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What Stellantis (BIT:STLAM)'s US$800 Million Belvidere Restart and Maserati Tech Talks Mean For Shareholders

Simply Wall St·09/06/2026 18:22:51
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  • In early September 2026, Stellantis confirmed plans to restart Jeep Cherokee production at its previously idled Belvidere, Illinois plant through an US$800 million investment, while also advancing contract talks with Unifor in Canada and leadership changes across communications, policy, and core European brands.
  • At the same time, Stellantis entered advanced discussions with Huawei and JAC Group over using Huawei’s Harmony Intelligent Mobility platform for future Maserati models, signaling a potential reshaping of the brand’s technology and China-market positioning.
  • We’ll now examine how Stellantis’s US$800 million Belvidere restart and related moves could reshape its previously outlined investment narrative.

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Stellantis Investment Narrative Recap

To own Stellantis, you need to believe it can turn a low valuation and recent losses into a cleaner, more efficient global automaker while managing labor, trade, and electrification pressures. The US$800 million Belvidere restart looks directionally positive for North American production and labor relations, but it does not remove the near term risk that tariffs, BEV margin pressure, and weak European light commercial vehicles could keep profitability under strain.

The most directly relevant development here is Stellantis opening contract talks with Unifor for 9,000 Canadian workers while restarting Belvidere. These negotiations sit right on top of the key risk around cost inflation and industrial complexity, and their outcome could influence how much flexibility Stellantis has to align production, pricing, and BEV investments with its current mid single digit revenue growth guidance.

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Stellantis' narrative projects €174.5 billion revenue and €4.9 billion earnings by 2029. This requires 2.7% yearly revenue growth and a €24.4 billion earnings increase from -€19.5 billion today.

Uncover how Stellantis' forecasts yield a €5.78 fair value, a 21% upside to its current price.

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The most optimistic analysts were already assuming revenue of about €189.6 billion and earnings near €10.9 billion by 2029, which is a far more upbeat story than consensus and could shift again as the Belvidere restart and labor talks reshape views on both execution risk and upside potential.

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