I decided to revise my Portfolio Grader recommendations for 124 big blue chips.
By
Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor
Mar 18, 2024, 10:00 am EDT
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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 124 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
Quantitative Grade
Fundamental Grade
Total Grade
AFG
American Financial Group, Inc.
B
C
B
AOS
A. O. Smith Corporation
B
C
B
AXP
American Express Company
B
B
B
BBWI
Bath & Body Works, Inc.
B
C
B
BCH
Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR
B
C
B
BKR
Baker Hughes Company Class A
B
B
B
BP
BP p.l.c. Sponsored ADR
B
D
B
CE
Celanese Corporation
B
C
B
CF
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
B
D
B
CINF
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
B
B
B
COF
Capital One Financial Corp
B
C
B
COP
ConocoPhillips
B
C
B
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
B
C
B
CVE
Cenovus Energy Inc.
B
C
B
CVS
CVS Health Corporation
B
C
B
CX
Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored ADR
B
C
B
DINO
HF Sinclair Corporation
B
D
B
EQH
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
B
B
B
EWBC
East West Bancorp, Inc.
B
C
B
HAL
Halliburton Company
B
C
B
HSBC
HSBC Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR
B
C
B
ING
ING Groep NV Sponsored ADR
B
B
B
ITT
ITT, Inc.
B
C
B
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
B
D
B
MFC
Manulife Financial Corporation
B
B
B
MRO
Marathon Oil Corporation
B
C
B
MSI
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
B
C
B
PBA
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
B
B
B
RBA
RB Global, Inc.
B
B
B
RJF
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
B
B
B
SCCO
Southern Copper Corporation
B
D
B
SPG
Simon Property Group, Inc.
B
C
B
SU
Suncor Energy Inc.
B
C
B
TECK
Teck Resources Limited Class B
B
C
B
TPL
Texas Pacific Land Corporation
B
C
B
TRP
TC Energy Corporation
B
C
B
TS
Tenaris S.A. Sponsored ADR
B
B
B
URI
United Rentals, Inc.
B
C
B
VLO
Valero Energy Corporation
B
C
B
WSO.B
Watsco, Inc. Class B
B
D
B
Downgraded: Buy to Hold
Symbol
Company
Quantitative Grade
Fundamental Grade
Total Grade
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
C
C
C
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
B
D
C
BSY
Bentley Systems, Incorporated Class B
C
B
C
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
C
B
C
CMS
CMS Energy Corporation
C
C
C
DTE
DTE Energy Company
C
C
C
DUK
Duke Energy Corporation
C
C
C
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
C
C
C
EQIX
Equinix, Inc.
C
B
C
FTNT
Fortinet, Inc.
C
C
C
GEN
Gen Digital Inc.
C
C
C
GFI
Gold Fields Limited Sponsored ADR
C
C
C
GL
Globe Life Inc.
C
B
C
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
C
C
C
HUBS
HubSpot, Inc.
C
B
C
MDB
MongoDB, Inc. Class A
B
C
C
MNST
Monster Beverage Corporation
C
C
C
NET
Cloudflare Inc Class A
C
B
C
NGG
National Grid plc Sponsored ADR
C
C
C
NVR
NVR, Inc.
C
C
C
PATH
UiPath, Inc. Class A
C
B
C
TMUS
T-Mobile US, Inc.
B
C
C
TOST
Toast, Inc. Class A
C
B
C
TYL
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
C
C
C
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
B
D
C
Z
Zillow Group, Inc. Class C
C
B
C
ZG
Zillow Group, Inc. Class A
C
C
C
Upgraded: Sell to Hold
Symbol
Company
Quantitative Grade
Fundamental Grade
Total Grade
A
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
D
C
C
ACM
AECOM
D
B
C
AMX
America Movil SAB de CV Sponsored ADR Class B
D
B
C
BAC
Bank of America Corp
C
C
C
BMO
Bank of Montreal
D
B
C
CPT
Camden Property Trust
D
B
C
CVX
Chevron Corporation
C
D
C
DD
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
C
D
C
DOV
Dover Corporation
C
C
C
DOW
Dow, Inc.
C
D
C
DVN
Devon Energy Corporation
C
C
C
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
C
C
C
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
C
C
C
HRL
Hormel Foods Corporation
D
C
C
HTHT
H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR
C
B
C
JCI
Johnson Controls International plc
D
C
C
KEY
KeyCorp
C
C
C
LNG
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
C
C
C
LOW
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
C
D
C
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group plc Sponsored ADR
C
C
C
MO
Altria Group, Inc.
C
D
C
MTB
M&T Bank Corporation
C
C
C
NWG
NatWest Group Plc Sponsored ADR
D
B
C
PARAA
Paramount Global Class A
D
C
C
PAYC
Paycom Software, Inc.
D
C
C
PFG
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
C
C
C
PNC
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
C
C
C
UHAL
U-Haul Holding Company
C
D
C
USB
U.S. Bancorp
C
C
C
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
C
C
C
Downgraded: Hold to Sell
Symbol
Company
Quantitative Grade
Fundamental Grade
Total Grade
ABEV
Ambev SA Sponsored ADR
D
C
D
AEP
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
D
C
D
AMT
American Tower Corporation
D
C
D
ATO
Atmos Energy Corporation
D
C
D
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
D
C
D
BMRN
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
D
C
D
DHR
Danaher Corporation
D
C
D
DLTR
Dollar Tree, Inc.
D
D
D
DOCU
DocuSign, Inc.
D
B
D
EXC
Exelon Corporation
D
C
D
FSLR
First Solar, Inc.
D
C
D
FTS
Fortis Inc.
D
C
D
FWONA
Liberty Media Corp. Series A Liberty Formula One
D
D
D
FWONK
Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty Formula One
D
D
D
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
D
C
D
KHC
Kraft Heinz Company
D
C
D
LNT
Alliant Energy Corp
D
C
D
LUV
Southwest Airlines Co.
D
B
D
MCD
McDonald's Corporation
D
C
D
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
D
C
D
NI
NiSource Inc
D
C
D
SRE
Sempra
D
C
D
TSLA
Tesla, Inc.
D
C
D
UL
Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR
D
C
D
WEC
WEC Energy Group Inc
D
C
D
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
D
C
D
YUM
Yum! Brands, Inc.
D
C
D
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Sincerely,
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Louis Navellier
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