Volkswagen, the German carmaker facing allegations it falsified emissions data for its diesel cars, may not seem like a widows and orphans stock at the moment.
Yet a team of UBS analysts led by Philippe Houchois have just issued a buy rating on its shares, despite nearly halving its share price target for the automaker to 150 euros per share over the next 12 months.
Volkswagen's share price -- which has fallen below 100 euros several times since it admitted installing software which could understate emissions of nitrogen oxide in lab tests -- rose by around 6 percent in European morning trading after the research was released on Wednesday.
VW may look "un-investable" and "lack catalysts", the analysts admit.
The carmaker will start recalling around 11 million cars worldwide which have been affected by the scandal in early 2016, Matthias Müller, its new chief executive, told German press on Wednesday. The company is also facing unknown expenses from investigations by authorities in the U.S. and Europe into the falsification of data.
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