Benzinga's Top Initiations

Analysts at Stephens & Co.initiated coverage on City Holding Company CHCO with a Equalweight rating. City Holding shares closed at $44.17 on Thursday. BMO Capital initiated coverage of Oracle Corporation ORCL with a Market Perform rating. Oracle shares closed at $35.04 on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Agile Therapeutics Inc AGRX with a Buy rating. Agile Therapeutics shares closed at $7.95 on Thursday. Analysts at BB&T Capital initiated coverage of Summit Hotel Properties Inc SHO with a Buy rating. The target price for Summit Hotel Properties is set to $14.50. Summit Hotel Properties shares closed at $10.82 on Thursday. Analysts at Macquarie initiated coverage on Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. PTEN with a Neutral rating. The target price for Patterson-UTI Energy is set to $14. Patterson-UTI Energy shares closed at $13.57 on Thursday. Analysts at Mizuho Securities initiated coverage on Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. IRWD with a Buy rating. The target price for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is set to $15. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals shares closed at $10.59 on Thursday. BMO Capital initiated coverage on Microsoft Corporation MSFT with a Outperform rating. Microsoft shares closed at $52.17 on Thursday. Benchmark initiated coverage on Mitek Systems, Inc. MITK with a Buy rating. The target price for Mitek Systems is set to $6.50. Mitek Systems shares closed at $4.70 on Thursday. Analysts at William Blair initiated initiated coverage on Accelerate Diagnostics Inc AXDX with a Outperform rating. Accelerate Diagnostics shares closed at $19.97 on Thursday. Analysts at JMP Securities initiated coverage on AvalonBay Communities Inc AVB with a Market Perform rating. The target price for AvalonBay Communities is set to $210. AvalonBay Communities shares closed at $182.66 on Thursday.