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 64 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 |
| AEE | Ameren Corporation | B | C | B |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | B | C | B |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | B | C | B |
| DISCB | Discovery, Inc. | A | D | B |
| ENIA | Enel Americas S.A. | C | B | B |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | B | B | B |
| NBL | Noble Energy, Inc. | C | B | B |
| PLD | Prologis, Inc. | B | B | B |
| TIF | Tiffany & Co. | A | B | B |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | B | C | B |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | C | C | C |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | D | C | C |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | D | C | C |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | C | C | C |
| LEN.B | Lennar Corporation | D | B | C |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | D | B | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | C | C | C |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | C | C | C |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJG | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | C | B | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | C | B | C |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | C | B | C |
| E | Eni SpA | C | C | C |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | C | C | C |
| FISV | Fiserv, Inc. | C | B | C |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | C | C | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | C | C | C |
| HD | Home Depot, Inc. | B | C | C |
| HES | Hess Corporation | C | C | C |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | D | C | C |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | C | B | C |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | C | C | C |
| NVO | Novo Nordisk A/S | C | C | C |
| PX | Praxair, Inc. | C | C | C |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | C | C | C |
| SNE | Sony Corporation | B | D | C |
| SNP | China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation | C | C | C |
| TEL | TE Connectivity Ltd. | C | C | C |
| TOT | Total SA | B | C | C |
| VEEV | Veeva Systems Inc | C | B | C |
| WB | Weibo Corp | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMX | America Movil SAB de CV | D | C | D |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | D | C | D |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | D | C | D |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | D | C | D |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | D | B | D |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | D | C | D |
| CRH | CRH Plc | D | C | D |
| CUK | Carnival plc | D | C | D |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | D | C | D |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | D | C | D |
| KR | Kroger Co. | D | B | D |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | D | C | D |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | D | B | D |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj | D | C | D |
| RSG | Republic Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TRV | Travelers Companies, Inc. | D | D | D |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | B | D |
| WPZ | Williams Partners, L.P. | D | D | D |
| WYN | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | D | D | D |
| XLNX | Xilinx, 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