Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Aflac, Chesapeake Energy, First Republic Bank, Luminar, Starwood, VFC, XPeng and More

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM): Stephens downgraded the stock to Equal Weight from Overweight and cut its price target to $60. The consensus target is $61.00. Monday’s final trade was for $54.34 a share.

Capri Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: CPRI): Jefferies downgraded the shares to Hold from Buy and cut the price target to $45 from $58. The consensus price target is $60.03. Monday’s closing share price was $45.00.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: CHK): Stephens started coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $91 price target. The consensus target is $110.00. The shares closed on Monday at $82.47.

CNX Resources Corp. (NYSE: CNX): Stephens initiated coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $17 price target. The consensus target is $19.22. The shares closed on Monday at $15.68.

Columbia Sportswear Co. (NASDAQ: COLM): Piper Sandler started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $92 price target. The consensus target is $98.64. Monday’s close was at $89.78.

DigitalOcean Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DOCN): Needham downgraded it to Hold from Buy. The consensus target is $40.00, and Monday’s close was at $32.87.

EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT): Stephens initiated coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $36 price target. The consensus target is $42.08. The stock closed on Monday at $32.74.

First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC): Janney’s downgrade was to Sell from Neutral. It also trimmed its $10 price target to $8. The consensus target is $53.30. Monday’s $16.00 close was up almost 12% for the day.

Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL): Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Equal Weight rating. The firm’s $120 price target is much less than the $129.13 consensus target. The stock closed down slightly on Monday at $107.31.

Ladder Capital Corp. (NYSE: LADR): BTIG Research resumed coverage with a Buy rating and a $10 price target. The consensus target is $12.50. Shares closed on Monday at $9.18.

Luminar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: LAZR): Jefferies initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $12 price target. The consensus target is $12.68. Monday’s close at $5.61 was down over 1% on the day.

Masimo Corp. (NASDAQ: MASI): Zacks makes the case that its Bull of the Day stock has benefitted from a resurgence in the health care sector. Shares hit a 52-week high of $198.00 in the past week and last closed at $196.06, which is up more than 32% year to date.

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