Benzinga's Top Initiations

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Moody's Corporation MCO with a Hold rating. The target price for Moody's is set to $98. Moody's shares closed at $100.38 on Monday. Analysts at Macquarie initiated coverage of Packaging Corp Of America PKG with a Neutral rating. The target price for Packaging Corp Of America is set to $67. Packaging Corp Of America shares closed at $66.48 on Monday. BB&T Capital initiated coverage on Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc MAA with a Hold rating. The target price for Mid-America Apartment Communities is set to $91.50. Mid-America Apartment Communities shares closed at $82.72 on Monday. Analysts at Wedbush initiated coverage on Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc BUFF with a Neutral rating. Blue Buffalo Pet Products shares closed at $18.64 on Monday. HSBC initiated coverage on JD.Com Inc(ADR) JD with a Buy rating. The target price for JD.Com is set to $37. JD.Com shares closed at $28.76 on Monday. Guggenheim Securities initiated coverage of Nordstrom, Inc. JWN with a Buy rating. The target price for Nordstrom is set to $76. Nordstrom shares closed at $62.70 on Monday. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage of Strongbridge Biopharma plc SBBP with a Buy rating. The target price for Strongbridge Biopharma is set to $21. Strongbridge Biopharma shares closed at $7.49 on Monday. Analysts at H.C. Wainwright initiated initiated coverage on Amyris Inc AMRS with a Buy rating. The target price for Amyris is set to $4. Amyris shares closed at $1.63 on Monday. Analysts at Dougherty & Company initiated coverage on Proofpoint Inc PFPT with a Buy rating. The target price for Proofpoint is set to $85. Proofpoint shares closed at $72.41 on Monday. Analysts at Drexel Hamilton initiated coverage on Avago Technologies Ltd AVGO with a Buy rating. The target price for Avago Technologies is set to $156. Avago Technologies shares closed at $126.50 on Monday.