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 75 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 |
| A | Ailgent Technologies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | B | B | B |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | B | C | B |
| APO | Apollo Global Management Inc. | B | D | B |
| CE | Celanese Corporation | B | B | B |
| CNA | CNA Financial Corporation | B | C | B |
| CTLT | Catalent Inc. | B | C | B |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines Inc | B | C | B |
| DHR | Danaher Corporation | B | C | B |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | B | B | B |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| KKR | KKR & Co. Inc. | B | D | B |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NVS | Novartis AG Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| RF | Regions Finanical Corporation | B | C | B |
| ROL | Rollins, Inc. | B | C | B |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | B | C | B |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd, Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| STX | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | B | C | B |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | B | C | B |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Incorporated | B | C | B |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | B | B | B |
| TPL | Texas Pacific Land Corporation | B | B | B |
| VALE | Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: From Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AES | AES Corporation | C | D | C |
| BCS | Barclays PLC Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| BEN | Franklin Resources, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc Sponsored ADR Class A | C | D | C |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | C | C | C |
| FRC | First Republic Bank | D | C | C |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | C | C | C |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | D | C | C |
| KMX | CarMax, Inc. | C | C | C |
| LBTYA | Liberty Global Plc Class A | C | C | C |
| OTEX | Open Text Corporation | C | C | C |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| T | AT&T Inc. | C | C | C |
| TAK | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| U | Unity Software, Inc. | C | C | C |
| VRTS | Viatris, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| AAP | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ABMD | ABIOMED, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CARR | Carrier Global Corp. | C | B | C |
| CME | CME Group Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | C | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | C | C | C |
| DE | Deere & Company | C | C | C |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | C | C | C |
| FERG | Ferguson Plc | C | C | C |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C | B | C | C |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. Class A | B | C | C |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | C | B | C |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | C | B | C |
| KHC | Kraft Heinz Company | C | C | C |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | C | C | C |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | C | C | C |
| SJM | J.M. Smucker Company | C | D | C |
| SPG | Simon Property Group, Inc. | B | C | C |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc. | C | C | C |
| SUI | Sun Communities, Inc. | B | D | C |
| TAP | Molson Coors Beverage Company Class B | C | C | C |
| WMT | Walmart In. | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: From Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade |
Fundamental Grade |
Total Grade |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | D | D | D |
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corporation | D | C | D |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | D | C | D |
| CSGP | CoStar Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc Class C | C | D | D |
| GM | General Motors Company | D | C | D |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| HMC | Hondo Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| IP | International Paper Company | D | C | D |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. Class A | D | C | D |
| TGT | Target Corporation | D | D | D |
| WDAY | Workday Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,
Louis Navellier
