Research Analysts’ New Coverage for September 18th (AGEN, ANIK, BGSI, BRUN, CHRN, CUE, EFSC, ENTX, HMC, IREN)

Research Analysts’ new coverage for Friday, September 18th:

Chardan Capital began coverage on shares of Agenus (NASDAQ:AGEN). They issued a buy rating and a $40.00 target price on the stock.

B. Riley Financial, Inc. started coverage on shares of Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK). B. Riley Financial, Inc. issued a buy rating and a $23.00 price target on the stock.

Mizuho started coverage on shares of Boyd Group Services (NYSE:BGSI). Mizuho issued an outperform rating and a $120.00 target price on the stock.

Northland Securities began coverage on shares of Boost Run (NASDAQ:BRUN). They issued an outperform rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock.

Northland Securities started coverage on shares of ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock (NASDAQ:CHRN). They issued an outperform rating and a $32.00 price target on the stock.

B. Riley Financial, Inc. started coverage on shares of Cue Biopharma (NASDAQ:CUE). B. Riley Financial, Inc. issued a buy rating and a $83.00 price target on the stock.

Stephens assumed coverage on shares of Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC). Stephens issued an equal weight rating and a $70.00 target price on the stock.

Leerink Partners initiated coverage on shares of Entera Bio (NASDAQ:ENTX). They issued an outperform rating and a $9.00 target price on the stock.

BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC). BNP Paribas Exane issued a neutral rating and a $34.00 price target on the stock.

Northland Securities assumed coverage on shares of IREN (NASDAQ:IREN). Northland Securities issued an outperform rating and a $99.00 price target on the stock.

Stephens assumed coverage on shares of Mechanics Bancorp (NASDAQ:MCHB). The firm issued an equal weight rating and a $17.00 target price on the stock.

Maxim Group began coverage on shares of Merlin, Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:MRLN). Maxim Group issued a buy rating and a $7.00 target price on the stock.

Hovde Group started coverage on shares of First Western Financial (NASDAQ:MYFW). The firm issued a market perform rating and a $33.00 target price on the stock.

Bank of America Corporation started coverage on shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC). Bank of America Corporation issued a buy rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock.

Stephens started coverage on shares of QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH). They issued an equal weight rating and a $107.00 price target on the stock.

BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Reddit (NYSE:RDDT). They issued a neutral rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML). They issued an overweight rating and a $14.00 price target on the stock.

Northland Securities assumed coverage on shares of SharonAI Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock (NASDAQ:SHAZ). They issued an outperform rating and a $95.00 price target on the stock.

BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR). They issued an outperform rating and a $120.00 target price on the stock.