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 139 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | A | C | B |
| ASX | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FLT | FleetCor Technologies, Inc. | B | B | B |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | B | C | B |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | B | B | B |
| IEP | Icahn Enterprises L.P. | B | C | B |
| KEYS | Keysight Technologies Inc | B | B | B |
| ORCL | Oracle Corporation | B | C | B |
| PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | A | C | B |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | B | B | B |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | B | C | B |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | A | C | B |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | B | C | B |
| TGT | Target Corporation | B | B | B |
| WRK | WestRock Co. | B | B | B |
| Z | Zillow Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | Athene Holding Ltd. | D | C | C |
| DVMT | Dell Technologies Inc Class V | C | C | C |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | C | B | C |
| KR | Kroger Co. | D | B | C |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | D | B | C |
| REG | Regency Centers Corporation | D | B | C |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | C | B | C |
| SJM | J. M. Smucker Company | D | B | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| UHS | Universal Health Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | B | D | C |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | C | C | C |
| AEE | Ameren Corporation | C | D | C |
| ALL | Allstate Corporation | C | B | C |
| AOS | A. O. Smith Corporation | C | C | C |
| AVGO | Broadcom Limited | C | C | C |
| AXP | American Express Company | B | D | C |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | C | B | C |
| BBVA | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | C | B | C |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | C | C | C |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | B | D | C |
| BP | BP p.l.c. | B | C | C |
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. | C | C | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | B | D | C |
| CCL.U | Carnival Corporation | C | C | C |
| CFG | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | C | B | C |
| CI | Cigna Corporation | C | C | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | C | C | C |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | D | B | C |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | C | C | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | C | C | C |
| CUK | Carnival plc | B | C | C |
| E | Eni SpA | C | B | C |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | C | C | C |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | C | B | C |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | C | C | C |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | C | C | C |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV | C | D | C |
| FOX | Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. | C | B | C |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | C | D | C |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | C | D | C |
| INFO | IHS Markit Ltd. | C | C | C |
| ING | ING Groep NV | C | C | C |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | B | C | C |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. | B | C | C |
| LEN | Lennar Corporation | C | C | C |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| LVNTA | Liberty Interactive Corporation Ventures Series A | C | B | C |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc | C | C | C |
| MAS | Masco Corporation | B | C | C |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | C | C | C |
| MMM | 3M Company | C | C | C |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | C | B | C |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | C | C | C |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | C | C | C |
| PNR | Pentair plc | C | C | C |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | B | C | C |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | C | D | C |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | C | C | C |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. | C | B | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | C | C | C |
| SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | B | C | C |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | B | C | C |
| UBS | UBS Group AG | C | D | C |
| UGP | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | D | C | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC | C | C | C |
| WAT | Waters Corporation | B | D | C |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | C | C | C |
| ZION | Zions Bancorporation | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADS | Alliance Data Systems Corporation | D | B | D |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | D | B | D |
| BCS | Barclays PLC | D | C | D |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | D | D | D |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | D | C | D |
| BTI | British American Tobacco PLC | D | C | D |
| CB | Chubb Limited | D | C | D |
| CHU | China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited | D | C | D |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | D | B | D |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | D | C | D |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | D | D | D |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | D | C | D |
| CTRP | Ctrip.com International Ltd | D | B | D |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| DVA | DaVita Inc. | D | C | D |
| DWDP | DowDuPont Inc. | D | C | D |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | D | C | D |
| EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | D | B | D |
| ERIC | LM Ericsson Telefon AB | D | D | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | D | D |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | D | C | D |
| K | Kellogg Company | D | C | D |
| LB | L Brands, Inc. | D | D | D |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | D | C | D |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | D | B | D |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | D | C | D |
| NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | D | C | D |
| OIBR.C | OI S.A. | D | C | D |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | D | C | D |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | D | C | D |
| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | D | C | D |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | F | B | D |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | D | C | D |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. | D | D | D |
| SKM | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | D | C | D |
| SNP | China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation | D | C | D |
| TMK | Torchmark Corporation | D | B | D |
| UNM | Unum Group | D | C | D |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | D | B | D |
| ZBH | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, 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