Continental rises as UBS ups to 'buy', sees boost from autos spin-off plan
** Shares in Continental CONG.DE rise around 4% after UBS upgrades the German automotive supplier to "buy" from "neutral", citing a boost from itspotential spin-off of autos division
** The proposed autos spin-off should help unlock value for Continental shareholders, UBS says, adding that the remaining company could have scope to return around 6 billion euros to shareholders over 2025-2027
** "This is a major change in Conti's equity story, which leads us to upgrade the stock," UBS says
** Broker values the remaining company at 80-120 euros per share, a potential 30-100% upside to Continental's current share price, while the new company could be valued at 15-25 euros per share
** UBS hikes its PT by 19% to 80 euros and allocates a 50% probability the spin-off will happen before the end of 2025
** The stock, which has lost 19% YTD, hits the top of Germany's blue-chip index .GDAXI and is among the best performers of the pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX index
($1 = 0.8951 euros)
Reporting by Ozan Ergenay
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