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 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | B | C | B |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | B | C | B |
| DISCB | Discovery, Inc. | B | D | B |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | B | D | B |
| DPZ | Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | B | C | B |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | B | C | B |
| FB | Facebook, Inc. | B | B | B |
| FMC | FMC Corp. | C | A | B |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | B | C | B |
| KKR | KKR & Co. L.P. | B | C | B |
| MTN | Vail Resorts, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corp. | B | C | B |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | B | C | B |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | D | C | C |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | D | C | C |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | D | B | C |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | D | C | C |
| DVA | DaVita Inc. | C | D | C |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corp. | D | C | C |
| IMRN | Immuron Limited | C | C | C |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. | D | B | C |
| K | Kellogg Company | D | B | C |
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Inc. | C | B | C |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj | C | C | C |
| REG | Regency Centers Corp. | D | C | C |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | C | C | C |
| UAL | United Continental Holdings, Inc. | D | C | C |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | B | C |
| XLNX | Xilinx, Inc. | C | C | C |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, Inc. | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL | Aflac Inc. | C | C | C |
| AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | B | D | C |
| AXP | American Express Company | C | B | C |
| BAC | Bank of America Corp | C | C | C |
| BBT | BB&T Corp. | C | C | C |
| BLK | BlackRock, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | C | C | C |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | C | C | C |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | C | B | C |
| CVX | Chevron Corp. | C | C | C |
| EWBC | East West Bancorp, Inc. | C | B | C |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Inc. | C | B | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited | B | C | C |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | C | B | C |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | C | B | C |
| LLL | L3 Technologies Inc | C | C | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | C | B | C |
| SEIC | SEI Investments Company | C | C | C |
| SNP | China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. | C | C | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | C | B | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Limited | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | D | C | D |
| AON | Aon plc | D | B | D |
| BBD | Banco Bradesco S.A. Pfd | D | C | D |
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | D | C | D |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | D | C | D |
| COG | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | D | C | D |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | C | D | D |
| FRC | First Republic Bank | D | C | D |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | C | D |
| ITUB | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | D | C | D |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. | D | C | D |
| KSU | Kansas City Southern | D | D | D |
| MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | D | C | D |
| NVO | Novo Nordisk A/S | D | C | D |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | C | D | D |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | D | C | D |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | D | C | D |
| RELX | RELX PLC | D | C | D |
| RENX | RELX NV | D | C | D |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier