** Shares of restaurant chain Bloomin' Brands BLMN.O down
1.95% at $23.17
** Brokerage Raymond James downgrades BLMN's rating to
"outperform" from "strong buy"; cuts price target to $28 from
$29
** Brokerage Barclays also cuts co's price target to $27
from $28 and Morgan Stanley cuts price target to $25 from $26
** 4 of 13 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 9
"hold"; their median PT is $25.50- LSEG
** Up to last close, stock was up 17.45% this year
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru)
((Juby.Babu@thomsonreuters.com;))