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 95 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 |
| ALLE | Allegion PLC | B | C | B |
| BBD | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd | B | B | B |
| BBDO | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| BCH | Banco de Chil Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| BHP | BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| BLL | Ball Corporation | B | C | B |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | B | C | B |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | B | D | B |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | B | C | B |
| CTVA | Corteva Inc | B | B | B |
| DOW | Dow, Inc. | B | B | B |
| ENTG | Entegris, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FB | Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc | B | C | B |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | B | C | B |
| HSIC | Henry Scein, Inc. | B | C | B |
| HUBS | HubSpot Inc. | B | B | B |
| ICLR | ICON Plc | B | C | B |
| J | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | B | D | B |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | B | C | B |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | B | C | B |
| NUAN | Nuance Communications Inc. | B | D | B |
| ORAN | Orange SA Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| PKG | Packaging Corporation of America | B | B | B |
| RCI | Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| SBSW | Sibanye Stillwater Limited Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co. | B | C | B |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | B | C | B |
| TRU | TransUnion | B | C | B |
| URI | United Rentals Inc. | B | C | B |
| V | Visa Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | B | C | B |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | B | C | B |
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. Class A | B | C | B |
| WRK | WestRock Company | B | C | B |
| ZS | Zscaler Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AES | AES Corporation | D | C | C |
| AFRM | Affirm Holdings Inc Class A | C | D | C |
| ANSS | ANSYS Inc | D | C | C |
| BF.A | Brown-Forman Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| BSY | Bentley Systems, Incorporated Class B | C | C | C |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | C | C | C |
| FICO | Fair Isaac Corporation | B | C | C |
| FLT | FLEETCOR Technologies Inc. | D | C | C |
| FMS | Fresnuis Medical Care AG & Co. | C | C | C |
| GGG | Graco Inc. | C | C | C |
| GLW | Corning Inc. | B | C | B |
| INCY | Incyte Corporation | D | B | C |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A | C | C | C |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings Inc. | C | C | C |
| LII | Lennox International Inc. | C | D | C |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | C | D | C |
| PAYC | Paycom Software Inc. | D | C | C |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc | C | C | C |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | C | C | C |
| TCOM | Trip.com Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| TTC | Toro Company | C | C | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| WOLF | Wolfspeed Inc. | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AAL | American Airlines Group Inc. | C | C | C |
| ABB | ABB Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies Inc. | C | C | C |
| CAJ | Canon Inc. Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| CMSCA | Comcast Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| DHI | D.R. Horton Inc. | C | B | C |
| DXCM | DexCom Inc. | C | C | C |
| GE | General Electric Company | B | D | C |
| HEI | HEICO Corporation | C | C | C |
| JHX | James Hardie Industries PLC | C | B | C |
| LEN.B | Lennar Corporation Class B | C | C | C |
| LSXMB | Liberty Media Corp. Series B Liberty Sirius XM | C | B | C |
| MPW | Medical Properties Trust Inc. | C | C | C |
| NWSA | News Corporation Class A | C | B | C |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | C | C | C |
| SIVB | SVB Financial Group | B | C | C |
| STM | STMicroelectronics NV ADR RegS | C | B | C |
| UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. | C | B | C |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance | C | C | C |
| WDC | Western Digital Corporation | D | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ABMD | ABIOMED Inc. | D | C | D |
| ALGN | Align Technology Inc. | D | B | D |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | D | D | D |
| CLX | Clorox Company | D | C | D |
| CRM | salesforce.com inc. | D | C | D |
| IAC | IAC/InteractiveCorp. | D | C | D |
| ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | D | C | D |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | D | C | D |
| MASI | Masimo Corporation | D | C | D |
| MMM | 3M Company | D | C | D |
| PTC | PTC Inc. | D | B | D |
| ROL | Rollins Inc. | D | C | 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
