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 88 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 |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | B | B | B |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | B | C | B |
| CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | B | B | B |
| GM | General Motors Company | B | D | B |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | B | B | B |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | B | B | B |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | C | B | B |
| NBL | Noble Energy, Inc. | C | B | B |
| PLD | Prologis, Inc. | B | B | B |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | B | C | B |
| TIF | Tiffany & Co. | A | B | B |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. | B | B | B |
| YNDX | Yandex NV | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | C | C | C |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | D | C | C |
| COG | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | C | C | C |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | C | D | C |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corporation | C | D | C |
| ETE | Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | C | C | C |
| FRC | First Republic Bank | C | C | C |
| FTI | TechnipFMC Plc | C | D | C |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | D | B | C |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | C | C | C |
| JAZZ | Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc | C | C | C |
| KMX | CarMax, Inc. | C | D | C |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | D | B | C |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | C | D | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | C | C | C |
| PSA | Public Storage | C | C | C |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | 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 |
| AME | AMETEK, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | C | C | C |
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. | C | C | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | C | D | C |
| DPZ | Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | C | C | C |
| E | Eni S.p.A. | B | C | C |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | C | B | C |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | B | C | C |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | C | B | C |
| FISV | Fiserv, Inc. | C | B | C |
| FMC | FMC Corporation | C | A | C |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | C | C | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | C | C | C |
| HD | Home Depot, Inc. | B | C | C |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | C | C | C |
| KAAC | Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. | C | C | C |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | C | C | C |
| MKL | Markel Corporation | B | C | C |
| NEM | Newmont Mining 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 |
| SMFG | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SNE | Sony Corporation | B | D | C |
| TEL | TE Connectivity Ltd. | C | C | C |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | C | C | C |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | C | C | C |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | C | C | 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 |
| CNA | CNA Financial Corporation | D | C | D |
| CRH | CRH Plc | D | C | D |
| CUK | Carnival plc | D | C | D |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. | D | D | D |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | D | C | D |
| FTS | Fortis Inc. | D | C | D |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | B | D |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | D | C | D |
| IX | ORIX Corporation | D | C | D |
| KR | Kroger Co. | D | B | D |
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | D | B | D |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | D | C | D |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | D | B | D |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj | D | C | D |
| PRGO | Perrigo Co. Plc | D | C | D |
| RSG | Republic Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TRV | Travelers Companies, Inc. | D | D | D |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | B | D |
| XLNX | Xilinx, Inc. | D | C | D |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, Inc. | D | B | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier