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 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP | American Electric Power Company Inc. | B | D | B |
| APA | Apache Corp. | B | C | B |
| BBL | BHP Billiton Plc | B | C | B |
| BBT | BB&T Corp. | B | B | B |
| BHI | Baker Hughes Incorporated | B | C | B |
| BP | BP PLC | B | C | B |
| COG | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | B | D | B |
| EOG | EOG Resources Inc. | A | C | B |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | B | C | B |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | B | C | B |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | B | C | B |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | B | C | B |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | B | C | B |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corp. | B | C | B |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | B | C | B |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | B | C | B |
| XEC | Cimarex Energy Co. | B | C | B |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | A | D | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIG | American International Group Inc. | D | C | C |
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | C | D | C |
| BTI | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | D | C | C |
| COL | Rockwell Collins Inc. | D | B | C |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA | C | D | C |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | B | C |
| HES | Hess Corp. | C | C | C |
| HSBC | HSBC Holdings plc | C | D | C |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan Inc. | C | D | C |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group Inc. | D | B | C |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | D | C | C |
| MTU | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. | D | C | C |
| NMR | Nomura Holdings Inc. | C | B | C |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | C | D | C |
| SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. | D | B | C |
| TOT | Total SA | C | C | C |
| WHR | Whirlpool Corp. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corp. | C | C | C |
| GECC | Great Elm Capital Corp | C | C | C |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson Inc. | C | C | C |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | C | D | C |
| HSY | Hershey Company | C | B | C |
| HUM | Humana Inc. | C | B | C |
| INFO | IHS Markit Ltd. | B | D | C |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | C | B | C |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corp. | C | C | C |
| MAT | Mattel Inc. | C | C | C |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | C | C | C |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | C | C | C |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | C | C | C |
| RACE | Ferrari NV | D | B | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | C | B | C |
| SPGI | S&P Global Inc. | C | B | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks Inc. | C | C | C |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | C | A | C |
| SYT | Syngenta AG | C | C | C |
| VTR | Ventas Inc. | C | B | C |
| WU | Western Union Company | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Agilent Technologies Inc. | D | C | D |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | D | B | D |
| C | Citigroup Inc | D | C | D |
| CELG | Celgene Corp. | D | B | D |
| CI | Cigna Corp. | D | C | D |
| CUK | Carnival plc | D | B | D |
| DHR | Danaher Corp. | D | C | D |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | D | C | D |
| GE | General Electric Company | D | C | D |
| GPS | Gap Inc. | D | C | D |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | D | B | D |
| KMX | CarMax Inc. | D | C | D |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | D | C | D |
| MAS | Masco Corp. | D | C | D |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corp. | D | C | D |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | F | B | D |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries Inc. | F | C | D |
| NWL | Newell Brands Inc | F | C | D |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | D | C | D |
| PYPL | PayPal Holdings Inc | D | C | D |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc | D | C | D |
| SAP | SAP SE | D | C | D |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | D | C | D |
| WDC | Western Digital Corp. | D | C | D |
| WFM | Whole Foods Market Inc. | F | 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