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 |
| AAP | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ABMD | ABIOMED, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BBD | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| CCK | Crown Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| DE | Deere & Company | B | C | B |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc. Class C | B | C | B |
| EA | Electronic Arts | B | B | B |
| EQH | Equitable Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | B | B | B |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | B | C | B |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | B | C | B |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | B | C | B |
| LOW | Lowe’s Companies Inc. | B | C | B |
| LUMN | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | B | B | B |
| MA | Mastercard Incorporated Class A | B | B | B |
| MAS | Masco Corporation | B | B | B |
| NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NTAP | NetApp, Inc. | B | B | B |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | B | C | B |
| PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | B | C | B |
| RPM | RPM International Inc. | B | C | B |
| RPRX | Royalty Pharma Plc Class A | B | C | B |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc. | B | C | B |
| SUZ | Suzano SA Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| TAP | Molson Coors Beverage Company Class B | B | C | B |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc. | B | C | B |
| VICI | VICI Properties Inc. | B | C | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ADSK | Autodesk, Inc. | D | C | C |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc. | C | C | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc. | C | D | C |
| CL | Cogate-Palmolive Company | C | C | C |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp | C | C | C |
| CSGP | CoStar Group Inc. | D | B | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | C | C |
| PDD | Pinduoduo, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | D | B | C |
| PKX | POSCO Holdings, Inc. Sponsored ADR | D | B | C |
| SSNC | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutircal Industries Limited | C | D | C |
| TGT | Target Corporation | C | D | C |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. Class A | B | D | C |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | C | C | C |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | C | C | C |
| WRK | WestRock Company | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| A | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ABNB | Airbnb Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | C | C | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | B | C | C |
| CTLT | Catalent Inc. | B | C | C |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, inc. | C | C | C |
| DXCM | DexCom, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | B | D | C |
| F | Ford Motor Company | B | C | C |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc. | B | D | C |
| KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | C | B | C |
| LSXMA | Liberty Media Corp. Series A | C | C | C |
| LSXMK | Liberty Media Corp. Series C | C | C | C |
| LULU | Lululemon Athletica Inc. | C | B | C |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | C | C | C |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | C | C | C |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. | C | B | C |
| NET | Cloudflare Inc Class A | C | C | C |
| PAYC | Paycom Software Inc. | C | B | C |
| POOL | Pool Corporation | C | B | C |
| RACE | Ferrari NV | B | C | C |
| RMD | ResMed Inc. | B | C | C |
| SGEN | Seagen, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | C | C | C |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | B | C |
| TER | Teradyne, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TM | Toyota Motor Corp Sponsored ADR | B | D | C |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corporation | B | D | C |
| XPEV | XPeng, Inc. ADR Sponsored | C | C | C |
| ZS | Zscaler, Inc. | C | B | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| APP | AppLovin Corp. Class A | D | C | D |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | D | C | D |
| LSXMB | Liberty Media Corp. Series B | D | C | D |
| MDT | Medtronic Plc | D | C | D |
| OTEX | Open Text Corporation | D | C | D |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Group | D | D | D |
| SKM | Sk Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | D | D |
| U | Unity Software 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
