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 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB | Chubb Limited | C | B | B |
| CBS | CBS Corp. | B | D | B |
| CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | B | C | B |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | B | C | B |
| CRH | CRH Plc | B | C | B |
| HOLX | Hologic Inc. | B | C | B |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | B | C | B |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | B | C | B |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corp. | B | B | B |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab Corp. | B | B | B |
| SYT | Syngenta AG | B | C | B |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | B | C | B |
| XLNX | Xilinx Inc. | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | D | C | C |
| AET | Aetna Inc. | C | C | C |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | D | C | C |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp. | C | C | C |
| DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. | C | C | C |
| EQT | EQT Corp. | D | C | C |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | D | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | D | B | C |
| HD | Home Depot Inc. | D | B | C |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies Inc. | D | B | C |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | C | C | C |
| PCLN | Priceline Group Inc | C | B | C |
| TSN | Tyson Foods Inc. | D | B | C |
| XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Agilent Technologies Inc. | C | B | C |
| ADSK | Autodesk Inc. | B | D | C |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc. | B | C | C |
| EXC | Exelon Corp. | B | C | C |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial Inc. | C | B | C |
| GG | Goldcorp Inc. | B | C | C |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | B | D | C |
| LFC | China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | C | B | C |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Holdings Inc. | C | B | C |
| SNP | China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. | C | C | C |
| TAP | Molson Coors Brewing Company | C | B | C |
| TLK | PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk | C | C | C |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | C | B | C |
| TTM | Tata Motors Limited | B | D | C |
| VTR | Ventas Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS | Barclays PLC | D | C | D |
| CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd | D | D | D |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | D | C | D |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | D | C | D |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | D | C | D |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | D | C | D |
| KMX | CarMax Inc. | D | C | D |
| LBTYK | Liberty Global Plc | D | B | D |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc. | D | D | D |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | D | C | D |
| WBK | Westpac Banking Corp | D | C | D |
| WPPGY | WPP Plc | F | C | 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