Catch up on today's top five analyst initiations with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. comScore (SCOR) initiated with a Market Perform at Wells Fargo. 2. Chevron (CVX) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley, while Exxon Mobil (XOM) was initiated with an Equal Weight. 3. Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Neutral at Guggenheim and an Equal Weight at Consumer Edge. 4. LivePerson (LPSN) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies. 5. Dow Inc. (DOW) initiated with a Hold at Vertical Research. This list is just a portion of The Fly's analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

Loop Capital lowered the firm's price target on LivePerson to $1 from $3 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares ahead of its Q1 results. The stock's current "fire sale" valuation multiple of 1-times sales is "quite inexpensive", but turnarounds always take much longer than management and investors expect, the analyst tells investors in a research note.