Barclays has reaffirmed its 'Underweight' recommendation on Pernod Ricard, with a price target raised from €136 to €139, the day after the French spirits giant released its third-quarter trading update.

"Concerns in China and the US are impacting our ability to be more constructive on the stock, especially as we consider China's weakness to be structural due to low demographics", says the broker.

In the absence of a significant improvement in performance in these two markets, Barclays adds that it is 'difficult to see how the company will be able to generate significant margin expansion'.

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