Vertical Aerospace price target raised to $11 from $9 at Needham

Needham raised the firm’s price target on Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) to $11 from $9 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares after spending two days at the company’s battery production and aircraft testing facilities. The firm’s confidence ticks highs across the company’s shorter and longer term execution specific to piloted transition flight and hybrid aircraft development, as well as increased regulatory clarity vs U.S. based peers, as the stock’s valuation is assigning essentially zero credit for what the firm views as a largely clean story supported by “known unknowns”, the analyst tells investors in a research note.