Benzinga's Top Initiations

Analysts at Mizuho Securities initiated coverage on shares of OncoMed OMED with a “buy” rating. The target price for OncoMed is set to $45. OncoMed's shares closed at $31.47 yesterday. Analysts at Drexel Hamilton initiated coverage on shares of Verizon Communications VZ with a “hold” rating. Verizon's shares closed at $46.91 yesterday. Wedbush initiated coverage on shares of Inventure Foods SNAK with an “outperform” rating. The target price for Inventure Foods is set to $15. Inventure's shares closed at $11.49 yesterday. Wells Fargo initiated coverage on shares of Mettler-Toledo International MTD with a “market perform” rating. Mettler-Toledo's shares closed at $254.44 yesterday.