Ferrari will see big sales in 2021

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FERRARI N.V. $195 is a buy for aggressive investors. The Italian luxury sports automaker (New York symbol RACE; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 184.8 million; Market cap: $36.0 billion; Dividend yield 0.6%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.ferrari.com) took its current form in 2015 when parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (New York symbol FCAU) sold shares in the car maker to the public. Fiat later handed out its remaining shares as a special dividend: investors received one share of Ferrari for every 10 of their Fiat shares. Since the IPO, Ferrari’s shares have soared nearly 300%. While COVID-19 forced it to slow production and cut deliveries by 50% in the first half of 2020, few customers cancelled their orders. The company now expects revenue will rise about 5% in the second half of 2020. It still expects revenue to fall 9% for the entire year compared to the previous 12 months. However, revenue could jump 25% in 2021 as the company ramps up deliveries following the…