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 53 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 |
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | B | D | B |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | B | B | B |
| AMT | American Tower Corporation | B | C | B |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | B | C | B |
| CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | B | C | B |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | B | C | B |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | B | C | B |
| DISCB | Discovery, Inc. Class B | B | C | B |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services | B | C | B |
| HTHT | Huazhu Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR | A | D | B |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | B | C | B |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | B | B | B |
| MCK | McKesson Corporation | B | B | B |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. Class A | B | C | B |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | C | C | C |
| EXAS | Exact Sciences Corporation | B | C | C |
| FTS | Fortis Inc. | C | C | C |
| PAGS | PagSeguro Digital Ltd. Class A | C | C | C |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | D | B | C |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | C | C | C |
| TCOM | Trip.com Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| TWTR | Twitter, Inc. | C | D | C |
| VIAC | ViacomCBS Inc. Class B | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | C | B | C |
| BHP | BHP Group Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| CCK | Crown Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | C | C | C |
| DLR | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | B | C | C |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | C | C | C |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | B | C | C |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | C | C | C |
| FRC | First Republic Bank | C | B | C |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | C | C | C |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | C | B | C |
| LBTYB | Liberty Global Plc Class B | C | C | C |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | C | B | C |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | C | C | C |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | C | D | D |
| CFG | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corporation | D | D | D |
| F | Ford Motor Company | D | B | D |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corporation | C | D | D |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | D | C | D |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corporation | D | C | D |
| NUE | Nucor Corporation | D | C | D |
| STX | Seagate Technology PLC | D | C | D |
| SYY | Sysco 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,
Louis Navellier
