New Ratings (EW, GOOG, HLIT, ICLR, IRF, LPLA, MFLX, RNOW, TTGT, THG, UHS, VCLK)

Published on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 08:42 Written by Danny Miller

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

Research Firms Initiate:

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW), the maker of tissue replacement heart valves, heart valve repair products, and hemodynamic monitoring devices, was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $75 at Wunderlich.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the owner of the largest Internet search engine, was initiated with Outperform and a target price of $650 at Robert W. Baird.

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) was initiated with a Hold at ThinkEquity.

ICON plc (NASDAQ:ICLR) was initiated with a Hold at BB&T.

International Rectifier Corp. (NYSE:IRF) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $25 at The Benchmark Company.

LPL Investment Holding (NASDAQ:LPLA) was initiated with a Sell and a target price of $22 at Ticonderoga.

Multi Fineline Electonix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MFLX) was initiated with Market Outperform and a target price of $22 at Rodman & Renshaw.

Rightnow Technologies (NASDAQ:RNOW) was initiated with Outperform and a target price of $35.50 at Barrington Research.

Techtarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) was initiated with Outperform and a target price of $8 at Robert W. Baird.

The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $44 at Sterne Agee.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS), the hospital management Company, was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $45 at Auriga USA.

ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) was initiated with a Neutral and a target price of $17 at Robert W. Baird.