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 73 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | Agilent Technologies Inc. | B | B | B |
AGR | Avangrid Inc. | B | C | B |
D | Dominion Resources Inc. | B | C | B |
ED | Consolidated Edison Inc. | B | C | B |
EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington Inc. | B | C | B |
FNF | Fidelity National Financial Inc. | B | B | B |
HPQ | HP Inc. | B | C | B |
HSY | Hershey Company | B | C | B |
INCY | Incyte Corp. | B | D | B |
LFC | China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | B | B | B |
MGEN | Miragen Therapeutics Inc. | B | B | B |
MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | B | C | B |
PEP | PepsiCo Inc. | B | C | B |
ROYT | Pacific Coast Oil Trust | B | D | B |
SIRI | Sirius XM Holdings Inc. | B | C | B |
TAP | Molson Coors Brewing Company | C | B | B |
TIF | Tiffany & Co. | B | B | B |
TTM | Tata Motors Limited | B | D | B |
VTR | Ventas Inc. | B | C | B |
Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
BCS | Barclays PLC | D | C | C |
CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd | C | D | C |
CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | C | C | C |
CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | C | C | C |
CLX | Clorox Company | C | C | C |
COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | D | C | C |
CTRP | Ctrip.com International Ltd | D | B | C |
DUK | Duke Energy Corp. | B | D | C |
ECL | Ecolab Inc. | D | B | C |
ES | Eversource Energy | C | C | C |
ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | D | C | C |
ETR | Entergy Corp. | C | C | C |
EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | D | B | C |
EXPE | Expedia Inc. | C | C | C |
HON | Honeywell International Inc. | C | C | C |
LBTYK | Liberty Global Plc Class C | D | B | C |
MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc. | C | C | C |
PAYX | Paychex Inc. | D | C | C |
SJM | J. M. Smucker Company | C | D | C |
TEF | Telefonica SA | D | C | C |
TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | D | C | C |
TRV | Travelers Companies Inc. | D | B | C |
Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
APA | Apache Corp. | B | C | C |
CBS | CBS Corp. | B | D | C |
CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | C | B | C |
CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | C | C | C |
CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | B | D | C |
HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | B | C | C |
LNG | Cheniere Energy Inc. | C | C | C |
LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | C | C | C |
MAR | Marriott International Inc. | C | C | C |
MLM | Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | B | C | C |
NDRO | Enduro Royalty Trust | B | C | C |
SCHW | Charles Schwab Corp. | C | B | C |
SWKS | Skyworks Solutions Inc. | C | C | C |
TRI | Thomson Reuters Corp. | C | C | C |
XLNX | Xilinx 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
AET | Aetna Inc. | D | C | D |
AGU | Agrium Inc. | D | D | D |
AON | Aon plc | D | C | D |
CELG | Celgene Corp. | D | C | D |
FAST | Fastenal Company | D | C | D |
HST | Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | D | C | D |
IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | F | A | D |
MCO | Moody’s Corp. | D | D | D |
MDT | Medtronic plc | D | C | D |
MGA | Magna International Inc. | F | C | D |
PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | D | C | D |
TSLA | Tesla Inc | D | C | D |
TSN | Tyson Foods Inc. | D | B | D |
VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | D | C | D |
WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | D | D | D |
XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier