** Beer maker Constellation Brands' STZ.N shares fall ~2% to $215 premarket
** Company cuts annual profit and sales forecasts on muted demand for alcoholic beverages
** " ... continue to face subdued spend and value seeking behaviors that emerged among legal drinking age consumers in Q2," says CEO Bill Newlands
** Company cuts annual adjusted EPS target to between $13.40 and $13.80 vs prior forecast of $13.60 to $13.80
** Cuts annual net sales growth target to 2% to 5% from 4% to 6% growth expected earlier
** Q3 net sales of $2.46 bln miss estimates of $2.53 bln - LSEG
** In 2024, stock fell 8.6%
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