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Halfords knocked by RBC downgrade, shares down 4.9%

Halfords Group PLC (LSE:HFD)'s shares fell 4.9% after RBC Capital Markets downgraded the stock and cut its price target.

The broker thinks Halfords remains a strong player in a space that has seen a number of challenges across the last few years.

Near-term it should it should benefit from market recovery and digital/data driven gains, “but we believe execution risks remain.”

Following the recent re-rating RBC sees the valuation as “fair,” hence the move to sector perform from outperform.

EPS forecasts for the next two years have been reduced by around 3% “given slightly lower margin expectations due to softer cycling sales and labour cost pressures.”

The price target moves to 220p from 230p.

Shares were 4.9% lower at 192.17p.