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 86 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 |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies Inc. | B | C | B |
| BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile | B | B | B |
| CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | B | B | B |
| DCM | NTT DOCOMO INC | B | C | B |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial Inc. | B | B | B |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | B | C | B |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | B | D | B |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | A | C | B |
| LFC | China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | B | B | B |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | B | B | B |
| LNG | Cheniere Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
| MBLY | Mobileye N.V. | B | B | B |
| NDRO | Enduro Royalty Trust | A | C | B |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corp. | B | C | B |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc. | B | B | B |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Holdings Inc. | B | B | B |
| SKM | SK Telecom Co. Ltd. | B | B | B |
| TLK | PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk | B | C | B |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | B | B | B |
| V | Visa Inc. | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AON | Aon plc | C | C | C |
| APEN | Apollo Endosurgery Inc. | C | C | C |
| AZN | Astrazeneca PLC | D | B | C |
| BCS | Barclays PLC | C | C | C |
| BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | D | A | C |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. | C | D | C |
| CELG | Celgene Corp. | C | C | C |
| CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co. | C | D | C |
| DEO | Diageo plc | D | B | C |
| DLPH | Delphi Automotive PLC | D | B | C |
| FDC | First Data Corp. | D | C | C |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | C | C | C |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson Inc. | C | C | C |
| INSE | Inspired Entertainment Inc. | C | C | C |
| LEN | Lennar Corp. | D | B | C |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc. | C | C | C |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | D | B | C |
| Q | Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. | C | C | C |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | D | C | C |
| WBK | Westpac Banking Corp | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGR | Avangrid Inc. | C | C | C |
| AXP | American Express Company | C | C | C |
| BAP | Credicorp Ltd. | C | B | C |
| CBS | CBS Corp. | B | D | C |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | C | B | C |
| CRH | CRH Plc | C | C | C |
| D | Dominion Resources Inc. | C | C | C |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc. | C | C | C |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| HSY | Hershey Company | B | C | C |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | C | C | C |
| IP | International Paper Company | C | C | C |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | C | C | C |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | B | C | C |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corp. | C | B | C |
| MRK | Merck & Co. Inc. | B | D | C |
| NBL | Noble Energy Inc. | C | C | C |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | B | D | C |
| ROYT | Pacific Coast Oil Trust | C | D | C |
| SJR | Shaw Communications Inc. | B | D | C |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | C | B | C |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | C | B | C |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | C | C | C |
| UHS | Universal Health Services Inc. | C | C | C |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corp. | C | C | C |
| XEC | Cimarex Energy Co. | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | D | C | D |
| ALK | Alaska Air Group Inc. | D | C | D |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | D | C | D |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp. | D | C | D |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | D | B | D |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | D | C | D |
| ETR | Entergy Corp. | D | C | D |
| HCP | HCP Inc. | D | C | D |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | D | C | D |
| JBHT | J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. | D | C | D |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries NV | D | C | D |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corp. | D | C | D |
| O | Realty Income Corp. | D | C | D |
| TRV | Travelers Companies Inc. | D | B | D |
| TSN | Tyson Foods Inc. | D | B | D |
| TU | TELUS Corp. | D | D | D |
| UAL | United Continental Holdings Inc. | D | C | D |
| VTR | Ventas Inc. | D | C | D |
| XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | D | 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