Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about companies for which stock analysts initiated coverage in the Financial sector for the week ending December 23rd, 2011.

Enduro Royalty Trust (NYSE:NDRO): Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Hold on Dec 21st. The shares recently traded at $21.00, up $1, or 5% since the analyst’s rating. About the company: Enduro Royalty Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed by Enduro Sponsor to own a net profits interest from the sale of oil and natural gas production from certain properties in the states of Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico held by Enduro Sponsor. Get the most recent company news and stock data here >>

Enduro Royalty Trust (NYSE:NDRO): Morgan Keegan initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Mkt Perform and a price target of $21 on Dec 22nd. The shares recently traded at $21.00, up $0.63, or 3.09% since the analyst’s rating. About the company: Enduro Royalty Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed by Enduro Sponsor to own a net profits interest from the sale of oil and natural gas production from certain properties in the states of Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico held by Enduro Sponsor. Get the most recent company news and stock data here >>

Washington Banking Co. (NASDAQ:WBCO): Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Buy and a price target of $14 on Dec 22nd. The shares recently traded at $11.94, down $0.07, or 0.58% since the analyst’s rating. About the company: Washington Banking Company is the holding company for Whidbey Island Bank. The Bank provides a full range of commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and other individuals. Whidbey operates offices in Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties, in northwestern Washington. Get the most recent company news and stock data here >>

Columbia Banking (NASDAQ:COLB): Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Hold on Dec 22nd. The shares recently traded at $19.47, up $0.02, or 0.1% since the analyst’s rating. About the company: Columbia Banking System, Inc. is the holding company for Columbia Bank, a full service commercial bank. The Bank serves small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and other individuals through office in the Tacoma metropolitan area and contiguous parts of the Puget Sound region of Washington, as well as the Longview and Woodland communities in southwestern Washington. Get the most recent company news and stock data here >>

(Note: Selected financial data are sourced from Briefing.com via the Wall St. Journal. All data are assumed to be accurate.)

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