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Original-Research: Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA - from NuWays AG

02.09.2024 / 09:07 CET/CEST

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Classification of NuWays AG to Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA

Company Name: Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA

ISIN: DE0005493092

Reason for the research: Update

Recommendation: Buy

Target price: EUR 5.50

Target price on sight of: 12 months

Last rating change:

Analyst: Philipp Sennewald

UCL draw: 2 spanish giants but overall feasible opponents

Topic: Last week Thursday, the draw for the league phase of the UEFA

Champions League (UCL) took place in Monaco. In the newly formatted UCL, BVB

will face last seasons final opponent Real Madrid (Away), FC Barcelona

(Home), Shakhtar Donetsk (H), Club Brugge (A), Celtic Glasgow (H), Dinamo

Zagreb (A), Sturm Graz (H) and Bologna FC (A). Here is our view.

While BVB is seen to be the clear underdog in the away game at Madrid, which

has further strengthened its squad during the summer by adding French

superstar Kylian Mbappé, and the home game against Barcelona to be a duel at

eye level, the other six opponents are expected to be weaker. Especially the

games against Graz, Zagreb, Donetsk, Brugge and Glasgow should result in

wins, as none of these teams provide even half of BVB's squad value

according to transfermarkt.de. On paper, the away game at Bologna could

serve as another challenge, but the Italian side lost some key figures from

last season with head coach Motta, striker Zirkzee and centre back

Calafiori. Conservatively estimating 15 points out of the 8 matches, BVB

could possibly make it directly into the round of 16, according to

simulations conducted by Football Meets Data.

Mind you, the UCL will be played under a new format this season with the

number of participants increasing from 32 to 36 ( Update on prize money

details). Moreover, there will be no groups anymore, instead all teams will

be ranked on one table. At the end of the league phase, the top 8 teams move

directly into the round of 16, while the teams ranked 9-24 will play out the

remaining participants in an intermediate round. In our model, we

conservatively expect BVB to reach the round of 16, every progress beyond

that is hence providing upside to our estimates.

Besides this, BVB had a sound start to the new Bundesliga season. After

winning the first game against a highly talented Frankfurt squad, BVB got

another point this weekend at Bremen thanks to a 0-0 draw.

Overall, the team should be equipped to land another top 4 spot at the end

of the season to qualify for the UCL again. Also, another deep run in the

UCL is possible, especially if the team manages to finish top 8 in the

league phase.

Reiterate BUY with an unchanged EUR 5.50 PT based on DCF.

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