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Aphria, Caterpillar, Coke, Deere and More Tuesday Afternoon Analyst Calls

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With the trading day about halfway over, the broad markets were somewhat mixed. The Nasdaq was handily positive on the day, while the Dow Jones industrials were lagging with a loss. The S&P 500 was more or less trading sideways. Some analysts are saying this dispersion is a result of U.S. officials pausing the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

24/7 Wall St. is looking at some big analyst calls that we have seen so far on Tuesday. We have included the latest analyst call on each stock, as well as a recent trading history and the consensus targets among analysts.

For those that might have missed it, 24/7 Wall St. had an earlier round of analyst calls on Tuesday that included FedEx, JetBlue, Nvidia, PepsiCo, Square and more.

Aphria Inc. (NASDAQ: APHA): Canaccord Genuity downgraded it from Buy to Hold with a $17.50 price target. The shares traded near $14 on Tuesday, in a 52-week trading range of $2.78 to $32.29.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT): Wolfe Research started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $265 price target. The stock traded near $230 on Tuesday, in a 52-week range of $100.22 to $237.78. It has a consensus price target of $217.91.

Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO): Wolfe Research started it with a Peer Perform rating. The stock traded near $53 on Tuesday, in a 52-week range of $43.20 to $54.93. The consensus analyst target is $57.59.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE): Wolfe Research started it as Outperform with a $425 price target. On Tuesday, the stock traded around $379. The 52-week trading range is $117.85 to $392.42. Its consensus analyst target is $380.28.

Golar LNG Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLNG): BofA Securities downgraded the stock to Underperform from Buy. The shares changed hands around $9 on Tuesday. The 52-week trading range is $5.21 to $15.12. The consensus price target is $18.39.

MongoDB Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB): Mizuho initiated it with a Neutral rating and a $320 price target. Shares traded around $309 on Tuesday, in the 52-week range of $144.30 to $428.96. The consensus price target is $381.38.

NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK): BofA Securities started it at Underperform with a $19 price target. The consensus price target is $26.47. Shares traded around $22 on Tuesday, in the 52-week range of $17.98 to $24.40.

StoneCo Ltd. (NASDAQ: STNE): Citigroup resumed coverage with a Neutral rating. The stock traded around $68 on Tuesday. The 52-week trading range is $20.39 to $95.12. Its consensus analyst target is $85.10.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPN): The Jefferies upgraded to Buy from Hold included a price target raise to $40 from $25. The stock traded near $30 on Tuesday. The 52-week trading range is $17.20 to $31.99. The consensus price target is $30.75.

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Note that short interest is surging on electric vehicle stocks, including industry leader Tesla.

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