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 54 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 |
| ATHM | Autohome, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | B | C | B |
| AVTR | Avantor, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | B | C | B |
| BLL | Ball Corporation | B | C | B |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | B | C | B |
| EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | B | D | B |
| KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | B | B | B |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | B | C | B |
| PKI | PerkinElmer, Inc. | B | C | B |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| SAP | SAP SE Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | B | C | B |
| TME | Tencent Music Entertainment Group Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| UBS | UBS Group AG | C | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | D | C | C |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | D | C | C |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc. | C | D | C |
| CB | Chubb Limited | C | C | C |
| CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | C | C | C |
| MET | MetLife, Inc. | D | B | C |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | D | B | C |
| UBER | Uber Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | B | C | C |
| CDW | CDW Corp. | C | B | C |
| CI | Cigna Corporation | C | C | C |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | C | C | C |
| ELS | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ENIA | Enel Americas S.A. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | C | B | C |
| INVH | Invitation Homes, Inc. | C | B | C |
| KEYS | Keysight Technologies Inc | B | C | C |
| NKE | NIKE, Inc. Class B | B | D | C |
| PAGS | PagSeguro Digital Ltd. Class A | C | B | C |
| PEAK | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | C | A | C |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corporation | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ALL | Allstate Corporation | D | C | D |
| AMX | America Movil SAB de CV Sponsored ADR Class L | D | C | D |
| AVB | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | D | C | D |
| BA | Boeing Company | D | D | D |
| CBOE | Cboe Global Markets Inc | D | B | D |
| DISH | DISH Network Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| EQR | Equity Residential | D | B | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | B | D |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | C | D | D |
| UDR | UDR, Inc. | D | C | D |
| UL | Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| UN | Unilever NV ADR | D | C | D |
| VALE | Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR | 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
