New Ratings (AMT, ARB, AERL, CLVS, FIO, GNC, IM, IPG, INVN, KCG, KTOS, MERU, NLSN, OILT, UNIS, WWD)

Published on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 08:22 Written by Danny Miller

New York, January 4^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the new analyst ratings before the market open.

Research Firms Initiate:

American Tower (NYSE:AMT), the owner and operator of wireless towers, was initiated with Outperform at Wedbush

Arbitron (NYSE:ARB) was initiated with Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

Asia Entertainment & Resources (NASDAQ:AERL) was initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital Markets.

Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ:CLVS) was initiated with Outperform at Leerink Swann.

Fusion-io (NYSE:FIO) was initiated with a Hold at The Benchmark Company.

GNC Holdings (NYSE:GNC) was initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Intermolecular (NYSE:IM) was initiated with Overweight at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.

Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG), the advertising and marketing firm, was initiated with a Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

InvenSense (NYSE:INVN) was initiated with Outperform and a target of $13 at Oppenheimer.

Knight Capital Group (NYSE:KCG), the trade execution services provider, was initiated with a Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc (NASDAQ:KTOS) was initiated with a Hold at Jefferies.

Meru Networks (NASDAQ:MERU) was initiated with Outperform at JMP Securities.

Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) was initiated with a Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Oiltanking Partners LP (NYSE:OILT) was initiated with a Buy at Bank of America Merrill.

Unilife Corporation (NASDAQ:UNIS) was initiated with a Buy at Jefferies.

Woodward Inc (NYSE:WWD) was initiated with Market Outperform and a target price of $52 at Rodman & Renshaw.