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 73 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
CHL	China Mobile Limited	B	C	B
CHRW	C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	B	C	B
CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources Limited	B	B	B
DLTR	Dollar Tree, Inc.	B	B	B
DPS	Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.	B	C	B
DRI	Darden Restaurants, Inc.	B	B	B
EMR	Emerson Electric Co.	B	C	B
FCX	Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.	B	C	B
FLT	FleetCor Technologies, Inc.	B	B	B
HIG	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.	B	D	B
INTC	Intel Corporation	B	B	B
JBHT	J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.	B	C	B
LYG	Lloyds Banking Group plc	B	B	B
MTFB	Motif Bio Plc	B	C	B
OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corporation	B	C	B
PH	Parker-Hannifin Corporation	B	B	B
PNR	Pentair plc	B	C	B
ROST	Ross Stores, Inc.	B	B	B
TD	Toronto-Dominion Bank	B	B	B
TWTR	Twitter, Inc.	B	C	B

Upgraded: From Sell to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AAL	American Airlines Group, Inc.	C	C	C
ARNC	Arconic, Inc.	C	C	C
COF	Capital One Financial Corporation	D	C	C
CS	Credit Suisse Group AG	C	C	C
CXO	Concho Resources Inc.	C	C	C
DFS	Discover Financial Services	D	C	C
ECA	Encana Corporation	C	D	C
ECL	Ecolab Inc.	C	C	C
EOG	EOG Resources, Inc.	C	C	C
ERIC	LM Ericsson Telefon AB	C	C	C
FDX	FedEx Corporation	C	C	C
GIS	General Mills, Inc.	C	C	C
GPC	Genuine Parts Company	C	C	C
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Corporation	C	C	C
MRO	Marathon Oil Corporation	C	C	C
PBR	Petroleo Brasileiro SA	C	C	C
RJF	Raymond James Financial, Inc.	D	B	C
TJX	TJX Companies Inc	D	C	C
ULTA	Ulta Beauty Inc	D	C	C
UPS	United Parcel Service, Inc.	D	C	C
VMC	Vulcan Materials Company	C	C	C

Downgraded: From Buy to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
BBDO	Banco Bradesco S.A.	C	C	C
BSBR	Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A.	C	C	C
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	C	B	C
D	Dominion Energy Inc	B	C	C
EBAY	eBay Inc.	C	B	C
FOXA	Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.	C	C	C
GG	Goldcorp Inc.	B	C	C
HRL	Hormel Foods Corporation	B	C	C
INGR	Ingredion Incorporated	C	B	C
LFC	China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.	C	A	C
LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	B	C	C
NVS	Novartis AG	C	C	C
O	Realty Income Corporation	C	C	C
SAN	Banco Santander S.A.	B	C	C
SNY	Sanofi	C	C	C
SO	Southern Company	C	D	C
SRE	Sempra Energy	B	D	C
WLTW	Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company	B	C	C
WY	Weyerhaeuser Company	B	C	C

Downgraded: From Hold to Sell
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ALV	Autoliv Inc.	D	C	D
AMTD	TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation	D	C	D
BWA	BorgWarner Inc.	D	B	D
CPB	Campbell Soup Company	D	C	D
EIX	Edison International	D	C	D
EPD	Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	D	C	D
ETE	Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.	D	D	D
GIB	CGI Group Inc.	D	C	D
HBAN	Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	D	B	D
HOLX	Hologic, Inc.	D	C	D
MS	Morgan Stanley	D	C	D
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	D	C	D
TEF	Telefonica SA	D	C	D