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 63 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 |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | B | B | B |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | B | C | B |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | B | B | B |
| BAH | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation Class A | B | C | B |
| BF.A | Brown-Forman Corporation Class A | B | B | B |
| BF.B | Brown-Forman Corporation Class B | B | B | B |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | B | C | B |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | B | D | B |
| DISCB | Discovery, Inc. Class B | B | C | B |
| DRE | Duke Realty Corporation | B | C | B |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | B | C | B |
| IQV | IQVIA Holdings Inc | B | B | B |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | B | C | B |
| LIN | Linde plc | B | C | B |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Incorporated | B | C | B |
| NGG | National Grid plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| NVR | NVR, Inc. | B | C | B |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | B | C | B |
| PHG | Koninklijke Philips N.V. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| PHM | PulteGroup, Inc. | B | B | B |
| RACE | Ferrari NV | B | C | B |
| TIF | Tiffany & Co. | B | C | B |
| UBER | Uber Technologies, Inc. | B | D | B |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ATUS | Altice USA, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | C | C | C |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | B | C | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | D | C | C |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | D | C | C |
| EXPE | Expedia Group, Inc. | C | D | C |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | D | C | C |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | C | C | C |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | D | C | C |
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | C | C | C |
| OTEX | Open Text Corporation | C | B | C |
| PUK | Prudential plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. Class B | D | C | C |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | D | C | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TFX | Teleflex Incorporated | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | B | C | C |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A | B | C | C |
| HD | Home Depot, Inc. | B | C | C |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Group | C | C | C |
| URI | United Rentals, Inc. | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | C | D | D |
| CE | Celanese Corporation | D | C | D |
| CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | D | D | D |
| FCAU | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. | D | C | D |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | D | C | D |
| KEY | KeyCorp | D | B | D |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | D | C | D |
| MMM | 3M Company | D | C | D |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | D | D | D |
| TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | D | C | D |
| TU | TELUS Corporation | D | C | D |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc | D | D | D |
| WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | D | C | D |
| ZBH | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier
