** Credit card company Bread Financial's BFH.N shares fall 5.9% to $46.31 after releasing February performance update
** TD Cowen says delinquencies were worse than historical seasonality in February for BFH, while loan balances were below expectations
** Brokerage says BFH is seeing slowing loan growth due to credit tightening and slower consumer spend
** Jefferies says February results pointed towards higher delinquencies and net charge-offs, or debt that is unlikely to be collected
** Six of 16 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, eight "hold" and two "sell"; the median PT is $70 - data compiled by LSEG
** BFH stock down 24% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))
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