Benzinga's Top Initiations

Analysts at Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on National Storage Affiliates Trust NSA with a Overweight rating. The target price for National Storage is set to $16. National Storage shares closed at $13.24 on Friday. Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. CRZO with a Neutral rating. The target price for Carrizo Oil & Gas is set to $56. Carrizo Oil & Gas shares closed at $52.25 on Friday. Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on PDC Energy Inc PDCE with a Conviction List Buy rating. The target price for PDC Energy is set to $77. PDC Energy shares closed at $55.06 on Friday. JP Morgan initiated coverage on Ardmore Shipping Corp ASC with a Overweight rating. The target price for Ardmore Shipping is set to $16. Ardmore Shipping shares closed at $12.53 on Friday. Analysts at Keefe Bruyette & Woods initiated coverage on QCR Holdings, Inc. QCRH with a Outperform rating. The target price for QCR Holdings is set to $24. QCR Holdings' shares closed at $20.59 on Friday. Roth Capital initiated coverage on Biodel Inc BIOD with a Buy rating. The target price for Biodel is set to $5. Biodel shares closed at $1.13 on Friday. Analysts at Jefferies initiated coverage on INC Research Holdings Inc INCR with a Hold rating. The target price for INC Research Holdings is set to $35. INC Research Holdings' shares closed at $33.32 on Friday. Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Antares Pharma Inc ATRS with a Overweight rating. The target price for Antares Pharma is set to $3.50. Antares Pharma shares closed at $2.08 on Friday. Analysts at JP Morgan initiated coverage on Euronav NV EURN with a Overweight rating. The target price for Euronav is set to $17. Euronav shares closed at $14.22 on Friday. H.C Wainwright initiated coverage on Plasmatech Biopharmaceuticals Inc PTBI with a Buy rating. The target price for Plasmatech is set to $15. Plasmatech shares closed at $7.98 on Friday.