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 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | B | C | B |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | B | C | B |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | B | C | B |
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. | B | C | B |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | B | C | B |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | B | D | B |
| FTEO | FRONTEO, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ORAN | Orange SA | B | C | B |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | B | C | B |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | B | C | B |
| PKX | POSCO | B | C | B |
| RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | B | C | B |
| RELX | RELX PLC | B | C | B |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | B | C | B |
| TI | Telecom Italia S.p.A. | B | C | B |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | B | C | B |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | D | C | C |
| BG | Bunge Limited | C | D | C |
| EQR | Equity Residential | C | C | C |
| GSHT | Gores Holdings II Inc | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | C | D | C |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | C | C | C |
| KMX | CarMax, Inc. | C | C | C |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | C | D | C |
| NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | C | C | C |
| SHPG | Shire PLC | D | B | C |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | C | D | C |
| WIT | Wipro Limited | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASX | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | C | B | C |
| BAX | Baxter International Inc. | B | C | C |
| CDW | CDW Corp. | C | B | C |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | C | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | B | D | C |
| CSX | CSX Corporation | C | B | C |
| CXO | Concho Resources Inc. | C | C | C |
| DE | Deere & Company | B | C | C |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | C | C | C |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | B | C | C |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | C | B | C |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. | C | C | C |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | C | C | C |
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | C | B | C |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corporation | B | C | C |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | C | B | C |
| PRGO | Perrigo Co. Plc | B | D | C |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TFX | Teleflex Incorporated | B | D | C |
| XLNX | Xilinx, Inc. | B | D | C |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, Inc. | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | D | D | D |
| BCE | BCE Inc. | D | C | D |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | D | C | D |
| DLR | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | D | D | D |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | D | C | D |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV | D | D | D |
| IVZ | Invesco Ltd. | D | B | D |
| KR | Kroger Co. | D | B | D |
| L | Loews Corporation | D | C | D |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MYL | Mylan N.V. | D | D | D |
| NTES | NetEase, Inc. | D | C | D |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | D | B | D |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | D | C | D |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | C | D |
| WDC | Western Digital Corporation | D | D | 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