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 99 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: Hold to Buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABMD | ABIOMED, Inc. | B | B | B |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | B | B | B |
| BBVA | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| CBOE | Cboe Global Markets Inc | B | B | B |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | B | C | B |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | B | C | B |
| DHR | Danaher Corporation | B | C | B |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | B | C | B |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR | C | B | B |
| ES | Eversource Energy | B | C | B |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | B | C | B |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | B | D | B |
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | B | B | B |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | B | C | B |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| HOLX | Hologic, Inc. | B | C | B |
| HSBC | HSBC Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| IPG | Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| IQV | IQVIA Holdings Inc | B | C | B |
| IT | Gartner, Inc. | B | C | B |
| JBHT | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | B | C | B |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International plc | B | B | B |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | B | C | B |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries NV | B | D | B |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | B | B | B |
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | B | C | B |
| MKC.V | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | B | C | B |
| PCTY | Paylocity Holding Corp. | B | B | B |
| PDD | Pinduoduo, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | B | B | B |
| PODD | Insulet Corporation | B | D | B |
| PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | B | D | B |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. Class B | B | C | B |
| SCI | Service Corporation International | B | C | B |
| STT | State Street Corporation | B | C | B |
| T | AT&T Inc. | B | C | B |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | B | C | B |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | B | C | B |
| TRI | Thomson Reuters Corporation | B | C | B |
| TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | B | C | B |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | B | C | B |
| WAT | Waters Corporation | B | C | B |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | B | D | B |
| WTW | Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | B | D | B |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | B | D | B |
| YUMC | Yum China Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | C | C | C |
| APO | Apollo Global Management Inc. | B | D | C |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | C | B | C |
| AVB | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | D | B | C |
| BGNE | BeiGene Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc Sponsored ADR Class A | D | C | C |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | C | D | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | D | C | C |
| CCI | Crown Castle Inc. | C | C | C |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | C | C | C |
| DELL | Dell Technologies, Inc. Class C | C | D | C |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | C | B | C |
| EQR | Equity Residential | D | C | C |
| EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | D | C | C |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation Class A | D | C | C |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| HTHT | H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| JD | JD.com, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | D | B | C |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| LI | Li Auto, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | C | C | C |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| NTES | Netease Inc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | C | C | C |
| PEAK | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | D | B | C |
| PKX | POSCO Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | C | C | C |
| TER | Teradyne, Inc. | C | C | C |
| UBER | Uber Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | C | D | C |
| XP | XP Inc. Class A | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BDX | Becton, Dickinson and Company | B | C | C |
| CLX | Clorox Company | B | C | C |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | B | C | C |
| EQH | Equitable Holdings, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EXR | Extra Space Storage Inc. | C | B | C |
| F | Ford Motor Company | B | C | C |
| FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. | C | B | C |
| LEN | Lennar Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Incorporated | C | B | C |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | B | C | C |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | C | C | C |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | C | C | C |
| ZI | ZoomInfo Technologies Inc | D | B | C |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| UHAL | AMERCO | D | C | D |
| BEN | Franklin Resources, Inc. | D | D | D |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
| GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation | D | C | D |
| GSK | GSK plc Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
| NEM | Newmont Corporation | D | C | D |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | D | D | D |
| TRMB | Trimble 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,
Source: InvestorPlace unless otherwise noted
Louis Navellier
