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 135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEE | Ameren Corporation | B | D | B |
| AON | Aon plc | B | D | B |
| AXP | American Express Company | B | C | B |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | B | D | B |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | B | C | B |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | B | C | B |
| CDW | CDW Corp. | B | B | B |
| CE | Celanese Corporation | B | B | B |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | B | C | B |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | B | C | B |
| CXO | Concho Resources Inc. | B | C | B |
| DHR | Danaher Corporation | B | C | B |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | B | C | B |
| EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | B | B | B |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | B | C | B |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | B | C | B |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FTS | Fortis Inc. | B | D | B |
| GYRO | Gyrodyne LLC | B | C | B |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Inc. | B | B | B |
| LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | B | C | B |
| LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | B | C | B |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | D | B |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | B | C | B |
| PX | Praxair, Inc. | B | C | B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | B | C | B |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | B | D | B |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | B | C | B |
| TECK | Teck Resources Limited | B | C | B |
| TFX | Teleflex Inc. | B | D | B |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | B | C | B |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | B | B | B |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | B | B | B |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | B | C | B |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | B | C | B |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | AmerisourceBergen Corporation | C | B | C |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | D | B | C |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | D | C | C |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | D | B | C |
| CHU | China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited | C | C | C |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | C | C | C |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | C | C | C |
| DLR | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | D | C | C |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | C | C | C |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | D | C | C |
| ERIC | LM Ericsson Telefon AB | C | C | C |
| ES | Eversource Energy | C | D | C |
| FTI | TechnipFMC Plc | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | C | C | C |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | C | B | C |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | D | C | C |
| KR | Kroger Co. | D | C | C |
| L | Loews Corporation | C | C | C |
| MCK | McKesson Corporation | C | B | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | D | C | C |
| NBL | Noble Energy, Inc. | C | B | C |
| ORLY | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | C | C | C |
| PSA | Public Storage | C | C | C |
| PXD | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | C | C | C |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| SHPG | Shire PLC | D | B | C |
| SO | Southern Company | C | C | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | C | C | C |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc | D | C | C |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | C | C | C |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | C | C | C |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | C | C | C |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | B | D | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | B | D | C |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | C | B | C |
| BCS | Barclays PLC | C | B | C |
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. | C | C | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | C | C | C |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. | C | C | C |
| CFG | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | C | B | C |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | C | C | C |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | C | C | C |
| HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ING | ING Groep NV | C | C | C |
| IQV | IQVIA Holdings Inc | C | B | C |
| LLL | L3 Technologies Inc | B | C | C |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | C | C | C |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc | D | C | C |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corporation | B | D | C |
| MON | Monsanto Company | B | C | C |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | C | C | C |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | B | D | C |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | D | C | C |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | B | D | C |
| PKG | Packaging Corporation of America | C | C | C |
| QRTEA | Qurate Retail, Inc. | C | B | C |
| RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | C | C | C |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | C | C | C |
| TI | Telecom Italia S.p.A. | B | C | C |
| WRK | WestRock Co. | C | C | C |
| YNDX | Yandex NV | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | D | C | D |
| BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | D | C | D |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | D | D | D |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | D | C | D |
| CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | D | C | D |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | F | B | D |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Inc. | D | C | D |
| DVMT | Dell Technologies Inc. | D | C | D |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | B | D |
| IR | Ingersoll-Rand Plc | D | C | D |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | D | C | D |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. | D | C | D |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband Corp. | F | B | D |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | D | D | D |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | D | C | D |
| MAS | Masco Corporation | D | C | D |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | D | B | D |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | D | C | D |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | D | C | D |
| NTES | NetEase, Inc. | D | D | D |
| NVS | Novartis AG | D | C | D |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | D | B | D |
| PNR | Pentair plc | D | C | D |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc | D | B | D |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | D | C | D |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | D | C | D |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | D | C | D |
| UBS | UBS Group AG | D | C | D |
| UHS | Universal Health Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
| WIT | Wipro Limited | 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