The growing success of alternative trading platforms during 2013 saw a slight shift in trading volumes, particularly in favor of the Chi-X and Turquoise platforms. In total, Xetra accounted for a good three-quarters of trading in WACKER stock. In 2013, the average daily trading volume for WACKER stock was some 190,000 shares – more than 28 percent below the prior-year figure of around 263,000 shares. The number of financial analysts regularly covering and valuing the company decreased to 23 (2012: 24). Financial markets’ increasingly negative attitude toward solar-industry stocks prompted some banks to dissolve their teams of analysts covering companies in that area. During the year, analysts’ consensus price target for WACKER stock rose. In Q1, the average price target for WACKER stock was € 55.63 (16 estimates)¹. At year-end 2013, the analysts’ fair-value price target was higher, averaging € 65.40 (13 estimates)¹.

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