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 |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | B | B | B |
| AMP | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | C | B | B |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | B | B | B |
| AVTR | Avantor, Inc. | B | C | B |
| CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | B | B | B |
| CI | Cigna Corporation | B | C | B |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | B | C | B |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | B | C | B |
| ELS | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | B | B | B |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | B | B | B |
| LNT | Alliant Energy Corp | B | B | B |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | B | C | B |
| NVR | NVR, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SUI | Sun Communities, Inc. | B | B | B |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ALL | Allstate Corporation | C | C | C |
| AMX | America Movil SAB de CV \ | C | C | C |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | D | C | C |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | C | D | C |
| DISH | DISH Network Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| DTE | DTE Energy Company | C | C | C |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc. | C | C | C |
| EQNR | Equinor ASA Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| HAL | Halliburton Company | C | D | C |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | C | C | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | D | B | C |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | D | B | C |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | D | C | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | D | C | C |
| PXD | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | D | C | C |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | C | D | C |
| TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | D | C | C |
| VALE | Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | C | C | C |
| BX | Blackstone Group Inc. Class A | B | C | C |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | C | C | C |
| CTVA | Corteva Inc | C | C | C |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | C | B | C |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Incorporated | C | C | C |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | C | B | C |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | C | B | C |
| STE | STERIS Plc | C | C | C |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | C | B | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TRU | TransUnion | C | B | C |
| TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | C | B | C |
| UPS | United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B | C | C | C |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WORK | Slack Technologies, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| CB | Chubb Limited | D | D | D |
| CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | D | B | D |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | D | D | D |
| EXAS | Exact Sciences Corporation | D | C | D |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | F | B | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | C | D |
| LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | F | A | D |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corporation | D | C | D |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | D | C | D |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | D | C | D |
| T | AT&T Inc. | D | C | D |
| TWTR | Twitter, Inc. | C | D | 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
