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Canadian cannabis company Aphria is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter earnings on Monday.

Aphria stock (ticker: APHA) is up 77% so far this year through Friday’s close at $10.10, compared to a gain of about 16% for the broader S&P 500. Its shares are dual-listed on the NYSE and Toronto exchanges.

Here’s a snapshot of Wall Street’s expectations and some recent history.

• Aphria has an average analyst rating of Overweight, with six Buys and only one Sell out of a total of 10 ratings. Wall Street consensus estimates anticipate earnings of 10 cents per share for the upcoming report.

• Former Aphria CEO Vic Neufeld announced his retirement in January. Irwin Simon became CEO in March.

The news of Neufeld’s retirement came a month after shortsellers alleged that he and other Aphria founders engaged in self-dealing transactions by allegedly selling Latin American entities to the company at steep markups, totaling hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars. Neufeld has denied the report and said it had no impact on his decision to retire.

Investors took the news as marking a bottom for Aphria stock.

• In February, Aphria rejected a hostile takeover bid from Green Growth Brands, saying the offer undervalued Aphria shares.

• In March, Cowen analyst Vivien Azer said she expects Aurora Cannabis (ACB) to deliver positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization by its fiscal fourth quarter in June, becoming one of the first of its peers to reach the milestone, ahead of Aphria and Canopy Growth (CGC).

Earlier this month Azer also said several Canada-based marijuana growers could be impacted by a build-up of un-sellable “sub-par quality” cannabis, as well as a slower rollout of retail sales. She did not mention Aphria, though she did refer to several of its biggest competitors.

Write to Connor Smith at Connor.Smith@barrons.com