Goldman Sachs Upgrades Lear (LEA) to Conviction Buy

March 16, 2012 7:03 AM EDT Send to a Friend
Get Alerts LEA Hot Sheet
Price: $60.86 +0.02%

Rating Summary:
    6 Buy, 4 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 25 | New: 24
Trade LEA Now!
Goldman Sachs upgraded Lear (NYSE: LEA) to its Conviction Buy and raised its price target from $58 to $60, suggesting 30% upside.

The firm sees upside to consensus estimates and company guidance for revenue and EBIT on stronger trucks demand and GM's (NYSE: GM) ability to keep production flat yoy.

"We expect incremental margins to inflect positively in the back half of this year as headwinds related to development costs, manufacturing inefficiencies, and the timing of price downs abate," the analyst commented.

Goldman also sees the large valuation discount to the group as unwarranted.

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 $46.04 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $35.60-$100.35.


Join StreetInsider.com FREE and get immediately alerted when news breaks on your stocks and other market items - JOIN NOW
*NEW - Download StreetInsider's FREE iPhone and iPad App - Click Here



You May Also Be Interested In


Related Categories

Hot Upgrades, Upgrades

Related Entities

Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List, Goldman Sachs

Add Your Comment