New Ratings ( TMS, ZIP, NABI, SUG, ARCO, SUN, MSI, LOGM )

Published on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 08:11 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, May 24th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the new analyst ratings before the market open.

Research Firms Initiate:

TMS International (NYSE:TMS) was initiated with an Overweight rating at JPMorgan.

Zipcar (NASDAQ:ZIP) is very active today, as multiple research firms initiated coverage. Goldman Sachs for example started its coverage with a Neutral Rating, while Oppenheimer initiated Zipcar with an Outperform. JPMorgan was more in line with Goldman with another Neutral rating as they start coverage for the stock.

Oppenheimer placed a price target of $30 on Zipcar saying that the company is well positioned to leverage the "network effect" to grow revenues by 27% and EBITDA by 61% annually through 2018.

NABI Biopharma (NASDAQ:NABI) was initiated with an Outperform rating at at Leerink Swann.

Southern Union (NYSE:SUG) was initiated with a Buy rating at Jefferies, also placing a target of $33.50.

Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) was initiated with a Buy rating at Citigroup. Citi placed a target of $29.

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SUN) was initiated with a Hold at Jefferies and a price target of $38.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) was initiated with a Buy at Goldman with a price target of $57.

LogMeIn (NASDAQ:LOGM) was initiated with an Outperform rating at Morgan Keegan; the firm placed a target of $60. Firm notes a strong driver for new subscriber growth and revenue. They feel monetization of existing customer base presents a large future growth opportunity.