Steyr Motors: Bidder validation, delayed conversion; chg. - NuWays AG Research
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Steyr Motors: Bidder validation, delayed conversion; chg. - NuWays AG Research

Withdrawn Red Cat approach underlines USV as a core growth market. Steyr Motors had attracted a preliminary, non-binding takeover approach from US drone and robotics group Red Cat Holdings. Red Cat has since withdrawn its proposal and states that it has no active proposal outstanding.

A leak of the plans or disagreement over terms could be behind this, though neither side has given a reason. There are two takeaways, in our view: First, a US platform player saw enough strategic value in Steyr Motors to move towards a full takeover, which speaks to the company's standing as a mission-critical and hard to displace supplier, where owning the asset would create a clear USP for the acquirer. Second, the USV market confirms itself as a core growth market for Steyr Motors, given that this is precisely the domain Red Cat is scaling into.

Against a weaker 2026 phasing and an intact medium-term ramp, we reiterate BUY with a new PT of € 53 (old: € 60), based on DCF.
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