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 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP | American Express Company | B | C | B |
| BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | C | B | B |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | B | D | B |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | B | C | B |
| DISCA | Discovery, Inc. | B | D | B |
| ESRX | Express Scripts Holding Company | B | C | B |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners LP | B | C | B |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | B | D | B |
| EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | B | C | B |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | B | C | B |
| GYRO | Gyrodyne LLC | B | C | B |
| HAS | Hasbro, Inc. | B | C | B |
| JEC | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | B | B | B |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corporation | B | C | B |
| SNPS | Synopsys, Inc. | B | C | B |
| URI | United Rentals, Inc. | B | B | B |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDX | Andeavor Logistics LP | C | C | C |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BLL | Ball Corporation | C | C | C |
| BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile | C | C | C |
| CCE | Coca-Cola European Partners Plc | C | C | C |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | D | B | C |
| COL | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | C | D | C |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ES | Eversource Energy | C | D | C |
| ETE | Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | C | C | C |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | D | B | C |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | C | C | C |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care | D | C | C |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano | D | B | C |
| LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | C | C | C |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | C | D | C |
| NYRT | New York REIT, Inc. | C | C | C |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | D | C | C |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | D | C | C |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | D | C | C |
| STZ | Constellation Brands, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TECK | Teck Resources Limited | C | C | C |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TRMB | Trimble Inc. | D | B | C |
| ZBH | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASML | ASML Holding NV ADR | C | C | C |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | C | C | C |
| ECA | Encana Corporation | C | C | C |
| GPS | Gap, Inc. | C | C | C |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | C | B | C |
| PBR | Petroleo Brasileiro SA | C | B | C |
| SPI | SPI Energy Co Ltd | C | C | C |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | C | B | C |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | C | C | C |
| TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | D | C | D |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | D | C | D |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | D | C | D |
| CVX | Chevron Corporation | D | C | D |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | C | D | D |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | D | B | D |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group Ltd. | D | D | D |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | D | C | D |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | D | C | D |
| REG | Regency Centers Corporation | D | D | D |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, 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