** Kepler Cheuvreux downgrades Eurazeo EURA.PA to "hold" from "buy" saying it sees limited growth drivers for the French holding company
** The stock's deep discount to private-equity peers is "increasingly justified by slower value creation, lower uplifts on exits, and muted IRRs in recent vintages", Kepler says
** An "unsuccessful shareholder-friendly policy" and growing concerns about private debt further suppress investor appetite, the brokerage notes, as it projects no meaningful net-asset value growth over the next 12-18 months
** The broker slashes its target price by 40% to EUR 60 to reflect a more cautious valuation framework
** Out of seven analysts that cover Eurazeo, five rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy", one "hold" and one "sell"- LSEG data
(Reporting by Jakob Van Calster)
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