As we progress through second-quarter earnings season, now is an excellent time to trim your portfolio of all dead weight. I’m talking about all of the companies that have announced mixed earnings results or have sloppy guidance looking forward. Of course, it can be tedious reviewing the latest earnings results for each of your companies, so I’ve broken down the top 81 big blue chips that you should take profits on immediately.
| Household Names to Sell Right Away | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | F | D | F |
| ABEV | Ambev SA | F | C | D |
| ALK | Alaska Air Group, Inc. | F | D | F |
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | F | C | D |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | F | C | D |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. | F | D | D |
| CELG | Celgene Corp. | F | C | F |
| CHTR | Charter Communications, Inc. | F | C | D |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | F | D | D |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp. | F | C | D |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | D | D | D |
| CS | Credit Suisse Group AG | F | C | D |
| CVS | CVS Health Corp. | F | C | D |
| CZR | Caesars Entertainment Corp. | F | C | D |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | F | D | D |
| DB | Deutsche Bank AG | F | D | F |
| DISH | DISH Network Corp. | F | C | F |
| DWDP | DowDuPont Inc. | F | C | D |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | D | D | D |
| EXPE | Expedia Group, Inc. | F | C | D |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | D | C | D |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp. | F | C | D |
| GE | General Electric Company | F | C | F |
| GIL | Gildan Activewear Inc. | F | C | D |
| GIS | General Mills, Inc. | F | C | D |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | F | C | D |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | D | D | D |
| GT | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | F | C | F |
| HAS | Hasbro, Inc. | D | D | D |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | F | C | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | C | D |
| HRB | H&R Block, Inc. | F | C | D |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | F | C | D |
| JBLU | JetBlue Airways Corp. | F | C | D |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International plc | F | C | F |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | F | C | D |
| KHC | Kraft Heinz Company | F | C | F |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | D | C | D |
| LB | L Brands, Inc. | F | D | F |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | F | C | D |
| MAT | Mattel, Inc. | D | D | D |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MET | MetLife, Inc. | F | C | D |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | D | C | D |
| MMM | 3M Company | F | D | D |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | F | C | F |
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | D | C | D |
| MUFG | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | F | C | D |
| NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | F | C | D |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj | D | C | D |
| NVS | Novartis AG | F | C | D |
| NYRT | New York REIT, Inc. | D | D | D |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | F | C | D |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | D | C | D |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | F | C | D |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | F | D | F |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | D | C | D |
| S | Sprint Corp. | F | C | F |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. | F | C | D |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corp. | F | C | D |
| SJM | J.M. Smucker Company | D | C | D |
| SLB | Schlumberger NV | D | C | D |
| SNY | Sanofi | F | C | F |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | F | D | D |
| T | AT&T Inc. | F | C | D |
| TAP | Molson Coors Brewing Company | F | D | F |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TOL | Toll Brothers, Inc. | F | C | D |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corp. | F | D | F |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc. | D | C | D |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. | D | C | D |
| UPS | United Parcel Service, Inc. | F | C | D |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | F | C | D |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | D | C | D |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc | F | C | F |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | F | C | F |
| WDC | Western Digital Corp. | F | D | D |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | D | D | D |
| WHR | Whirlpool Corp. | F | D | F |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | D | C | D |
| XRX | Xerox Corp. | F | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier