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 59 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: Hold to Buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | B | B | B |
| AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | B | C | B |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc. | B | B | B |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| IHG | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | B | C | B |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group Inc Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | B | C | B |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | B | C | B |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| STLA | Stellantis N.V. | B | C | B |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | B | C | B |
| Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BLK | BlackRock, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BRO | Brown & Brown, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | B | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | C | C | C |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | B | C | C |
| EQH | Equitable Holdings, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | C | B | C |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | B | D | C |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | C | C | C |
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | B | C | C |
| ORAN | Orange SA Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | C | C | C |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | C | B | C |
| PKG | Packaging Corporation of America | B | C | C |
| PODD | Insulet Corporation | B | D | C |
| REG | Regency Centers Corporation | B | C | C |
| STM | STMicroelectronics NV ADR RegS | C | B | C |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | C | C | C |
| UI | Ubiquiti Inc. | B | D | C |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | C | C | C |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. Class A | B | C | C |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BBY | Best Buy Co., Inc. | C | C | C |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CCL | Carnival Corporation | C | C | C |
| CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc | C | D | C |
| GSK | GSK plc Sponsored ADR | D | B | C |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | D | B | C |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | C | C | C |
| PARA | Paramount Global Class B | C | D | C |
| TECH | Bio-Techne Corporation | C | C | C |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| TTM | Tata Motors Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| TYL | Tyler Technologies, Inc. | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BGNE | BeiGene Ltd Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| BNTX | BioNTech SE Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| CZR | Caesars Entertainment Inc | D | C | D |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | D | D | D |
| LI | Li Auto, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | D | C | D |
| MRNA | Moderna, Inc. | D | D | D |
| NET | Cloudflare Inc Class A | D | C | D |
| NFLX | Netflix, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SNOW | Snowflake, Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| TER | Teradyne, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TGT | Target Corporation | D | 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,
Source: InvestorPlace unless otherwise noted
Louis Navellier
