Porsche falls from the first league of the German stock exchange. “Symbol of the crisis in the car industry”

The famous sports car manufacturer will leave the most important German stock index. “The fall of Porsche is a symbol of the crisis in the German car industry,” comments “Tagesschau”, noting that the company's problems affect almost all companies in this sector.

Porsche AG will leave the index of the 40 most valuable listed companies in Germany – Deutsche Börse announced on Wednesday evening. The search in DAX will take place on September 22. Volkswagen-daughter's daughter company has been struggling with the sales crisis for a long time and only in the last twelve months its shares have lost about one third of their value.

In the second quarter of 2025, the Profit of the Porsche automotive department fell to just EUR 154 million, i.e. by 91% compared to EUR 1.7 billion recorded in the analogous quarter of 2024. The group's revenues also dropped by about 12.9%, to just over EUR 8.3 billion.

Fatal financial results are combined with a decrease in sales. In 2024, Porsche recorded her global deterioration by 3%. In the first half of 2025, the sale of the group fell by another 6% compared to the same period last year.

The turmoil around American duties cost the company EUR 400 million in the first half of 2025. This was overlapped by a sharp decline in sales on the current Chinese market and the low interest in its electric car models.

The company conducts costly restructuring, which in the first half of the year consumed EUR 200 million. As announced in February, in the next 4 years the concern will release 1900 employees. Porsche also intends to focus on expanding the offer of internal combustion models and plug-in hybrids.

In August, the idea of ​​producing its own batteries for electric cars came to the trash through Porsche Cellforce, despite its receipt of EUR 60 million of state subsidies for this purpose.

Shortly afterwards, Oliver Blume gave way to the president of the company, which leaves the subject of succession open in the Porsche authorities.

The symbolic fall of the German car industry

“The fall of Porsche is a symbol of the crisis in the German car industry struggling with a decrease in profits,” wrote “Tagesschau”, adding that the weight of the automotive sector in the DAX index systematically dropped over the last 10 years.

Porsche AG belonged to the main index of the German stock exchange since the debut in December 2022. The company's shares entered Deutsche Börse at an emission price of 82.50 euros and in the following months increased to almost 120 euros. Recently, the price of shares oscillates around 45 euros.

Unlike Porsche AG, the DAX will remain Porsche Automobil Holding SE – investment company being the largest shareholder of Volkswagen, with 31.9% of the company's shares and about one eight shares in Porsche AG.

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