Benzinga's Top Initiations

Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Alliance Data Systems ADS with a “neutral” rating. Alliance Data Systems' shares closed at $138.43 yesterday. Alliance Data Systems' trailing-twelve-month revenue is $3.45 billion. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Cepheid CPHD with a “hold” rating. Cepheid's stock closed at $38.19 yesterday. Cepheid had $97.27 million in total cash for the latest quarter. Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on shares of Equifax EFX with a “hold” rating. Equifax's shares closed at $46.11 yesterday. Equifax's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 16.32%. JP Morgan initiated coverage on shares of QR Energy QRE with an “overweight” rating. QR Energy's shares closed at $17.75 yesterday. QR Energy's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 84.07%.