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 84 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 |
| A | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | B | B | B |
| ABB | ABB Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | B | C | B |
| ALB | Albemarle Corporation | B | D | B |
| BILL | Bill.com Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| BRKR | Bruker Corporation | B | B | B |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | B | C | B |
| GIB | CGI Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| HUM | Humana Inc. | B | C | B |
| LBTYA | Liberty Global Plc Class A | B | C | B |
| LBTYK | Liberty Global Plc Class C | B | C | B |
| LSXMB | Liberty Media Corp. Series B | B | B | B |
| MORN | Morningstar, Inc. | B | C | B |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | B | C | B |
| MSCI | MSCI Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| NET | Cloudflare Inc Class A | B | C | B |
| QCOM | Qualcomm Inc | B | B | B |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | C | B | B |
| UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ABMD | ABIOMED, Inc. | C | C | C |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | D | C | C |
| GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation | C | D | C |
| ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | D | C | C |
| MASI | Masimo Corporation | D | C | C |
| NICE | NICE Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| NMR | Nomura Holdings, Inc. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| RPRX | Royalty Pharma Plc Class A | C | D | C |
| SEDG | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | C | D | C |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ALLE | Allegion PLC | C | C | C |
| AMCR | Amcor PLC | C | C | C |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | B | D | C |
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corporation | B | C | C |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | B | C | C |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | C | B | C |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | C | B | C |
| CI | Cigna Corporation | B | D | C |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | C | C |
| CTVA | Corteva Inc | B | C | C |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | C | C | C |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | B | C | C |
| EIX | Edison International | B | D | C |
| EPAM | EPAM Systems, Inc. | C | C | C |
| FB | Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc | C | C | C |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | C | D | C |
| GLPI | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | C | C | C |
| HSIC | Henry Schein, Inc. | C | C | C |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | C | C | C |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | C | C | C |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | B | D | C |
| LCID | Lucid Group, Inc. | B | D | C |
| MFG | Mizuho Financial Group Inc | B | C | C |
| NUAN | Nuance Communications, Inc. | B | C | C |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | C | C | C |
| PKX | POSCO Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| RACE | Ferrari NV | B | C | C |
| SBSW | Sibanye Stillwater Limited | C | C | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TRU | TransUnion | C | C | C |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | B | C | C |
| WRK | WestRock Company | B | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AES | AES Corporation | D | C | D |
| ANSS | ANSYS, Inc. | D | C | D |
| BF.A | Brown-Forman Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| BSY | Bentley Systems, Incorporated Class B | D | C | D |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | D | D | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | C | D |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | D | D | D |
| OTEX | Open Text Corporation | D | C | D |
| PAYC | Paycom Software, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | D | C | D |
| SHOP | Shopify, Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| SONY | Sony Group Corporation | D | C | D |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | C | D | D |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Group | D | C | D |
| UI | Ubiquiti Inc. | D | D | D |
| XYL | Xylem Inc. | D | D | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier
