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 79 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 |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | B | B | B |
| ACN | Accenture Plc | B | B | B |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | B | C | B |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | B | C | B |
| CNC | Centene Corp. | B | B | B |
| CRH | CRH Plc | B | B | B |
| DE | Deere & Company | B | B | B |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | B | C | B |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International plc | B | C | B |
| NUE | Nucor Corp. | B | B | B |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc. | B | C | B |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | B | C | B |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | D | C | C |
| HOLX | Hologic Inc. | D | B | C |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc. | C | B | C |
| IMS | IMS Health Holdings Inc. | C | C | C |
| INCY | Incyte Corp. | D | A | C |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | D | B | C |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors | C | C | C |
| ORAN | Orange SA | C | C | C |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc | D | C | C |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. | D | B | C |
| TEL | TE Connectivity Ltd. | D | B | C |
| XRX | Xerox Corp. | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABEV | Ambev SA | C | C | C |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | C | B | C |
| BBY | Best Buy Co. Inc. | C | B | C |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc. | C | C | C |
| BTI | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | C | C | C |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | C | C |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | C | B | C |
| CVX | Chevron Corp. | B | D | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree Inc. | C | B | C |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. | C | C | C |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc. | C | C | C |
| ES | Eversource Energy | B | C | C |
| FISV | Fiserv Inc. | C | B | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | B | C | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited | C | C | C |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. | C | B | C |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | C | C | C |
| MAC | Macerich Company | C | B | C |
| MKL | Markel Corp. | B | C | C |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | C | B | C |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions Inc. | C | C | C |
| MXIM | Maxim Integrated Products Inc. | C | C | C |
| NGG | National Grid plc | C | B | C |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc. | C | C | C |
| RELX | RELX PLC | C | C | C |
| RENX | RELX NV | C | C | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc. | C | C | C |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | C | D | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks Inc. | C | B | C |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US Inc. | C | B | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC | C | C | C |
| UN | Unilever NV | C | C | C |
| UPS | United Parcel Service Inc. | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | D | D | D |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | D | C | D |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited | D | C | D |
| CRM | salesforce.com Inc. | D | C | D |
| DEO | Diageo plc | D | C | D |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | D | C | D |
| EQR | Equity Residential | D | B | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | B | D |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | D | B | D |
| INFY | Infosys Limited | F | C | D |
| JD | JD.com Inc. | F | C | D |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies Inc. | D | C | D |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. | C | D | D |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc. | D | B | D |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corp. | D | C | D |
| PGR | Progressive Corp. | D | C | D |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | D | C | D |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | D | C | D |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp. | D | C | D |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corp. | D | C | D |
| VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier