Today's noteworthy initiations include: Alibaba (BABA) initiated with an Outperform at Bernstein... Alkermes (ALKS) initiated with an Overweight at Barclays... Burlington Stores (BURL) initiated with an Outperform at FBR Capital... Crocs (CROX) initiated with a Neutral at B. Riley... Darling (DAR) initiated with a Buy at Roth Capital... Dynegy (DYN) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital... Esperion (ESPR) initiated with an Overweight at Barclays... Five Below (FIVE) initiated with a Market Perform at FBR Capital... Intercept (ICPT) initiated with an Overweight, $450 target at Barclays... Johnson Matthey (JMPLY) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies... Nike (NKE) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies... RTI Surgical (RTIX) initiated with a Buy at Sidoti... TeleNav (TNAV) initiated with an Outperform at Northland... Trevena (TRVN) initiated with an Equal Weight at Barclays... Vectrus (VEC) initiated with a Hold at Stifel.

UBS raised the firm's price target on Johnson Matthey to 1,950 GBp from 1,650 GBp and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares.

Barclays raised the firm's price target on Johnson Matthey to 2,170 GBp from 2,030 GBp and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares.