Equities Research Analysts’ New Coverage for December 8th (AVAH, AXP, CGBD, CVLT, JHX, LPX, MAIN, MTDR, PNFP, PNTG)

Equities Research Analysts’ new coverage for Monday, December 8th:

William Blair assumed coverage on shares of Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH). The firm issued an outperform rating on the stock.

Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of American Express (NYSE:AXP). Wolfe Research issued a peer perform rating on the stock.

Citizens Jmp initiated coverage on shares of Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD). Citizens Jmp issued a market perform rating on the stock.

Mizuho initiated coverage on shares of CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT). Mizuho issued an outperform rating and a $190.00 target price on the stock.

Barclays PLC assumed coverage on shares of James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX). They issued an equal weight rating and a $21.00 price target on the stock.

Barclays PLC began coverage on shares of Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX). The firm issued an overweight rating and a $100.00 target price on the stock.

Citizens Jmp started coverage on shares of Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN). They issued a market outperform rating and a $70.00 price target on the stock.

Citigroup Inc. assumed coverage on shares of Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR). The firm issued a buy rating and a $53.00 target price on the stock.

Bank of America Corporation began coverage on shares of Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP). The firm issued a buy rating and a $113.00 target price on the stock.

William Blair started coverage on shares of The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG). The firm issued an outperform rating on the stock.

Morgan Stanley started coverage on shares of QuantumScape (NYSE:QS). They issued an equal weight rating and a $12.00 target price on the stock.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK). JPMorgan Chase & Co. issued a neutral rating and a $235.00 target price on the stock.

Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF). The firm issued an outperform rating and a $92.00 price target on the stock.

Citizens Jmp began coverage on shares of Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN). They issued a market outperform rating and a $17.50 target price on the stock.