Benzinga's Top Initiations

Longbow Research initiated coverage on Yum! Brands, Inc. BSX with a Buy rating. Yum! Brands shares closed at $78.79 on Thursday. Analysts Argus Research initiated coverage on NVIDIA Corporation NVDA with a Buy rating. The target price for NVIDIA is set to $39. NVIDIA shares closed at $32.82 on Thursday. Analysts at Longbow Research initiated coverage on McDonald's Corporation MCD with a Neutral rating. McDonald's shares closed at $123.22 on Thursday. Analysts at Nomura initiated coverage on BP plc (ADR) CPGX with a Neutral rating. BP shares closed at $31.53 on Thursday. Janney Capital initiated coverage on Applied Genetic Technologies Corp AGTC with a Buy rating. Applied Genetic Technologies shares closed at $13.38 on Thursday. Longbow Research initiated coverage on Wendys Co TRNO with a Buy rating. Wendys shares closed at $10.23 on Thursday. Analysts at Nomura initiated coverage on Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) RDS with a Buy rating. Royal Dutch Shell shares closed at $50.06 on Thursday.