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 85 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.
| Upgraded: From Hold to Buy | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | B | B | B |
| APA | Apache Corp. | A | D | B |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc. | B | C | B |
| CTL | CenturyLink Inc. | B | C | B |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | B | B | B |
| IP | International Paper Company | B | C | B |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | B | C | B |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | B | B | B |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. | B | B | B |
| MON | Monsanto Company | B | D | B |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corp. | B | C | B |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | B | B | B |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | B | C | B |
| PYPL | PayPal Holdings Inc. | B | C | B |
| S | Sprint Corp. | B | C | B |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | B | D | B |
| STI | SunTrust Banks Inc. | B | B | B |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | A | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AMTD | TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. | D | B | C |
| CSX | CSX Corp. | C | C | C |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. | C | D | C |
| PAA | Plains All American Pipeline L.P. | C | D | C |
| PFG | Principal Financial Group Inc. | D | B | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | D | C | C |
| STT | State Street Corp. | D | B | C |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ACN | Accenture Plc | C | B | C |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc. | C | C | C |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | C | C | C |
| BCH | Banco de Chile | C | B | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | C | C | C |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | B | C | C |
| CTRP | Ctrip.com International Ltd | B | C | C |
| CTXS | Citrix Systems Inc. | C | B | C |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | C | C | C |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | C | C | C |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc. | C | C | C |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. | C | C | C |
| GGP | General Growth Properties Inc. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | B | D | C |
| HCN | Welltower Inc. | B | C | C |
| HCP | HCP Inc. | C | B | C |
| HSY | Hershey Company | C | B | C |
| IX | ORIX Corp. | C | B | C |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corp. | C | C | C |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive Inc. | C | B | C |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | B | D | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | C | C | C |
| PSA | Public Storage | C | C | C |
| SNE | Sony Corp. | B | D | C |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | C | B | C |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | C | C | C |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | C | C | C |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | C | B | C |
| VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | C | C | C |
| YUM | Yum! Brands Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AZN | Astrazeneca PLC | D | C | D |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | F | B | D |
| COL | Rockwell Collins Inc. | D | B | D |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | D | C | D |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | D | C | D |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV | D | C | D |
| GRFS | Grifols, S.A. | D | C | D |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | D | B | D |
| HOLX | Hologic Inc. | F | B | D |
| HUM | Humana Inc. | D | C | D |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc. | D | B | D |
| INCY | Incyte Corp. | F | A | D |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | F | B | D |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | D | B | D |
| LVLT | Level 3 Communications Inc. | D | C | D |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries Inc. | D | B | D |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corp. | D | C | D |
| NKE | NIKE Inc. | D | C | D |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | D | C | D |
| ORAN | Orange SA | D | C | D |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corp. | D | B | D |
| SLG | SL Green Realty Corp. | D | C | D |
| TEL | TE Connectivity Ltd. | D | B | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier