Short sellers circle Swatch with analysts most bearish in years [Fortune]
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While the likes of Richemont and LVMH have posted double-digit gains in 2025 as the under-pressure industry shows signs of an earnings recovery , Omega brand owner Swatch Group AG is barely changed, failing to recover from a 28% drop last year. A key difficulty for the watchmaker is its heavy reliance on China, where luxury spending has been particularly hard hit. The firm's plastic timepieces also aren't at the high end of luxury, where buyers are more resilient. Analysts now have the biggest proportion of sell ratings on Swatch since 2016, while the stock has become one of the most shorted in Europe. “Swatch Group is a bit of an easy target for the market given the current situation in the luxury goods market,” said Jon Cox, an analyst at Kepler Cheuvreux, who cut the stock to reduce last month and sees it falling 16% in the next 12 months. “It has more exposure to China than any other European consumer company and China is the epicenter of the industry's weakness.” The next
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