Rheinmetall Gets Street-High Target on Forecast Defense Boom

  • HSBC lifts price target to €1,000 on expected order increase
  • Sector rebounds from selloff to reach new all-time high

The Rheinmetall headquarters in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Photographer: Ina Fassbender/Getty Images
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Price targets for German defense firm Rheinmetall AG are climbing, with HSBC Holdings Plc raising the bar to a new record in anticipation of a wave of European military spending.

Governments in the region will be forced to act amid growing US pressure for bigger defense budgets, according to HSBC analyst Dario Dickmann.