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 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHD | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | B | B | B |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | B | C | B |
| DISCB | Discovery, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ECA | Encana Corp. | B | C | B |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | D | B |
| MKL | Markel Corp. | B | B | B |
| MOS | Mosaic Company | B | C | B |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | B | B | B |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | B | C | B |
| URI | United Rentals, Inc. | B | B | B |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDX | Andeavor Logistics LP | C | C | C |
| BMRN | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | C | B | C |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CTL | CenturyLink, Inc. | D | B | C |
| GGP | GGP, Inc. | C | C | C |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Ltd. | C | D | C |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | C | C | C |
| JAZZ | Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc | C | C | C |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America | C | C | C |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | C | C | C |
| MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | C | C | C |
| TU | TELUS Corp. | C | C | C |
| UDR | UDR, Inc. | D | B | C |
| VIAB | Viacom Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL | Aflac Incorporated | C | C | C |
| AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | B | D | C |
| AME | AMETEK, Inc. | C | C | C |
| APH | Amphenol Corp. | C | C | C |
| AXP | American Express Company | C | C | C |
| BAP | Credicorp Ltd. | B | C | C |
| BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile | C | C | C |
| BSBR | Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. | C | C | C |
| CA | CA, Inc. | B | C | C |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | C | B | C |
| CE | Celanese Corp. | C | B | C |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corp. | C | C | C |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | C | C | C |
| DEO | Diageo plc | C | C | C |
| DHR | Danaher Corp. | C | C | C |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | C | B | C |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | C | C | C |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | B | C | C |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Ltd. | C | C | C |
| MAR | Marriott International, Inc. | C | B | C |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | C | C | C |
| MLCO | Melco Resorts and Entertainment | C | C | C |
| NBL | Noble Energy, Inc. | C | D | C |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corp. | C | C | C |
| PX | Praxair, Inc. | C | C | C |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | C | C | C |
| RTN | Raytheon Company | C | C | C |
| SO | Southern Company | C | C | C |
| SSL | Sasol Ltd. | C | C | C |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | C | B | C |
| STM | STMicroelectronics NV | C | B | C |
| TAL | TAL Education Group | C | B | C |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | C | C | C |
| YNDX | Yandex NV | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | Allstate Corp. | D | C | D |
| ASX | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | D | C | D |
| BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. | D | C | D |
| BBD | Banco Bradesco S.A. | F | C | D |
| BBT | BB&T Corp. | D | C | D |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | F | B | D |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc. | D | C | D |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | D | C | D |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | D | C | D |
| CBOE | Cboe Global Markets Inc | F | C | D |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | D | D | D |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | D | C | D |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | D | C | D |
| ES | Eversource Energy | D | D | D |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | D | C | D |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corp. | D | C | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | C | D |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | D | C | D |
| ITUB | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | D | C | D |
| IX | ORIX Corp. | D | C | D |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Incorporated | D | C | D |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | D | B | D |
| RENX | RELX NV | D | C | D |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | D | C | D |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | D | C | D |
| UL | Unilever PLC | D | C | D |
| VAR | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | D | C | D |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | D | C | D |
| WAT | Waters Corp. | D | C | D |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, Inc. | F | 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