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Deutsche Bank Downgrades Lear (LEA) to Hold

October 26, 2015 7:44 AM

Deutsche Bank downgraded Lear (NYSE: LEA) from Buy to Hold with a price target of $127.00 (from $121.00). The change is tied to valuation.

Analyst Rod Lache said, "We are raising our 2015/2016 EPS estimates to $10.45/$11.50 from $10.05/$11.00. And we are raising our 12-month target to $127 from $121, as the Lear’s recent performance has convinced us of upside to our DCF modeling assumptions. More specifically, we are now assuming that Electrical Architecture achieves “trend” margins in the 14.1% range vs. 13.5% previously. We continue to believe that Seating can achieve trend margins in the 7% range. Our target corresponds with an 11x 2016 P/E and 5.9x EV/2016 EBITDAP. With 5% upside to our target, we’re lowering to Hold."

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Shares of Lear closed at $120.94 yesterday.

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