** Shares of farm and construction equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial CNH.N down 1.6% at $10.8 in premarket trading
** Goldman Sachs downgrades its recommendation to "neutral" from "buy"; cuts Price Target to $10.5 from $12 earlier
** New PT represents an 1.8% upside on stock's last close
** Brokerage says while age of equipment is high, higher
fertilizer costs are likely to delay capex investments, particularly into large agricultural equipment which represent CNH’s higher margin products
** "Q1 2026 results saw weaker-than-expected Construction Equipment volumes, and we expect this softness to persist in 2026 as macro volatility and persistently elevated interest rates are likely to delay a previously expected recovery in European construction," Goldman Sachs says
** As of last close, shares up 18.9% YTD
(Reporting by Parth Chandna)
((Parth.Chandna@thomsonreuters.com;))