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