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 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOS | A. O. Smith Corporation | B | C | B |
| CCL.U | Carnival Corporation | B | C | B |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | B | B | B |
| DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | B | C | B |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | B | C | B |
| FISV | Fiserv, Inc. | B | C | B |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | B | D | B |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | B | C | B |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | B | D | B |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc | B | B | B |
| MTL.P | Mechel PAO Pfd | B | C | B |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | B | C | B |
| PNR | Pentair plc | B | C | B |
| RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | B | C | B |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | B | B | B |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | 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 |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | C | C | C |
| EQT | EQT Corporation | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOP | Cellect Biotechnology Ltd | B | C | C |
| EQR | Equity Residential | B | C | C |
| FOXA | Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. | C | C | C |
| GG | Goldcorp Inc. | B | C | C |
| LFC | China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | C | A | C |
| NVS | Novartis AG | C | C | C |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. | B | C | C |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | B | D | C |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | C | C | C |
| TPR | Tapestry, Inc. | B | C | C |
| VIV | Telefonica Brasil S.A. Pfd | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. | D | B | D |
| GIB | CGI Group Inc. | D | C | D |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | D | C | D |
To stay on top of my latest stock ratings, plug your holdings into Portfolio Grader, my proprietary stock screening tool. You may get started here.
Sincerely,
Louis Navellier