Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTR) has been downgraded to ‘sell’ from ‘neutral’ by analysts at Citi, who said that online betting and gaming revenues “could suffer” from prolonged lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a note on Monday, the investment bank said they expected all gaming companies to have “sufficient liquidity” to withstand the current coronavirus downturn, however, they added that they had based their cash burn forecasts on revenue falls of up to 65% for gambling operators.
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However, despite this, the bank upped its price target for Flutter to 7,200p from 5,508p, although this is a 20% discount to the company’s closing price last Friday.
In lunchtime trading, Flutter’s shares were 1.4% higher at 9,174p.