BP Plc (BP), Boeing (BA) and Credit Suisse (CS) were among some of the widely held stocks upgraded by Louis Navellier in his latest fundamental stock analysis on April 19, 2010.
Energy stock BP Plc (BP) faced down shareholder protest over oil sands projects last week, and shares have firmed up as a result. BP stock was upgraded to a B grade or “buy” this week in Portfolio Grader from a C grade or “hold” in last week’s rankings according to Louis Navellier’s database of stocks to buy and sell. BP reports earnings on April 27.
Aerospace and defense stock Boeing
(BA) washas firmed up this week in anticipation of its Wednesday, April 21, earnings report. BA stock was upgraded from a C grade or “hold” in Portfolio Grader to a B grade or “buy” this week.
Financial stock Credit Suisse (CS) was upgraded from its rating of a D grade or “sell” last week in to a C grade or “hold” this week in Portfolio Grader’s fundamental stock analysis. Swiss funds returned over 2.3% in Q1, and investors are eager to see CS’ earnings report this Thursday, April 22.
Get a complete list of this week’s stock downgrades here. For a complete list of upgrades, please view the table below.
| Symbol | Company Name | Industry |
Market Cap (B)
|
Grade This Week
|
Grade Last Week
|
| AET | Aetna Inc. | Health Care Providers | $13.5 | C | D |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management Inc. | Real Estate Investment Trusts | $9.4 | A | B |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc. | IT Services | $22.3 | C | D |
| BA | Boeing Co. | Aerospace & Defense | $51.4 | B | C |
| BP | BP PLC | Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels | $187.2 | B | C |
| BRCM | Broadcom Corp. | Semiconductors | $17.4 | B | C |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | Air Freight & Logistics | $9.8 | C | D |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co. | Road & Rail | $29.2 | C | D |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. | Office Electronics | $57.2 | B | C |
| CB | Chubb Corp. | Insurance | $17.2 | C | D |
| CME | CME Group Inc. (Cl A) | Diversified Financial Services | $20.8 | C | D |
| ABV | Companhia de Bebidas das Americas | Beverages | $60.0 | A | B |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc. | Multi-Utilities | $12.5 | C | D |
| CS | Credit Suisse Group | Capital Markets | $60.5 | C | D |
| CSX | CSX Corp. | Road & Rail | $21.4 | C | D |
| D | Dominion Resources Inc. | Multi-Utilities | $24.7 | B | C |
| ETP | Energy Transfer Partners L.P. | Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels | $8.7 | B | C |
| FAST | Fastenal Co. | Trading Companies & Distributors | $8.0 | C | D |
| GFI | Gold Fields Ltd. | Metals & Mining | $8.9 | C | D |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | Software | $11.1 | B | C |
| JCI | Johnson Controls Inc. | Auto Components | $22.0 | B | C |
| LIHR | Lihir Gold Ltd. | Metals & Mining | $8.6 | B | C |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group Ltd. | Semiconductors | $14.1 | A | B |
| MBT | Mobile TeleSystems | Telecommunications | $21.5 | C | D |
| JWN | Nordstrom Inc. | Multiline Retail | $9.4 | B | C |
| DCM | NTT DoCoMo Inc. | Telecommunications | $67.7 | A | B |
| PT | Portugal Telecom SGPS S/A | Telecommunications | $9.8 | B | C |
| PX | Praxair Inc. | Chemicals | $26.6 | C | D |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | Health Care Equipment | $9.4 | A | B |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | Semiconductors | $56.2 | C | D |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Pharmaceuticals | $55.3 | A | B |
| TKC | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri | Telecommunications | $13.9 | C | D |
| WBK | Westpac Banking Corp. | Commercial Banks | $75.6 | B | C |
| WF | Woori Finance Holdings | Commercial Banks | $12.8 | B | C |
About Portfolio Grader: Every Sunday, renowned growth stock adviser Louis Navellier runs a fundamental analysis on the top 5,000 Wall Street companies. Armed with this research, Navellier offers a rating for each company reflected as a simple letter grade, with A being “strong buy” and F being “strong sell.” Portfolio Grader’s stock data is free and open to the public, and can be accessed online here.
