Builders FirstSource price target lowered to $170 from $190 at Loop Capital

Loop Capital analyst Jeffrey Stevenson lowered the firm’s price target on Builders FirstSource (BLDR) to $170 from $190 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares as part of a broader research note on Building Products names. The firm is reducing its estimates due to a combination of adverse year-to-date weather, ongoing deflation headwinds in value-added product categories such as EWP – Engineered Wood Products – and a more conservative residential demand recovery due to ongoing affordability challenges and macro uncertainty, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Loop adds however that it believes these building products distributors are well positioned for a recovery when residential sentiment begins to improve given their elevated residential exposure, sustainable margin step up from pre-pandemic levels and earnings returning to more normalized levels after 1-2 years of deflationary headwinds.