Whirlpool price target raised to $81 from $76 at RBC Capital

RBC Capital raised the firm’s price target on Whirlpool (WHR) to $81 from $76 and keeps an Underperform rating on the shares after its Q4 results and guidance. The company’s underwhelming FY25 guide already feels slightly high given “healthy” embedded price/mix/cost and share gain drivers, and RBC continues to forecast weak free cash flows with a long deleveraging path as sluggish housing trends persist, the analyst tells investors in a research note.