** Shares of Xponential Fitness XPOF.N down 2.9% at $12.29
premarket
** Piper Sandler downgrades the boutique fitness
franchiser's stock to "neutral" from "overweight" and cuts PT to
$13 from $21
** "We are becoming less confident in management's ability
to achieve their long-term growth and margin targets" -
brokerage
** Recent reports questioning XPOF management's credibility
could continue to be an overhang on the stock for another few
quarters, limiting share upside - brokerage
** Company said in December it was contacted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to provide certain documents
** In 2023, XPOF stock lost 43.8%
(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)
((Juveria.Tabassum@thomsonreuters.com))