Benzinga's Top Initiations

Barclays initiated coverage on M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. MDC with a Overweight rating. The target price for M.D.C. Holdings is set to $35. M.D.C. Holdings shares closed at $27.69 on Monday. Analysts at JP Morgan initiated coverage on Bill Barrett Corporation BBG with a Neutral rating. Bill Barrett shares closed at $4.60 on Monday. Analysts at Canaccord Genuity initiated initiated coverage on Penumbra Inc PEN with a Buy rating. The target price for Penumbra is set to $48. Penumbra shares closed at $39.14 on Monday. Argus Research initiated coverage on Skechers USA Inc SKX with a Buy rating. The target price for Skechers USA is set to $155. Skechers USA shares closed at $130.34 on Monday. B. Riley initiated coverage on Vishay Precision Group Inc VPG with a Buy rating. The target price for Vishay Precision is set to $16.50. Vishay Precision shares closed at $12.27 on Monday. Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage of PacWest Bancorp PACW with a Overweight rating. The target price for PacWest Bancorp is set to $51. PacWest Bancorp shares closed at $44.95 on Monday. Analysts at Leerink Swann initiated coverage of Nabriva Therapeutics AG - ADR NBRV with a Outperform rating. The target price for Nabriva Therapeutics is set to $10. Nabriva Therapeutics shares closed at $10 on Monday. Oppenheimer initiated coverage of Scholastic Corp SCHL with a Outperform rating. The target price for Scholastic is set to $50. Scholastic shares closed at $39.39 on Monday. Analysts at Evercore ISI initiated coverage on Tribune Media Co TRCO with a Buy rating. The target price for Tribune Media is set to $47. Tribune Media shares closed at $37.10 on Monday. Analysts at Cowen & Company initiated coverage on Centurylink Inc CTL with a Market Perform rating. Centurylink shares closed at $25.86 on Monday.