Today's noteworthy initiations include: A. Schulman (SHLM) initiated with a Neutral at SunTrust... AMC Entertainment (AMC) initiated with a Buy at Benchmark Co.... AT&T (T) initiated with a Buy at Buckingham... Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin (ABCW) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... Babcock & Wilcox (BW) initiated with a Buy at UBS... BankMutual (BKMU) initiated with an Equal Weight at Stephens... Baxalta (BXLT) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman... Becton Dickinson (BDX) reinstated with an Equal Weight at Barclays... CST Brands (CST) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... County Bancorp (ICBK) initiated with an Equal Weight at Stephens... Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) initiated with an Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley... Energizer (ENR) initiated with a Sector Weight at KeyBanc... First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) initiated with an Equal Weight at Stephens... Great Western (GWB) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... Green Plains Partners (GPP) initiated with a Buy at Roth Capital... Greenbrier (GBX) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... Hecla Mining (HL) initiated with a Sector Perform at RBC Capital... Helix Energy (HLX) initiated with a Neutral at Credit Suisse... Lakeland Financial (LKFN) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) initiated with a Buy at Sidoti... Limelight Networks (LLNW) initiated with an Outperform at Cowen... PRA Health (PRAH) initiated with a Sector Weight at KeyBanc... Park National (PRK) initiated with an Equal Weight at Stephens... Polaris Industries (PII) initiated with a Buy at CL King... Sabra Health Care (SBRA) initiated with a Neutral at Mizuho... SeaSpine (SPNE) initiated with an Overweight at Piper Jaffray... Sprint (S) initiated with a Neutral at Buckingham... Synergy Resources (SYRG) initiated with an Outperform at Scotia Howard Weil... T-Mobile (TMUS) initiated with a Buy at Buckingham... TopBuild (BLD) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust... Tower International (TOWR) initiated with a Buy at Sterne Agee CRT... Verizon (VZ) initiated with a Neutral at Buckingham... WestRock (WRK) initiated with a Buy at Goldman... Wolseley (WOSYY) initiated with a Buy at Goldman.

Unusual total active option classes on open include: Steel Dynamics (STLD), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Danaher (DHR), Altimeter Growth (GRAB), Childrens Place (PLCE), ASML (ASML), US Bancorp (USB), iShares Barclays 7 to 10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF), AMC Entertainment (AMC), and Abbott (ABT).