake acquisition, relies heavily on VW and Porsche AG dividends for debt servicing, with CF uncertainties tied to VW's restructuring.</li>
<li>Porsche SE trades at a 31.8% discount to NAV, reflecting legal liabilities, debt reduction priorities, and holding structure complexities, but this discount could tighten to 20% as risks subside.</li>
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Porsche SE, a holding company, controls 53.3% of Volkswagen (VW) and 25% (+1 share) of Porsche AG, leveraging a dual-class share structure to consolidate control with minimal economic stakes.
Net debt of €5.16 billion, accrued from the Porsche AG stake acquisition, relies heavily on VW and Porsche AG dividends for debt servicing, with CF uncertainties tied to VW's restructuring.
Porsche SE trades at a 31.8% discount to NAV, reflecting legal liabilities, debt reduction priorities, and holding structure complexities, but this discount could tighten to 20% as risks subside.


High Conviction 2025: Porsche's SE Discount to NAV Reduction

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Porsche Automobil Holding SE is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, offers development, production, and sale of automobiles along with financial services. Porsche operates worldwide.

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Porsche Automobil Holding (PAH3 GR)

Porsche Automobile Holding: Q3-25 Update — Discount Still Wide, Deleveraging on Track

Porsche SE offers a pure play on VW and Porsche AG via a 32% NAV discount—debt reduction, legal clarity, and dividend stability could drive re...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Porsche Automobile Holding: H1, Model Update, Discount to NAV

Porsche SE is trading at a 35.3% discount to NAV, vs. 32.4% long-term average, implying a 68% probability that Porsche SE will be liable for c....

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Selected European HoldCos and DLC: November 2025 Report

Holdco discounts diverged in November: GBL strengthens its case, Investor stays rich, Porsche SE sits at structural levels, Vivendi’s setback...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Porsche Automobile Holding: Q1 2025, Discount to NAV

Porsche SE trades at a 33.4% NAV discount, reflecting legal and structural overhangs. Dividend cuts and weak diversification weigh, but court wins...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

High Conviction 2025: Porsche's SE Discount to NAV Reduction

Porsche SE is currently trading at a 31.8% discount to NAV. The discount will continue to tighten toward approximately 20% as legal claim risks...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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