Benzinga's Top Initiations

Analysts at Benchmark initiated coverage on Coherent, Inc. COHR with a Buy rating. The target price for Coherent is set to $75. Coherent shares closed at $62.79 yesterday. Analysts at Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co HMHC with a Outperform rating. The target price for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is set to $33. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's shares closed at $26.60 yesterday. Analysts at Guggenheim Securities initiated coverage on Palo Alto Networks Inc PANW with a Buy rating. The target price for Palo Alto Networks is set to $200. Palo Alto Networks' shares closed at $170.34 yesterday. Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. SFG with a Neutral rating. The target price for StanCorp Financial Group is set to $81. StanCorp Financial Group shares closed at $73.85 yesterday. Analysts at Evercore Partners initiated coverage on Anadarko Petroleum Corporation APC with a Buy rating. The target price for Anadarko Petroleum is set to $100. Anadarko Petroleum shares closed at $83.83 yesterday. Drexel Hamilton initiated coverage on Avago Technologies Ltd AVGO with a Buy rating. The target price for Avago Technologies is set to $180. Avago Technologies' shares closed at $146.62 yesterday. Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Reinsurance Group of America Inc RGA with a Neutral rating. The target price for Reinsurance Group is set to $103. Reinsurance Group's shares closed at $94.09 yesterday. Evercore Partners initiated coverage on Apache Corporation APA with a Hold rating. The target price for Apache is set to $72. Apache shares closed at $58.87 yesterday. Analysts at Janney Capital initiated coverage on B&G Foods, Inc. BGS with a Neutral rating. The target price for B&G Foods is set to $32. B&G Foods' shares closed at $30.78 yesterday. Telsey Advisory initiated coverage on Scientific Games Corp SGMS with a Market Perform rating. The target price for Scientific Games is set to $16. Scientific Games' shares closed at $15.36 yesterday.