Fletcher Building Bear Surprised by New Zealand Housing Approvals -- Market Talk

Dow Jones2025-12-04

2142 GMT - Strength in New Zealand residential building consents over the past three months has surprised Macquarie, which raises its target on construction-products maker Fletcher Building by 8.8% to NZ$1.73. Moves by local governments to progressively shift more road and water infrastructure to land developers may be pulling forward approvals activity, analysts say in a note to clients. Still, the analysts reiterate an underperform rating citing "predominantly negative catalysts." They estimate the consent rate to be roughly 30% higher than sustainable levels. Fletcher Building is down 0.3% at NZ$3.45. (rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com; @RhiannonHoyle)

 

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December 03, 2025 17:42 ET (22:42 GMT)

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