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 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ASX | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | B | B | B |
| BCS | Barclays PLC | B | C | B |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | B | C | B |
| CFG | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | B | D | B |
| CVX | Chevron Corporation | B | C | B |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | B | B | B |
| FOXA | Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. | B | B | B |
| ING | ING Groep NV | B | C | B |
| MON | Monsanto Company | B | C | B |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corporation | B | C | B |
| VEDL | Vedanta Limited | B | C | B |
| ZION | Zions Bancorporation | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | C | D | C |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | C | C | C |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | D | C | C |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV | C | C | C |
| HAL | Halliburton Company | C | C | C |
| NOV | National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | C | C | C |
| NTES | NetEase, Inc. | C | C | C |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | D | B | C |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | D | B | C |
| SJR | Shaw Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMT | American Tower Corporation | B | C | C |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | B | C | C |
| BBDO | Banco Bradesco S.A. | C | C | C |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | C | D | C |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | C | C | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | C | C | C |
| CUK | Carnival plc | C | C | C |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | C | C | C |
| LEN | Lennar Corporation | C | C | C |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | D | C |
| QRTEB | Qurate Retail, Inc. | C | B | C |
| RE | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | C | B | C |
| RELX | RELX PLC | C | C | C |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | B | C | C |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | C | C | C |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | C | C | C |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | B | D | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | D | D | D |
| BG | Bunge Limited | C | D | D |
| CLX | Clorox Company | D | B | D |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | D | D | D |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | D | C | D |
| EQR | Equity Residential | D | C | D |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | C | D | D |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | D | D | D |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | D | C | D |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | D | D | D |
| MMM | 3M Company | D | C | D |
| NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | D | C | D |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | D | C | D |
| OIBR.C | OI S.A. | D | C | D |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | D | C | D |
| PZE | Petrobras Argentina SA | D | D | D |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. | D | C | D |
| SHPG | Shire PLC | D | B | D |
| SO | Southern Company | D | C | D |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | C | D | D |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | D | D | D |
| UTX | United Technologies Corporation | D | C | D |
| VIV | Telefonica Brasil S.A. Pfd | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier