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 97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACN | Accenture Plc | B | C | B |
| BBY | Best Buy Co., Inc. | B | C | B |
| BSBR | Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. | B | C | B |
| CCL.U | Carnival Corporation | B | C | B |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | D | B |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | B | C | B |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | B | B | B |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | B | C | B |
| FBHS | Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | A | D | B |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | B | C | B |
| INGR | Ingredion Incorporated | B | B | B |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | B | B | B |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc | B | B | B |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | B | B | B |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | C | B |
| MTFB | Motif Bio Plc | B | C | B |
| MTL.P | Mechel PAO Pfd | B | C | B |
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ORCL | Oracle Corporation | B | B | B |
| PKX | POSCO | B | B | B |
| QVCA | Liberty Interactive Corporation QVC Group | B | B | B |
| RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | B | C | B |
| ROST | Ross Stores, Inc. | B | B | B |
| SNI | Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SO | Southern Company | B | D | B |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc. | B | B | B |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | B | B | B |
| TI | Telecom Italia S.p.A. | B | D | B |
| TMK | Torchmark Corporation | B | C | B |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | A | F | B |
| UGP | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | B | B | B |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | B | B | B |
| WIT | Wipro Limited | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | CA, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CELG | Celgene Corporation | D | B | C |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | C | C | C |
| CRH | CRH Plc | C | C | C |
| DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | D | C | C |
| ETE | Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | C | D | C |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | D | C | C |
| FDC | First Data Corporation | D | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | D | B | C |
| HOLX | Hologic, Inc. | C | C | C |
| IR | Ingersoll-Rand Plc | C | C | C |
| IVZ | Invesco Ltd. | D | B | C |
| K | Kellogg Company | C | C | C |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | C | C | C |
| MAS | Masco Corporation | C | C | C |
| MET | MetLife, Inc. | D | C | C |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | D | C | C |
| PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SJM | J. M. Smucker Company | C | C | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | D | C | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | D | C | C |
| TPR | Tapestry, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc | D | C | C |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBL | BHP Billiton Plc | C | C | C |
| CB | Chubb Limited | B | D | C |
| CBG | CBRE Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited | C | C | C |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | C | C | C |
| GG | Goldcorp Inc. | B | C | C |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | B | D | C |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | B | C | C |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | C | C | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | C | B | C |
| SNY | Sanofi | B | C | C |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | C | B | C |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | C | B | C |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | D | B | C |
| VALE | Vale S.A. | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACGL | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | D | D | D |
| AGU | Agrium Inc. | D | C | D |
| CS | Credit Suisse Group AG | D | C | D |
| CXO | Concho Resources Inc. | D | C | D |
| ECA | Encana Corporation | D | D | D |
| EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | D | C | D |
| FRC | First Republic Bank | D | C | D |
| FTEO | FRONTEO, Inc. | D | C | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | C | D |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | D | C | D |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | B | D |
| KEY | KeyCorp | D | B | D |
| LNC | Lincoln National Corporation | D | C | D |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | F | C | D |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | D | D | D |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corporation | D | C | D |
| PBR | Petroleo Brasileiro SA | D | C | D |
| SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp. | D | C | D |
| TWX | Time Warner Inc. | D | C | D |
| XEC | Cimarex Energy Co. | F | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier