Bank OZK slumps after Citigroup downgrade; regional banks fall
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** Shares of regional lender Bank OZK OZK.O drop 14.5% to $39.50
** Other regional lender also fall in a broadly weak market .N; Among individual movers Banc of CaliforniaBANC.N , Western Alliance BancorpWAL.N, Valley National BancorpVLY.O, Regions FinancialRF.N, Keycorp KEY.N and Comerica CMA.N fall between 4.6% and 2.4%
** M&T BankMTB.N, Fifth Third BancorpFITB.O, Citizens Financial CFG.N, Truist FinancialTFC.N, Synchrony Financial SYF.N and Zions BancorporationZION.O fall between 2.9% and 1.5%
** Citigroup double downgrades stock to "sell" from "buy" on concerns with OZK's projects and its life science construction lending in general
** Co's Research and Development District project in San Diego has been tenant-less for four years as sizeable pharmaceuticals rejected it due to location, indicative of difficult life science construction lending market - Citi
** Believes OZK's Atlanta project to be its biggest individual loan totaling $915 mln; loan likely to see some deterioration in coming quarters as lackluster location and large-scale leases drive lack of interest in office leasing
** Citi cuts PT on stock to $37 from $57; new PT a downside of about 20% to last close
** Four brokerages maintain "buy" or higher rating, five rate it "hold" and one "sell"; median PT at $49.50 - LSEG data
** Including sessions move, OZK down ~21% YTD
Reporting by Purvi Agarwal and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru
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