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 112 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.
This Week’s Ratings Changes:
| Upgraded: From Hold to Buy | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BCH | Banco de Chile | B | B | B |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | B | B | B |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp. | B | D | B |
| CX | Cemex SAB de CV | B | B | B |
| EXC | Exelon Corp. | B | C | B |
| FLT | FleetCor Technologies Inc. | B | B | B |
| HAL | Halliburton Company | B | D | B |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson Inc. | B | C | B |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. | B | B | B |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | B | C | B |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | B | B | B |
| MT | ArcelorMittal | B | C | B |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc. | B | B | B |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corp. | B | C | B |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc. | B | C | B |
| RF | Regions Financial Corp. | B | C | B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | B | B | B |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | B | C | B |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | B | B | B |
| VALE | Vale S.A. | B | C | B |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | B | C | B |
| VMW | VMware Inc. | A | B | B |
| WHR | Whirlpool Corp. | B | B | B |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | A | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AIG | American International Group Inc. | D | C | C |
| BHP | BHP Billiton Limited | C | C | C |
| COL | Rockwell Collins Inc. | D | B | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | D | C | C |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | C | C | C |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corp. | C | C | C |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| ETE | Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | C | D | C |
| EXPE | Expedia Inc. | C | D | C |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | C | D | C |
| GWW | W.W. Grainger Inc. | D | C | C |
| HSBC | HSBC Holdings plc | C | C | C |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | D | B | C |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries Inc. | D | B | C |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corp. | D | C | C |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. | C | D | C |
| MYL | Mylan N.V. | D | C | C |
| NBL | Noble Energy Inc. | C | C | C |
| NOV | National Oilwell Varco Inc. | C | D | C |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corp. | D | C | C |
| SLB | Schlumberger NV | C | D | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | D | C | C |
| TOT | Total SA | D | C | C |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | B | D | C |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | D | B | C |
| UHS | Universal Health Services Inc. | C | C | C |
| WRK | WestRock Co. | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AGR | Avangrid Inc. | C | B | C |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | C | B | C |
| BCE | BCE Inc. | C | C | C |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc. | C | C | C |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | C | B | C |
| CB | Chubb Limited | C | C | C |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp. | C | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | C | B | C |
| CTL | CenturyLink Inc. | C | C | C |
| CTRP | Ctrip.com International Ltd | B | C | C |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | C | B | C |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | C | C | C |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc. | C | C | C |
| GIS | General Mills Inc. | C | C | C |
| GPC | Genuine Parts Company | C | C | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | C | D | C |
| HAS | Hasbro Inc. | C | B | C |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | C | C | C |
| HSIC | Henry Schein Inc. | D | B | C |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | C | B | C |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc. | C | B | C |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | C | C | C |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International plc | B | C | C |
| K | Kellogg Company | C | C | C |
| KEP | Korea Electric Power Corp. | C | B | C |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | C | B | C |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | B | C | C |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corp. | C | C | C |
| MXIM | Maxim Integrated Products Inc. | C | C | C |
| NUE | Nucor Corp. | C | C | C |
| PEP | PepsiCo Inc. | C | B | C |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | C | C | C |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks Inc. | C | C | C |
| TRV | Travelers Companies Inc. | D | C | D |
| XLNX | Xilinx Inc. | C | B | C |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | B | D | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | D | C | D |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc. | D | C | D |
| AZO | AutoZone Inc. | D | C | D |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | D | D | D |
| BLK | BlackRock Inc. | D | C | D |
| BRFS | BRF SA | D | D | D |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited | D | C | D |
| DEO | Diageo plc | D | C | D |
| DISCK | Discovery Communications Inc. | D | B | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | B | D |
| IX | ORIX Corp. | D | B | D |
| MJN | Mead Johnson Nutrition Company | D | C | D |
| NGG | National Grid plc | D | B | D |
| ORAN | Orange SA | F | B | D |
| PSA | Public Storage | D | C | D |
| SHPG | Shire PLC | F | B | D |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc. | D | C | D |
| TEL | TE Connectivity Ltd. | D | B | D |
| UL | Unilever PLC | D | C | D |
| UN | Unilever NV ADR | D | C | D |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corp. | D | C | D |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | D | B | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier