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Monday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Altria, Deere, Emerson Electric, Moderna, Philip Morris, Shopify and More

Aris Water Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ARIS): Capital One upgraded the shares to Overweight from Neutral and boosted the $15 price target to $22. The consensus target is $19.60. Friday’s closing share price is $18.65.

Commscope Holding Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: COMM): BofA Securities downgraded the stock to Underperform from Neutral and slashed the $12 target price to $8. The consensus target is $12.77 for now. The final Friday trade hit the tape at $7.90, down almost 6% for the day.

Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI): Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating on the shares of the popular restaurant company and has a $154 target price. The consensus target is $159.32. The stock closed on Friday at $129.80.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE): J.P. Morgan upgraded the stock to Neutral from Underweight and moved the target price to $440 from $355. The consensus target is $430.59. The stock closed on Friday at $436.45.

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR): Oppenheimer maintained an Outperform rating with a $115 price target, citing the automation solutions platform. The consensus target is $110.42. The final trade for Friday was reported at $98.51.

Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EDR): Zacks has selected this sports and entertainment company as its Bull of the Day, citing earnings strength. Shares closed most recently at $29.46 and have a consensus price target of $37.42, which would be an all-time high.


Gambling.com Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: GAMB): Stifel lowered the price target on the Buy-rated shares to $13 from $16. The consensus target is $14.67. The closing share price on Friday was $8.92.

Greif Inc. (NYSE: GEF): BofA Securities upgraded the shares to Buy from Underperform and moved the $74 target price to $77. The consensus target is $67.40. The closed almost 6% higher on Friday to $65.29 a share.

Honest Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: HNST): Jefferies downgraded the Jessica Alba-backed company to Hold from Buy and slashed the $11 price objective to $5. The consensus target is $12.57 for now. The shares closed Friday at $4.68, down close to 23% after posting a big fourth-quarter loss.

KLA Corp. (NASDAQ: KLAC): Goldman Sachs raised the semiconductor capital equipment giant to Buy from Neutral and has a $430 price objective. The consensus target is $451.14. The shares closed on Friday at $366.44.

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