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 85 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 |
| AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | B | B | B |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CLR | Continental Resources, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CVNA | Carvana Co. Class A | B | C | B |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | B | B | B |
| KR | Kroger Co. | B | D | B |
| LEN | Lennar Corporation Class A | B | B | B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | B | B | B |
| SKM | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| TRMB | Trimble Inc. | B | B | B |
| TWTR | Twitter, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ADBE | Adobe Inc. | D | C | C |
| BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile Sponsored ADR | D | B | C |
| CGNX | Cognex Corporation | D | B | C |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | D | C | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | C | C | C |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | D | C | C |
| CRM | salesforce.com, inc. | D | B | C |
| FB | Facebook, Inc. Class A | D | B | C |
| FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. | C | C | C |
| GDS | GDS Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | C | D | C |
| IPGP | IPG Photonics Corporation | D | C | C |
| KEP | Korea Electric Power Corporation | C | C | C |
| KGC | Kinross Gold Corporation | C | C | C |
| MSCI | MSCI Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | D | C | C |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | C | C | C |
| PODD | Insulet Corporation | C | C | C |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc | C | C | C |
| RGEN | Repligen Corporation | D | B | C |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | D | B | C |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc | D | B | C |
| WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | C | C | C |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | C | C | C |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | C | B | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| JBHT | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | B | C | C |
| MMM | 3M Company | C | C | C |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | C | C | C |
| NGG | National Grid plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | C | C | C |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | C | C | C |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| SSL | Sasol Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| TFC | Truist Financial Corporation | C | C | C |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | C | B | C |
| ZBRA | Zebra Technologies Corporation Class A | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AME | AMETEK, Inc. | D | C | D |
| ANTM | Anthem, Inc. | D | C | D |
| AON | Aon Plc Class A | D | C | D |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| AWK | American Water Works Company, Inc. | D | D | D |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | D | C | D |
| BLL | Ball Corporation | F | B | D |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | D | C | D |
| CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | D | C | D |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp | D | D | D |
| CDW | CDW Corp. | D | C | D |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | F | C | D |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | D | C | D |
| HSIC | Henry Schein, Inc. | D | C | D |
| ICLR | ICON Plc | D | C | D |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | D | C | D |
| LIN | Linde plc | D | C | D |
| MKL | Markel Corporation | D | C | D |
| NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | D | C | D |
| NTCO | Natura & Co Holding SA | D | C | D |
| NVO | Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored | D | C | D |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | D | D | D |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | D | C | D |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | D | B | D |
| ROL | Rollins, Inc. | D | B | D |
| RSG | Republic Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | D | C | D |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | D | C | D |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier
