Broadcom (BRCM) (PTX) (APOL) (ASTM) (BPI) (CAVM) (CPLA) (EQT) (PMCS) Get New Coverage

Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM), Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PTX), Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Aastrom Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTM), Bridgepoint Education Inc (NYSE: BPI), Cavium Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA), EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) and PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) gettting new analyst coverage.

Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc (PTX). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $15.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $49.00 on the company.

Global Hunter Securities initiated coverage on Aastrom Biosciences Inc. (ASTM). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $6.00

on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Bridgepoint Education Inc. (BPI). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $31.00 on the company.

William Blair initiated coverage on Broadcom Corporation (BRCM). They placed a “Market Perform” rating on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Cavium Networks, Inc. (CAVM). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $30.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Capella Education (CPLA). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $37.00 on the company.

Brean Murray initiated coverage on EQT Corp. (EQT). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $68.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on PMC-Sierra, Inc. (PMCS). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $10.00 on the company.

Regeneron (REGN) (HSP) (SYMC) (CMI) (CPLA) get Ratings Initiations

Regeneron Pharms (NASDAQ:REGN), Hospira (NYSE:HSP), Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), Cummins (NYSE:CMI) and Capella Education (NASDAQ:CPLA) had analysts initiate coverage on them.

Regeneron Pharms (REGN) was started off with an "Overweight" rating by Barclays Capital, which has a price target of $64 on the company.

Hospira (HSP) was started off with an "Overweight" rating by Barclays Capital, with a price target of $64.

Symantec (SYMC) was initiated with a "Buy" rating by UBS (NYSE:UBS), with a price target of $22 on them.

Cummins (CMI) was initiated at a "Buy" rating by UBS, with a price target of $135.

Capella Education (CPLA) was started off with a "Sector Perform" rating by RBC Capital, which placed a price target of $52 on the company.