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 64 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 |
| EXPE | Expedia Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FERG | Ferguson Plc | B | C | B |
| H | Hyatt Hotels & Corporation Class A | B | C | B |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | B | B | B |
| LCID | Lucid Group, Inc. | B | D | B |
| LKQ | LKQ Corporation | B | C | B |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | B | C | B |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | B | B | B |
| RPRX | Royalty Pharma Plc Class A | B | D | B |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc. | B | C | B |
| WOLF | Wolfspeed Inc | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AAL | American Airlines Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| AER | AerCap Holdings NV | C | C | C |
| CRH | CRH Plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | C | C | C |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc | C | C | C |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| PHM | PulteGroup Inc. | D | B | C |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| T | AT&T Inc. | C | C | C |
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | C | C | C |
| AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | B | D | C |
| AMCR | Amcor PLC | C | C | C |
| AMT | American Tower Corporation | B | C | C |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | C | B | C |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | B | C | C |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | C | C | C |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | B | C | C |
| HEI.A | HEICO Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| HOLX | Hologic, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | C | B | C |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | C | C | C |
| LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | B | C | C |
| MCO | Moody’s Corporation | C | C | C |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | C | C | C |
| NTAP | NetApp, Inc. | C | B | C |
| PCG | PG&E Corporation | B | C | C |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | B | D | C |
| SBSW | Sibyane Stillwater Limited Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | C | C | C |
| TEAM | Atlassian Corp. Plc Class A | B | C | C |
| TECH | Bio-Techne Corporation | C | B | C |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | B | C | C |
| WIT | Wipro Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| WTW | Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AES | AES Corporation | D | D | D |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc Class C | C | D | D |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | D | C | D |
| ELAN | Elanco Animal Health, Inc. | D | C | D |
| GGG | Graco Inc. | D | C | D |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc. | C | D | D |
| HAS | Hasbro Inc. | D | C | D |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | D | C | D |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | D | C | D |
| ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | D | C | D |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | D | D |
| KMX | CarMax, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MDT | Medtronic Plc | D | C | D |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. Class A | D | C | D |
| VMW | VMware Inc. Class A | 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
