Volkswagen is worth 200 billion euros, says CEO Herbert Diess

Shares in Volkswagen, which owns the Audi and Porsche brands, rose as much as 8.4% on Tuesday to their highest level since July 6, 2015.

Tesla is Volkswagen's closest rival in terms of the current market value that worths around $680 billion. (REUTERS)
Tesla is Volkswagen's closest rival in terms of the current market value that worths around $680 billion.
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Volkswagen, the world's No.2 carmaker, is worth 200 billion euros ($238 billion), Chief Executive Herbert Diess, confirming a previously stated target on the back of a 38% share price increase so far in 2021.

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"Analysts, too, arrive at the conclusion that the sum of the parts has that value," Diess told Reuters following the group's annual news conference.

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Shares in Volkswagen, which owns the Audi and Porsche brands, rose as much as 8.4% on Tuesday to their highest level since July 6, 2015, giving the carmaker a current market valuation of more than 120 billion euros.

Tesla, which only sells a fraction of the cars compared to its German rival, has a current market value of about $680 billion.

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First Published Date: 16 Mar 2021, 19:48 pm IST
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