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 77 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:
| Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ALNY | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc | B | D | C |
| AMX | America Movil SAB de CV Sponsored ADR Class L | B | C | C |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BEKE | KE Holdings, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | B | C | C |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CHWY | Chewy, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | B | D | C |
| CSGP | CoStar Group, Inc. | C | B | C |
| DEO | Diageo plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | C | C | C |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial, Inc. - FNF Group | C | C | C |
| LEN.B | Lennar Corporation Class B | C | C | C |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | B | C | C |
| LIN | Linde plc | B | C | C |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | B | C | C |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | B | D | C |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | C | B | C |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | C | B | C |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | C | B | C |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | C | B | C |
| NVR | NVR, Inc. | C | B | C |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | C | C | C |
| PLUG | Plug Power Inc. | B | D | C |
| RACE | Ferrari NV | C | C | C |
| RELX | RELX PLC Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| SEDG | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TAP.A | Molson Coors Beverage Company Class A | B | D | C |
| TU | TELUS Corporation | C | C | C |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | C | C | C |
| UI | Ubiquiti Inc. | B | D | C |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | C | C | C |
| VIV | Telefonica Brasil SA Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| WTRG | Essential Utilities, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ZS | Zscaler, Inc. | C | B | C |
| Upgraded: Hold to Buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | B | B | B |
| BIIB | Biogen Inc. | B | B | B |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | C | B |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | B | C | B |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | B | C | B |
| J | Jacobs Solutions Inc. | B | C | B |
| KHC | Kraft Heinz Company | B | C | B |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | B | D | B |
| PKG | Packaging Corporation of America | B | B | B |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc | B | C | B |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | B | C | B |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | B | D | B |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ASML | ASML Holding NV ADR | D | C | D |
| AVB | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | D | D | D |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| BLK | BlackRock, Inc. | D | C | D |
| CBRE | CBRE Group, Inc. Class A | D | B | D |
| DELL | Dell Technologies, Inc. Class C | C | D | D |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Class A | D | D | D |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | D | B | D |
| FLT | FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. | D | B | D |
| FMX | Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV Sponsored ADR Class B | D | B | D |
| GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation | D | C | D |
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TGT | Target Corporation | D | D | D |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp. Sponsored ADR | D | D | D |
| TRP | TC Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| TTM | Tata Motors Limited Sponsored ADR | D | D | D |
| WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | D | C | D |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ALC | Alcon AG | C | C | C |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | C | F | C |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | C | D | C |
| GE | General Electric Company | D | C | C |
| GSK | GSK plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | C | C | C |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | D | C | C |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. Class B | D | C | C |
| T | AT&T Inc. | D | C | C |
| TW | Tradeweb Markets, Inc. Class A | D | B | C |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | C | C | C |
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,
Source: InvestorPlace unless otherwise noted
Louis Navellier
