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 |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier