SolarWinds (SWI) (HLIT) (BMC) (WU) (AFSI) (QSFT) Get New Coverage

SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI), Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC), The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFSI) and Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) getting new coverage from analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) initiated coverage on SolarWinds, Inc. (SWI). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $27.00 on the company.

Kaufman Brothers initiated coverage on Harmonic (HLIT). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $6.50 on the company.

Jefferies initiated coverage on BMC Software, Inc. (BMC). They placed a “buy” rating and a $53.00 price target on the company.

Sterne Agee initiated coverage on The Western Union Company (WU). They placed a “buy” rating and a price target of $21.00 on the company.

SunTrust (NYSE:STI) initiated coverage on Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Jefferies initiated coverage on Quest Software, Inc. (QSFT). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $16.00 on the company.

Xilinx (XLNX) (STJ) (WU) (AVGO) (BANF) Ratings Reiterated

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ), The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), Avago Technologies (NASDAQ: AVGO) and BancFirst Co. (NASDAQ: BANF) have ratings reiterated.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated its "Overweight" rating on Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX).

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reiterated its "Sell" rating on St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ).

Wells Fargo & Co. reiterated its "Outperform" rating on The Western Union Company (WU).

Citigroup maintains its "Buy" rating on Avago Technologies (AVGO). They have a price target of $45.00 on the company.

KBW reiterated a "Market Perform" rating on BancFirst Co. (BANF).

Ratings on NRG (NRG) (DRQ) (ENOC) (WU) Reiterated

Ratings on shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), Dril-Quip (NYSE: DRQ), EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) and The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) reiterated by analysts.

Wunderlich reiterated a “buy” rating on NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG). They have a price target of $27.00 on the company.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) maintains a “buy” rating on Dril-Quip (DRQ).

Wedbush reiterated an “underperform” rating on EnerNOC, Inc. (ENOC).

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) reiterated a “buy” rating on The Western Union Company (WU).

NRG Energy closed Thursday at $24.23, up $0.22, or 0.92 percent. Dril-Quip closed at $70.82, jumping $0.96, or 1.37 percent. EnorNOC ended the session at $17.28, rising $1.06, or 6.54 percent. The Western Union Company closed at $19.68, gaining $0.14, or 0.72 percent.

Dividends on (SGK) (SWY) (TIF) (WU) (XEC) Declared

SCHAWK INC (NYSE:SGK), Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY), Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF), Western Union Co. (NYSE:WU) and Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) declare dividends.

The Board of Directors of SCHAWK INC (SGK) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.08 per share payable 6/30/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/15/11.

The Board of Directors of Safeway Inc. (SWY) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.145 per share payable 7/4/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/23/11.

The Board of Directors of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.29 per share payable 7/11/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/20/11.

The Board of Directors of Western Union Co. (WU) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.08 per share payable 6/30/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/17/11.

The Board of Directors of Cimarex Energy Co. (XEC) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.10 per share payable 9/1/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 8/15/11.

WellPoint (WLP) (TMO) (WU) (WYN) Get Ratings Reiterated by Analysts

WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), Thermo Fisher Scient (NYSE: TMO), The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) get ratings reiterated by analysts.

Morgan Stanley reiterated an “Overweight” rating on Thermo Fisher Scient (TMO).

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) reiterated a “Buy” rating on WellPoint, Inc. (WLP).

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reiterated an “Overweight” rating on The Western Union Company (WU).

Piper Jaffray reiterated an “Overweight” rating on The Western Union Company (WU). They have a price target of $26 on the firm.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated an “Overweight” rating on shares of Wyndham Worldwide (WYN).

ShoreTel (SHOR) (IIVI) (PCH) (WU) (IACI) Get Ratings Initiations

ShoreTel (NASDAQ:SHOR), II-VI Inc (NASDAQ:IIVI), Potlatch (NASDAQ:PCH), Western Union (NYSE:WU) and InterActive (NASDAQ:IACI) had analysts initiate coverage on them.

ShoreTel (SHOR) was started off with an "Equal Weight" rating by Barclays Capital, which has a price target of $11 on the company.

II-VI Inc (IIVI) was started off with an "Buy" rating by Longbow, with a price target of $68.

Potlatch (PCH) was initiated with a "Sell" rating by UBS (NYSE:UBS), with a price target of $30 on them.

Western Union (WU) was initiated at a "Buy" rating by RBC Capital, with a price target of $25.

InterActive (IACI) was started off with a "Buy" rating by Stifel Nicolaus, which placed a price target of $42 on the company.

Western Union (NYSE:WU) Branding Strong in India

Western Union Co. (NYSE:WU) has been making solid inroads into the Indian market, and they have a strong presence in the country with over 10,000 retail stores opened there over the last year, and close to 50,000 in the country overall.

Susquehanna noted, "The India Post Office is also a WU agent, apart from doing its own money transfers. However, our research suggests WU is trusted more because it is full fledged - WU advertises heavily (high brand awareness) and has many more locations providing instant money."

Customer service has also been increasingly considered strong in India, and that implies sustainable and supportive growth.

Western Union closed Monday at $17.86, losing $0.29, or 1.60 percent.