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 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL | Aflac Incorporated | B | C | B |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | B | B | B |
| AME | AMETEK, Inc. | B | C | B |
| APH | Amphenol Corp. | B | C | B |
| AXP | American Express Company | B | C | B |
| AZN | Astrazeneca PLC | A | C | B |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | B | C | B |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corp. | B | B | B |
| CE | Celanese Corp. | B | B | B |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | B | C | B |
| DHI | D.R. Horton, Inc. | B | B | B |
| DHR | Danaher Corp. | B | C | B |
| IQV | IQVIA Holdings Inc | B | C | B |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NOV | National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | B | C | B |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | B | B | B |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SGEN | Seattle Genetics, Inc. | B | C | B |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | B | C | B |
| WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | B | C | B |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | B | C | B |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Limited | B | C | B |
| YNDX | Yandex NV | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | D | B | C |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | D | C | C |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ASX | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | D | C | C |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | C | C | C |
| BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | C | B | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | D | B | C |
| CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | D | B | C |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | C | D | C |
| ES | Eversource Energy | C | D | C |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | C | D | C |
| HAS | Hasbro, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | C | C | C |
| IR | Ingersoll-Rand Plc | C | C | C |
| IX | ORIX Corp. | C | C | C |
| KSU | Kansas City Southern | C | C | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | D | B | C |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | D | B | C |
| PRGO | Perrigo Co. Plc | C | C | C |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | C | C | C |
| UHS | Universal Health Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC | C | C | C |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | C | C | C |
| WAT | Waters Corp. | D | C | C |
| WPZ | Williams Partners, L.P. | C | D | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc | C | B | C |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | D | B | C |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | C | B | C |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | C | C | C |
| FCAU | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. | B | C | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | C | C | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited | B | C | C |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | C | C | C |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | C | B | C |
| KTOV | Kitov Pharma Ltd. | C | C | C |
| LEA | Lear Corp. | C | C | C |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | C | C | C |
| MKL | Markel Corp. | C | D | C |
| TECK | Teck Resources Limited | B | C | C |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | B | C | C |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | C | A | C |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVXV | BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | F | C | D |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | D | C | D |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company | D | C | D |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | D | C | D |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | D | C | D |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | D | D | D |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corp. | D | C | D |
| REG | Regency Centers Corp. | D | C | D |
| RELX | RELX PLC | D | C | D |
| RJF | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | D | C | D |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc | D | C | D |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | D | B | D |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TU | TELUS Corp. | 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