Today's noteworthy initiations include: Canadian Solar (CSIQ) initiated with a Buy at Stifel... Care Capital Properties (CCP) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman... CareTrust REIT (CTRE) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital... Gartner (IT) initiated with an Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley... Lumentum (LITE) initiated with a Buy at MKM Partners... Mellanox (MLNX) initiated with a Buy at DA Davidson... SolarCity (SCTY) initiated with a Buy at Stifel... Spark Energy (SPKE) initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital... TASER (TASR) initiated with a Buy at Sidoti... Ultrapar (UGP) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman.

Wells Fargo notes that a group of seven domestic solar product makers, including First Solar (FSLR), filed a petition to levy anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, looking for duties ranging from 70.4% to 271.5%. The firm, which included the "important reminder" that "this is just a petition," says the uncertainty created by the petition is "incrementally positive" for First Solar and negative for Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Array Technologies (ARRY) and Nextracker (NXT).