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Porsche Automobil Holding SE PrefPAH3.DECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Germany · EUR·Consumer Discretionary›Motor Vehicles

German holding company controlling Volkswagen Group voting rights, majority-owned by the Porsche and Piech families.

Momentum weak 34
Mkt cap
$8.98B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.1 pp
WACC 6.1%
Hurdle
+7 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · EUR€26.13
1D-1.4%
1W+2.1%
1M+6.4%
3M-8.8%
6M-18.7%
YTD-34.5%
1Y-26.4%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh37.1% off high

What Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref does

German holding company controlling Volkswagen Group voting rights, majority-owned by the Porsche and Piech families.

Income is dividends on the ordinary shares of Volkswagen it holds, plus a small portfolio of other investments in technology and industrial companies. Only these non-voting preferred shares are listed; the ordinary shares, which carry control, are held by the Porsche and Piech families.

Products and services

  • Controlling stake in Volkswagen Group

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Automotive holding company
  • Volkswagen Group controlling stake

What could go right

  • Value/performance of underlying Volkswagen Group (including Porsche AG stake)

What could go wrong

  • Concentrated single-stock exposure to Volkswagen
  • Family holding structure limits minority influence

Moat: none. A holding vehicle whose value derives almost entirely from its Volkswagen Group stake, not operations.

Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany · Founded: 2007 · Employees: 47

Named competitors

Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref at a glance

Size Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref (PAH3.DE) is a Germany Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $8.98B, the 53rd largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €26.13 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.7%, against -8.2% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 108.4% (peer median 4.3%).

Valuation It trades at 33.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.0× (3rd most expensive of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points below its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 91PAH3.DE 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€2.71B€2.98B€3.44B€5.43B€5.44B
Revenue growth—-13%-37%0%—
EBITDA€2.94B€3.13B€3.38B€5.39B€5.40B
Net income€95.0M€2.65B-€20.0B€5.07B€5.49B
Free cash flow€429M€700M€1.43B€1.87B€791M
Capital expenditure€0€0€0€0€0
Total debt€6.90B€7.03B€7.56B€6.72B€7.08B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-10%0%+10%+20%7202RNO0006259868OSK72726000669866VFSATHERENERGC07601127603129TMPV7309FSSHEROMOTOCO727020159863PAH3.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%0×50×100×150×7202RNO000625OSKC07601127603129TMPV7309FSSHEROMOTOCO9863PAH3.DERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%+150%0%50%100%150%RNOOSK600066603129FSS9863PAH3.DEGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref is the large dot.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PAH3.DE vs VOW.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref PAH3.DE$8.98B-19%+13%108%33.4×9.4%
Volkswagen VOW.DE$39.1B-24%-3%7%5.5×n/a

How Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePAH3.DEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.4%+4.3%9th highest of 21
6-month return-18.7%-8.2%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-37.1%-25.8%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.9%+5.8%9th highest of 21
Operating margin108.4%4.3%highest of 21
Forward P/E33.4×12.0×3rd most expensive of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)9.4%3.4%3rd most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+2.4%+11.1%lowest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+7.0 pp-7.3 ppmost demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.1 pp-1.7 pp8th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA4.4×8.1×2nd cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA1.7×0.7×5th most indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref PAH3.DEGermany$8.98B-19%+13%108%33.4×9.4%+2.4%
Isuzu Motors 7202.TJapan$9.26B-1%+5%6%8.8×n/an/a
Renault RNO.PAFrance$9.39B+2%+6%6%4.9×3.4%+5.9%
Chongqing Changan Automobile 000625.SZChina$9.51B-25%-7%0%28.5×n/an/a
XPeng 9868.HKHong Kong$9.51B-37%+29%-7%n/an/an/a
Oshkosh OSKUnited States$8.19B-3%+4%7%11.2×4.7%+8.7%
Yamaha Motor 7272.TJapan$10.1B+54%+10%6%9.3×4.2%+11.5%
Yutong Bus 600066.SSChina$10.1B-12%+3%14%11.5×-10.0%+13.8%
NIO 9866.HKHong Kong$7.60B-46%+70%-4%n/an/an/a
VinFast Auto VFSUnited States$7.60B-25%+74%-86%n/an/an/a
Ather Energy ATHERENERG.NSIndia$7.57B+101%+63%-7%n/an/an/a
Jardine Cycle & Carriage C07.SISingapore$7.36B-28%-11%10%8.2×-7.8%+8.9%
Seres 601127.SSChina$11.0B-51%-6%-4%139.8×n/an/a
Zhejiang CFMoto Power 603129.SSChina$7.23B+16%+40%11%19.9×-3.9%+34.5%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TMPV.NSIndia$11.4B-19%-22%0%10.7×n/an/a
Shimano 7309.TJapan$11.5B+29%+5%12%35.8×6.0%+4.3%
Federal Signal FSSUnited States$6.92B-4%+24%17%20.1×11.8%+14.0%
Hero Motocorp HEROMOTOCO.NSIndia$11.7B+3%+27%12%19.1×14.1%+9.2%
Subaru 7270.TJapan$12.3B+16%0%3%12.0×2.7%+11.1%
Li Auto-w 2015.HKHong Kong$12.4B-32%-24%-7%n/an/an/a
Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology 9863.HKHong Kong$6.34B-25%+71%-1%16.1×-14.5%+150.7%

Questions

Who are Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref's main competitors?
Named competitors: Volkswagen Group (VOW.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Isuzu Motors (7202.T), Renault (RNO.PA), Chongqing Changan Automobile (000625.SZ), XPeng (9868.HK), Oshkosh (OSK), Yamaha Motor (7272.T).
Is Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.4× against a peer median of 12.0×, 3rd most expensive of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Porsche Automobil Holding SE Pref stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.7% against -8.2% for the median peer; over one year -26.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.