Benzinga's Top Initiations

Analysts at Credit Suisse initiated coverage on Kaiser Aluminum Corp. KALU with a Neutral rating. The target price for Kaiser Aluminum is set to $85. Kaiser Aluminum shares closed at $80.99 on Thursday. Bernstein initiated coverage on Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP with a Underperform rating. The target price for Check Point Software is set to $65. Check Point Software shares closed at $82.90 on Thursday. Analysts at Roth Capital initiated coverage on American Vanguard Corp. AVD with a Buy rating. The target price for American Vanguard is set to $19. American Vanguard shares closed at $16.18 on Thursday. Mizuho Securities initiated coverage on Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc ANAC with a Buy rating. The target price for Anacor Pharmaceuticals is set to $103. Anacor Pharmaceuticals shares closed at $59.41 on Thursday. Analysts at Wells Fargo initiated coverage of Ericsson (ADR) ERIC with a Market Perform rating. Ericsson shares closed at $9.18 on Thursday. Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Heartland Financial USA Inc HTLF with a Overweight rating. The target price for Heartland Financial is set to $37. Heartland Financial shares closed at $31.71 on Thursday. Analysts at Credit Suisse initiated coverage on Cliffs Natural Resources Inc CLF with a Underperform rating. The target price for Cliffs Natural Resources is set to $1. Cliffs Natural Resources shares closed at $2.48 on Thursday. Analysts at Roth Capital initiated coverage on Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACUR with a Buy rating. The target price for Acura Pharmaceuticals is set to $6. Acura Pharmaceuticals shares closed at $2.05 on Thursday. Benchmark initiated coverage on NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO with a Buy rating. The target price for NeoGenomics is set to $8. NeoGenomics shares closed at $6.86 on Thursday. Sterne Agee CRT initiated coverage of Harley-Davidson Inc HOG with a Neutral rating. The target price for Harley-Davidson is set to $52. Harley-Davidson shares closed at $47.63 on Thursday.