Catch up on today's top five analyst initiations with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Pandora (P) initiated with a Buy at Aegis. 2. McCormick (MKC) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill. 3. Skechers (SKX) initiated with an Outperform at Wells Fargo. 4. J.M. Smucker (SJM) initiated with a Neutral at BofA/Merrill. 5. Charter (CHTR) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital. This list is just a portion of The Fly's analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

Evercore ISI lowered the firm's price target on Skechers to $68 from $73 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. Though the firm's U.S. checks suggest year-to-date trends have been positive, Evercore expects revenues to be slightly below consensus at 9.2% year-over-year growth given more muted U.S. trends and macro pressure in both Europe and the China market.

Deutsche Bank lowered the firm's price target on Charter Communications to $320 from $375 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. The firm cites lower free cash flow estimates for the target drop. The 34% year-to-date decline in Charter's stock price arguably prices in a more challenged growth outlook, the analyst tells investors in a research note. However, the firm does not expect a recovery in the shares until the impact from the Affordable Connectivity Program sunsetting is known and there is some visibility into sustained positive broadband subscriber growth coming back into the model.