IAG31 Aug 2012 22:47
Credit Suisse has reduced its target price for British Airways and Iberia owner International Consolidated Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, saying that consensus forecasts for 2013 look 'very vulnerable'.
The market is currently expecting the airline to report a 2012 operating loss in line with company guidance.
However, the broker said that after modelling unhedged jet fuel price exposure at $1,050/mt, its own estimate for underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in 2013 is reduced from €319m to a level less than half of Reuters consensus of €567m.
"We reduce our target price from 160p to 140p as valuation support dissipates for the stock, and remain 'neutral', however we expect the stock to remain weak in the shor