** J.P. Morgan cuts Dutch lighting manufacturer Signify LIGHT.AS to "neutral" from "overweight," saying the lack of growth and weaker-than-expected margin guidance leaves the stock fairly valued
** JPM slashes its target price to 18.4 euros ($21.8) from 29.5 euros, vs Friday's closing price of 17.9 euros per share
** "With material cuts to our estimates, it doesn’t appear to be a value play and we see risk of further earnings decline in the coming years," JPM says
** It adds the intensification of Chinese competition led to price erosion which cannot be compensated by cost savings
** Out of 14 analysts that cover Signify, four rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy", six "hold" and four "strong sell" or "sell" - LSEG data
($1 = 0.8441 euros)
(Reporting by Mathias de Rozario in Gdansk)
((mathias.derozario@thomsonreuters.com))