** Brokerage Stifel resumes coverage on Builders FirstSource
BLDR.N with "buy" rating; price target $175
** Stifel says "BLDR is positioned to profitably capitalize
on residential construction"
** Brokerage expects company to achieve medium-term, high
single-digit core organic growth, driven by housing undersupply
** The new PT is a 22.1% upside to the stock's last close
** Fourteen of 18 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or
"higher", 4 "hold"; median PT $215.50 - data compiled by LSEG
** Stock lost ~14% in 2024
(Reporting by Rupali Chaudhary in Bengaluru)
((Rupali.Chaudhary@thomsonreuters.com))