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 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | B | C | B |
| BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | C | B | B |
| CNAC | Constellation Alpha Capital Corp. | B | C | B |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners LP | B | C | B |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | B | B | B |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | B | C | B |
| IHG | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | B | C | B |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | Allstate Corp. | D | C | C |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc. | D | C | C |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | C | C | C |
| DE | Deere & Company | D | C | C |
| HCP | HCP, Inc. | D | C | C |
| IRM | Iron Mountain, Inc. | D | C | C |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | D | C | C |
| SAP | SAP SE | C | C | C |
| TFX | Teleflex Inc. | C | D | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC | D | C | C |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | C | C | C |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAC | Bank of America Corp | C | C | C |
| BBL | BHP Billiton Plc | C | C | C |
| BCAC | Bison Capital Acquisition Corp. | C | C | C |
| BHP | BHP Billiton Limited | C | C | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | B | D | C |
| DVMT | Dell Technologies Inc. | C | C | C |
| DXC | DXC Technology Co. | C | C | C |
| ETR | Entergy Corp. | B | D | C |
| HTHT | Huazhu Group Ltd. | C | C | C |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | D | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | C | B | C |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group Ltd. | C | C | C |
| QRVO | Qorvo, Inc. | C | C | C |
| RHT | Red Hat, Inc. | C | B | C |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SHOP | Shopify, Inc. | C | B | C |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | B | C | C |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEG | AEGON N.V. ADR | D | B | D |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | D | C | D |
| AMT | American Tower Corp. | D | D | D |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | D | D | D |
| BCH | Banco de Chile | D | C | D |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | D | C | D |
| BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile | D | C | D |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | D | C | D |
| EDU | New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | D | C | D |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | D | C | D |
| FCAU | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. | D | C | D |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | D | B | D |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | D | C | D |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Limited | D | D | D |
| INVH | Invitation Homes, Inc. | D | C | D |
| JAZZ | Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc | D | C | D |
| KSU | Kansas City Southern | D | C | D |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | D | C | D |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corp. | D | B | D |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | D | C | D |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | D | C | D |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | D | C | D |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc | F | C | D |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. | D | D | D |
| STZ | Constellation Brands, Inc. | 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