During these busy times, it pays to stay on top of the latest profit opportunities. And today’s blog post should be a great place to start. After taking a close look at the latest data on institutional buying pressure and each company’s fundamental health, I decided to revise my Portfolio Grader recommendations for 54 big blue chips. Chances are that you have at least one of these stocks in your portfolio, so you may want to give this list a skim and act accordingly.
Upgrades
Last Week’s Holds, Now Buys
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | B | C | B |
| CBG | CBRE Group, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CERN | Cerner Corp. | B | C | B |
| CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd | B | C | B |
| EIX | Edison International | B | B | B |
| ES | Eversource Energy | B | B | B |
| HCN | Health Care REIT, Inc. | B | B | B |
| K | Kellogg Company | B | C | B |
| MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | B | B | B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp. | B | C | B |
| O | Realty Income Corp. | B | C | B |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | B | C | B |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | B | C | B |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
Last Week’s Sells, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BCE | BCE Inc. | C | C | C |
| BCH | Banco de Chile | D | C | C |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | D | B | C |
| DOW | Dow Chemical Company | D | B | C |
| HCP | HCP, Inc. | C | D | C |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries NV | D | B | C |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | C | C | C |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | D | B | C |
| SLG | SL Green Realty Corp. | C | F | C |
Downgrades
Last Week’s Buys, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABBV | AbbVie, Inc. | C | B | C |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | C | B | C |
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BAC | Bank of America Corp. | C | B | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | C | B | C |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | C | C | C |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp. | C | C | C |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. | C | C | C |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | B | C | C |
| LBTYK | Liberty Global Plc | B | D | C |
| MYL | Mylan N.V. | C | B | C |
| ORAN | Orange SA | B | C | C |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. | C | B | C |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab Corp. | C | C | C |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | C | B | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | C | C | C |
Last Week’s Holds, Now Sells
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. | D | D | D |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | D | D | D |
| GWW | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | D | B | D |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | D | C | D |
| MOS | Mosaic Company | D | B | D |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | D | C | D |
| S | Sprint Corp. | D | C | D |
| VMW | Vmware, Inc. | D | B | D |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | D | B | D |
| WGP | Western Gas Equity Partners LP | D | B | D |
To stay on top of my latest stock ratings, plug your holdings into Portfolio Grader, my proprietary stock screening tool. You may get started here.
Sincerely,
Louis Navellier