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KeyBanc Cuts Price Target on Lear (LEA) Due to Lower Estimates

February 3, 2012 9:21 AM EST
LEA Hot Sheet
Rating Summary:
    6 Buy, 4 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 20 | Down: 11 | New: 38
KeyBanc is maintaining its Buy rating on shares of Lear (NYSE: LEA), but is reducing its price target from $67 to $57.

The company reported solid Q4 results with earnings topping expectations on a 11 percent increase in total sales. Lear reiterated its 2012 guidance which calls for $13.8-$14.4 billion in total sales.

An analyst at KeyBanc comments, "Going forward, longer-term sales growth is likely to resume in 2013, driven by recovery in end markets (we have conservatively assumed 0% growth in European production in 2013) as well as the Company’s net new business backlog."

The firm cut its fiscal 2012 EPS estimate from $5.80 to $4.96 and released its 2013 estimate at $5.65.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Lear click here. For more ratings news on Lear click here.

Shares of Lear closed at $42.50 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $35.60-$114.06.


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