Caterpillar price target raised to $700 from $625 at Barclays

Barclays analyst Adam Seiden raised the firm’s price target on Caterpillar (CAT) to $700 from $625 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm adjusted targets in the machinery and construction as part of a Q1 preview. Rentals, small-cap cyclicals, and agriculture face rising input costs, competitive pressures and “fading recovery narratives,” the analyst tells investors in a research note. Barclays sese higher inputs as a “bigger negative risk” for the agriculture markets but sees the prospect of government-related aid now higher in an election year in several end markets.