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 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP | American Express Company | B | D | B |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | B | B | B |
| BLL | Ball Corporation | C | B | B |
| CEO | CNOOC Limited | B | C | B |
| CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CFG | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | C | B | B |
| E | Eni SpA | C | B | B |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | B | C | B |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | B | B | B |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | B | C | B |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | B | C | B |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | B | B | B |
| INFO | IHS Markit Ltd. | B | C | B |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | B | C | B |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | B | B | B |
| PBR | Petroleo Brasileiro SA | B | C | B |
| PNR | Pentair plc | B | C | B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | B | C | B |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | B | C | B |
| TI | Telecom Italia S.p.A. | B | C | B |
| UBS | UBS Group AG | B | D | B |
| UGP | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | B | C | B |
| VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | B | B | B |
| WF | Woori Bank | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS | Barclays PLC | D | C | C |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | C | D | C |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | C | C | C |
| CXO | Concho Resources Inc. | C | C | C |
| ECA | Encana Corporation | D | C | C |
| EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | D | C | C |
| FTEO | FRONTEO, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | D | B | C |
| LB | L Brands, Inc. | C | D | C |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband Corp. | C | B | C |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | D | B | C |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | D | B | C |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | C | C | C |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | D | B | C |
| SNP | China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation | D | C | C |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | C | C | C |
| AMP | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ASX | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | B | D | C |
| CHD | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | C | B | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | B | D | C |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | C | C | C |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EXC | Exelon Corporation | C | C | C |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | B | D | C |
| FTS | Fortis Inc. | B | C | C |
| GYRO | Gyrodyne LLC | C | C | C |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | B | C | C |
| HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | C | B | C |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | B | C | C |
| LVNTB | Liberty Interactive Corporation | B | C | C |
| MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | B | C | C |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj | B | C | C |
| ORCL | Oracle Corporation | C | C | C |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc | C | B | C |
| RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | B | C | C |
| SNPS | Synopsys, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | B | D | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | C | B | C |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | B | D | C |
| WIT | Wipro Limited | C | C | C |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WRK | WestRock Co. | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | ABB Ltd. | D | C | D |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | D | C | D |
| AHPA | Avista Healthcare Public Acquisition Corp | F | C | D |
| BG | Bunge Limited | C | D | D |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | D | D | D |
| CLX | Clorox Company | D | B | D |
| CTXS | Citrix Systems, Inc. | C | D | D |
| ES | Eversource Energy | D | C | D |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | D | C | D |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | C | D | D |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | D | D | D |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | D | B | D |
| MDT | Medtronic plc | D | D | D |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corporation | D | C | D |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | D | D | D |
| REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | D | B | D |
| TAP.A | Molson Coors Brewing Company | D | C | D |
| WBK | Westpac Banking Corp | 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