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 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADI | Analog Devices | B | B | B |
| APA | Apache Corp. | B | D | B |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals | B | B | B |
| BBT | BB&T Corp. | B | B | B |
| BHP | BHP Billiton Ltd. | B | C | B |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | B | C | B |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | B | B | B |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | B | D | B |
| COG | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | B | C | B |
| CSX | CSX Corp. | A | C | B |
| D | Dominion Resources | B | C | B |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | B | C | B |
| EOG | EOG Resources | B | C | B |
| EQT | EQT Corp. | A | D | B |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | B | B | B |
| ETR | Entergy Corp. | B | C | B |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | B | B | B |
| GWW | W.W. Grainger | B | C | B |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson | B | C | B |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | B | C | B |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | B | C | B |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | B | C | B |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | A | C | B |
| PXD | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | B | D | B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | B | C | B |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | B | B | B |
| SYT | Syngenta AG | B | C | B |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | A | D | B |
| UGP | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | B | B | B |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | B | B | B |
| WPZ | Williams Partners, L.P. | B | C | B |
| XEC | Cimarex Energy Co. | B | C | B |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMP | Ameriprise Financial | D | C | C |
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | C | C | C |
| CHA | China Telecom Corp. Ltd. | D | C | C |
| COL | Rockwell Collins | D | B | C |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | D | C | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | C | C | C |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corp. | C | C | C |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA | C | D | C |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | C | D | C |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | B | C |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings | C | C | C |
| INCY | Incyte Corp. | D | B | C |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan Inc Class P | B | D | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | C | C | C |
| MTU | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | D | B | C |
| PNR | Pentair plc | D | C | C |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| SKM | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | D | C | C |
| SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | D | B | C |
| TRV | Travelers Companies | D | C | C |
| WHR | Whirlpool Corp. | D | B | C |
| WMB | Williams Companies | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL | Aflac Inc. | C | C | C |
| ALL | Allstate Corp. | C | C | C |
| AVGO | Broadcom Ltd. | C | C | C |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | C | C | C |
| BHI | Baker Hughes Inc. | B | D | C |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corp. | C | C | C |
| CRH | CRH Plc | C | B | C |
| CX | Cemex SAB de CV | B | C | C |
| DG | Dollar General Corp. | C | C | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree | C | B | C |
| K | Kellogg Company | C | C | C |
| MKC | McCormick & Company | C | B | C |
| O | Realty Income Corp. | B | C | C |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services Group | C | C | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks | C | B | C |
| STZ | Constellation Brands | D | B | C |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Inc. | C | B | C |
| YHOO | Yahoo! Inc. | C | C | C |
| YUM | Yum! Brands | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI | Cigna Corp. | D | C | D |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines | D | C | D |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | D | D | D |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | D | C | D |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | D | B | D |
| HSIC | Henry Schein | D | B | D |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | D | C | D |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America | D | B | D |
| LNKD | LinkedIn Corp. | D | C | D |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | D | C | D |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | F | B | D |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries | D | B | D |
| NOW | ServiceNow | D | C | D |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | D | B | D |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc | D | C | D |
| SNE | Sony Corp. | C | D | D |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions | F | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier