On The Fly: Top five analyst initiations

Catch up on today's top five analyst initiations with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Abbott (ABT), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), and Medtronic (MDT) were initiated with an Overweight at Barclays, while Baxter (BAX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), and Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) were initiated with an Underweight. 2. Expedia (EXPE) was initiated with an Outperform at Evercore ISI, while TripAdvisor (TRIP) was initiated with an In Line, and Booking Holdings (BKNG) was initiated with an In Line. 3. Facebook (FB) was initiated with a Buy at Loop Capital and Rosenblatt. 4. Snap (SNAP) initiated with a Hold at Loop Capital. 5. VF Corp. (VFC) initiated with a Neutral at Wedbush. This list is just a portion of The Fly's analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.