Benzinga's Top Initiations

Brean Capital initiated coverage on Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) LGF with a Buy rating. The price target for Lions Gate is set to $27. Lions Gate shares gained 0.73 percent to $20.63 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) CX with a Buy rating. Cemex shares rose 2.42 percent to close at $8.48 on Friday.
Analysts at Imperial Capital initiated coverage on Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA with an Outperform rating. The price target for Hawaiian Holdings is set to $58. Hawaiian Holdings shares gained 0.66 percent to close at $47.60 on Friday.
Drexel Hamilton initiated coverage of CBS Corporation CBS with a Buy rating. CBS shares rose 0.35 percent to close at $52.22 on Friday.
Macquarie initiated coverage on Kaiser Aluminum Corp. KALU with an Outperform rating. Kaiser Aluminum shares rose 0.01 percent to close at $85.63 on Friday.
Analysts at Citi initiated coverage on L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. LLL with a Buy rating. The price target for L-3 Communications is set to $174. L-3 Communications shares rose 0.31 percent to $150.35 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs assumed Dollar General Corp. DG with a Neutral rating. The price target for Dollar General is set to $84. Dollar General shares fell 0.71 percent to $72.80 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at UBS initiated coverage on Medpace Holdings Inc MEDP with a Buy rating. The price target for Medpace Holdings is set to $35. Medpace Holdings shares gained 0.62 percent to $30.89 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Pacific Crest initiated coverage of Ellie Mae Inc ELLI with an Overweight rating. The price target for Ellie Mae is set to $124. Ellie Mae shares slipped 0.58 percent to close at $98.80 on Friday.
Analysts at Leerink Swann initiated coverage on Protagonist Therapeutics Inc PTGX with an Outperform rating. The price target for Protagonist Therapeutics is set to $17. Protagonist Therapeutics shares declined 0.08 percent to close at $12.08 on Friday.