Benzinga's Top Initiations

JP Morgan initiated coverage on Ryder System, Inc. R with a Neutral rating. The target price for Ryder System is set to $61. Ryder System shares closed at $57.68 on Friday. Analysts at Drexel Hamilton initiated coverage on AstraZeneca plc (ADR) AZN with a Buy rating. AstraZeneca shares closed at $29.36 on Friday. Analysts at Cowen & Company initiated coverage of Beigene Ltd (ADR) BGNE with a Outperform rating. Beigene shares closed at $29.75 on Friday. Analysts at JMP Securities initiated coverage on Editas Medicine Inc EDIT with a Outperform rating. The target price for Editas Medicine is set to $40. Editas Medicine shares closed at $27.49 on Friday. Analysts at Berenberg initiated coverage on Southern Copper Corp SCCO with a Sell rating. The target price for Southern Copper is set to $20. Southern Copper shares closed at $24.62 on Friday. Analysts at Jefferies initiated coverage on Nielsen N.V. NLSN with a Buy rating. The target price for Nielsen is set to $58. Nielsen shares closed at $49.75 on Friday. Analysts at Pacific Crest initiated coverage on Square Inc SQ with a Sector Weight rating. Square shares closed at $10.32 on Friday. JP Morgan initiated coverage on Knight Transportation KNX with a Underweight rating. The target price for Knight Transportation is set to $21. Knight Transportation shares closed at $25.20 on Friday. H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage on Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc PRTK with a Buy rating. The target price for Paratek Pharmaceuticals is set to $32. Paratek Pharmaceuticals shares closed at $15.51 on Friday. Citigroup initiated coverage of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc SLCA with a Buy rating. U.S. Silica Holdings shares closed at $17.89 on Friday.