BUZZ-Flood insurer Neptune falls on secondary share sale
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** Neptune Insurance NP.N shares down 8.1% to $28.18 on Tues after secondary offering news
** Florida-based flood insurer late Mon launched offering of ~8.4 mln shares by existing holders
** Also, NP intends to repurchase 835,561 of offering shares from the underwriters
** Morgan Stanley lead bookrunner, joined by JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs as active bookrunners, according to the release
** NP debuted on Oct 1 after co and shareholders sold shares in IPO priced at $20
** NP's stock last Thurs jumped ~22% to close at $30.47 after Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council released a final report including proposed reforms to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), recommending a "comprehensive reform plan centered on a strategic shift toward a primary role for the private market"
** TD Cowen said in a research note last week it expects future details to benefit NP and the private flood market
** 8 of 12 brokerages rate NP stock "buy", 4 rate "hold"; median PT $30.50, per LSEG data
