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Comment: What does disruption bring to the auto industry and beyond?

Friday, April 28, 2017

Matthias Knab, Opalesque:

Richard Turnill, Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock, writes on Harvest Exchange:

Technological disruption is sweeping across industries, and we see its impact most clearly in the traditional consumer sector. Online shopping has risen at the expense of brick-and-mortar operations, and now the traditional automotive industry is faced with challenges from new technologies such as electrification and automation.

The chart shows that automobile and component companies generally have lower profit margins than the technology companies that could be disrupting the auto industry. This could put the traditional auto players at a disadvantage, as adapting to new technologies would require financial muscle and expertise that many of them currently lack.

Cars and beyond

The technology sector has outperformed global equities this year, whereas consumer discretionary stocks have lagged. Now disruption is accelerating in the auto industry. We see advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) shaking up the landscape in the near term. Semiconductor and software suppliers will be among the biggest winners, in our view, as many ADAS and electric vehicle (EV) components become the value-added parts of the vehicle. See our Future of the vehicle report for details.

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