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 149 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
ABBV | AbbVie, Inc. | B | B | B |
ABEV | Ambev SA | B | C | B |
ABT | Abbott Laboratories | B | C | B |
ACN | Accenture Plc | B | C | B |
ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | B | C | B |
ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | B | C | B |
AWK | American Water Works Company, Inc. | B | C | B |
B3BJVL | SM Prime Holdings, Inc. Unsponsored GDR RegS | B | C | B |
BF.A | Brown-Forman Corporation | B | B | B |
BF.B | Brown-Forman Corporation | A | B | B |
BMO | Bank of Montreal | B | B | B |
BP | BP p.l.c. | B | D | B |
BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | B | C | B |
BTI | British American Tobacco PLC | B | C | B |
CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | B | C | B |
CBG | CBRE Group, Inc. | C | B | B |
CELG | Celgene Corporation | B | B | B |
CEO | CNOOC Limited | B | B | B |
CLX | Clorox Company | B | C | B |
CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | B | C | B |
CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | B | C | B |
CRM | salesforce.com, inc. | A | C | B |
CX | Cemex SAB de CV | B | C | B |
DOV | Dover Corporation | B | B | B |
DRE | Duke Realty Corporation | B | C | B |
EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | B | C | B |
GG | Goldcorp Inc. | B | C | B |
GPS | Gap, Inc. | C | B | B |
HD | Home Depot, Inc. | B | C | B |
HSY | Hershey Company | A | B | B |
IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | B | C | B |
ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | B | B | B |
IR | Ingersoll-Rand Plc | A | C | B |
IRM | Iron Mountain, Inc. | B | C | B |
ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | B | B | B |
KO | Coca-Cola Company | A | C | B |
LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | B | C | B |
MHK | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | B | C | B |
MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | A | C | B |
MMM | 3M Company | B | B | B |
MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | B | B | B |
MXIM | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | B | C | B |
PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | A | C | B |
RMD | ResMed Inc. | B | B | B |
SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | B | C | B |
TFX | Teleflex Incorporated | B | B | B |
TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | B | B | B |
TRI | Thomson Reuters Corporation | B | C | B |
TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | B | B | B |
UGP | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | B | D | B |
URI | United Rentals, Inc. | B | C | B |
VIV | Telefonica Brasil S.A. Pfd | B | D | B |
WAT | Waters Corporation | B | C | B |
WRK | WestRock Co. | B | B | B |
WYIG | JM Global Holding Co. | B | C | B |
XYL | Xylem Inc. | B | B | B |
YNDX | Yandex NV | B | B | B |
Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
AMGN | Amgen Inc. | D | C | C |
AZN | Astrazeneca PLC | C | C | C |
BIIB | Biogen Inc. | C | C | C |
BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | C | C | C |
BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | C | C | C |
CA | CA, Inc. | D | C | C |
CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | C | C | C |
CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | C | D | C |
COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | C | B | C |
CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | C | B | C |
CPB | Campbell Soup Company | D | C | C |
CVS | CVS Health Corporation | C | C | C |
DHR | Danaher Corporation | C | C | C |
DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | D | B | C |
DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
ECL | Ecolab Inc. | D | C | C |
EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | C | C | C |
ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | C | C | C |
FAST | Fastenal Company | D | B | C |
GIB | CGI Group Inc. | C | C | C |
GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | C | B | C |
HAL | Halliburton Company | C | B | C |
HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | C | D | C |
HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | C | D | C |
IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | C | D | C |
LOW | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | C | B | C |
MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | C | C | C |
MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | C | C | C |
PCAR | PACCAR Inc | C | C | C |
PSA | Public Storage | C | C | C |
QVCA | Liberty Interactive Corporation QVC Group | C | C | C |
ROST | Ross Stores, Inc. | D | B | C |
SBOT | Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. | D | C | C |
SEP | Spectra Energy Partners, LP | D | C | C |
SO | Southern Company | B | D | C |
SYY | Sysco Corporation | C | B | C |
TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | D | C | C |
ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc | D | B | C |
VFC | V.F. Corporation | C | C | C |
VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | B | C |
VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | C | D | C |
WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | C | C | C |
Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
ACGL | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | C | C | C |
AFL | Aflac Incorporated | C | B | C |
AMP | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | C | B | C |
ANDV | Andeavor | B | C | C |
BBT | BB&T Corporation | C | C | C |
CBS | CBS Corporation | B | C | C |
CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | C | B | C |
EFX | Equifax Inc. | D | B | C |
FDC | First Data Corporation | C | B | C |
FITB | Fifth Third Bancorp | C | C | C |
FRC | First Republic Bank | C | C | C |
GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | C | B | C |
IX | ORIX Corporation | C | B | C |
JNPR | Juniper Networks, Inc. | C | B | C |
LFC | China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | C | C | C |
LSXMB | Liberty Media Corp. Series B Liberty SiriusXM | C | C | C |
MET | MetLife, Inc. | C | C | C |
MS | Morgan Stanley | C | B | C |
MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | C | C | C |
NMR | Nomura Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | C | D | C |
PUK | Prudential plc | C | C | C |
Q | Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
RF | Regions Financial Corporation | C | C | C |
RJF | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | C | B | C |
SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | C | C | C |
TEF | Telefonica SA | C | B | C |
UAL | United Continental Holdings, Inc. | C | B | C |
USB | U.S. Bancorp | C | C | C |
WDAY | Workday, Inc. | C | B | C |
Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
ADS | Alliance Data Systems Corporation | D | B | D |
AGU | Agrium Inc. | D | C | D |
BEN | Franklin Resources, Inc. | D | C | D |
COG | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | D | C | D |
CS | Credit Suisse Group AG | D | C | D |
DB | Deutsche Bank AG | D | D | D |
DISH | DISH Network Corporation | D | D | D |
EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | D | D | D |
FTEO | FRONTEO, Inc. | D | C | D |
INFY | Infosys Limited | D | C | D |
MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
NOK | Nokia Oyj | D | B | D |
S | Sprint Corp. | D | C | D |
VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | D | B | D |
WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | D | C | D |
WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | D | C | D |
WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier