As we near second-quarter earnings season, now is an excellent time to trim your portfolio of all dead weight. I’m talking about all of the companies that have announced mixed earnings results or have sloppy guidance looking forward. Of course, it can be tedious reviewing the latest earnings results for each of your companies, so I’ve broken down the top 93 big blue chips that you should take profits on immediately.
| Household Names to Sell Right Away | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEV | Ambev SA | D | C | D |
| ACN | Accenture Plc | D | C | D |
| AGN | Allergan plc | D | D | D |
| AGU | Agrium Inc. | D | D | D |
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | F | C | D |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | D | C | D |
| AZO | AutoZone Inc. | F | C | F |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | D | C | D |
| BT | BT Group PLC | F | C | D |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | F | C | D |
| BXP | Boston Properties Inc. | F | C | F |
| CA | CA Inc. | D | C | D |
| CAH | Cardinal Health Inc. | F | C | D |
| CEO | CNOOC Limited | D | C | D |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited | D | C | D |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | F | C | D |
| CLLS | Cellectis SA | F | C | D |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | F | C | D |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | F | C | F |
| CTL | CenturyLink Inc. | F | D | F |
| CVS | CVS Health Corp. | D | C | D |
| DG | Dollar General Corp. | F | C | F |
| DHR | Danaher Corp. | D | D | D |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company | D | C | D |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree Inc. | F | C | F |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corp. | D | C | D |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | D | C | D |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | D | C | D |
| ERIC | LM Ericsson Telefon AB | F | D | F |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | F | C | D |
| F | Ford Motor Company | F | C | F |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | F | C | D |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | D | D | D |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | F | D | D |
| FLT | FleetCor Technologies Inc. | D | C | D |
| GGP | GGP Inc. | F | D | F |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc. | F | C | F |
| GIS | General Mills Inc. | F | C | F |
| GPC | Genuine Parts Company | F | C | F |
| GWW | W.W. Grainger Inc. | F | C | F |
| HES | Hess Corp. | F | D | D |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | D | C | D |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | D | C | D |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | D | C | D |
| INFY | Infosys Limited | F | C | D |
| K | Kellogg Company | F | C | D |
| KEP | Korea Electric Power Corp. | F | D | F |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | F | C | D |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | D | C | D |
| KR | Kroger Co. | F | D | F |
| LB | L Brands Inc. | F | D | F |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies Inc. | F | C | D |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | D | C | D |
| MKL | Markel Corp. | F | D | F |
| NLSN | Nielsen Holdings Plc | F | C | F |
| NOV | National Oilwell Varco Inc. | D | C | D |
| NVO | Novo Nordisk | F | C | D |
| NVS | Novartis AG | D | C | D |
| O | Realty Income Corp. | F | C | F |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | D | C | D |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive Inc. | F | C | F |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | F | C | D |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | F | C | F |
| PLXP | PLx Pharma Inc. | F | C | D |
| PNR | Pentair plc | D | C | D |
| PPG | PPG Industries Inc. | F | C | D |
| PRGO | Perrigo Co. Plc | F | D | D |
| PSA | Public Storage | F | C | F |
| PTR | PetroChina Company Limited | D | C | D |
| REG | Regency Centers Corp. | F | D | F |
| ROSE | Rosehill Resources Inc. | D | C | D |
| SDT | Sandridge Mississippian Trust I | F | C | D |
| SEP | Spectra Energy Partners, LP | F | D | D |
| SHPG | Shire PLC | F | C | D |
| SJM | J. M. Smucker Company | F | D | F |
| SLB | Schlumberger NV | F | D | F |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | D | C | D |
| SLG | SL Green Realty Corp. | D | D | D |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc. | F | C | F |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | D | C | D |
| T | AT&T Inc. | F | D | F |
| TAP | Molson Coors Brewing Company | F | C | D |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | F | C | F |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | F | C | D |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp. | D | C | D |
| TSN | Tyson Foods Inc. | D | C | D |
| UPS | United Parcel Service Inc. | F | C | D |
| VFC | V.F. Corp. | F | C | D |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | F | C | F |
| VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | D | C | D |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | F | C | F |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | F | C | D |
| XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | D | D | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier