New Analyst Coverage

Published on Thursday, 23 August 2012 07:38 Written by Danny Miller

New York, August 23^rd (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the new analyst ratings before the market open.

Research Firms Initiate:

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) was initiated with Outperform at Credit Agricole.

Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS) was initiated with Overweight at Barclays.

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique Veritas SA (NYSE: CGV) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $42 at Dahlman Rose.

GNC Holdings (NYSE: GNC) was initiated with Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG) was initiated with a Hold and a target price of $36 at Wunderlich.

Joy Global (NYSE: JOY) was initiated with Underperform at Credit Agricole.

Metals USA (NASDAQ: MUSA) was initiated with a Neutral at UBS.

Reliance Steel (NYSE: RS) was initiated with a Buy at UBS.

Rosetta Genomics (NASDAQ: ROSG) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $16 at Aegis.

The Fresh Market (NASDAQ: TFM) was initiated with a Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Vitamin Shoppe (NYSE: VSI) was initiated with a Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) was initiated with Outperform at Wells Fargo.