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 80 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:

	Downgraded: Buy to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ABEV	Ambev SA Sponsored ADR	C	B	C
AEE	Ameren Corporation	C	C	C
AEP	American Electric Power Company, Inc.	B	C	C
APO	Apollo Global Management Inc.	B	D	C
AXP	American Express Company	C	C	C
BSBR	Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR	C	C	C
CMS	CMS Energy Corporation	C	C	C
CNA	CNA Financial Corporation	C	C	C
DG	Dollar General Corporation	B	C	C
DGX	Quest Diagnostics Incorporated	B	C	C
DTE	DTE Energy Company	C	C	C
EMR	Emerson Electric Co.	C	C	C
ETN	Eaton Corp. Plc	C	C	C
ETR	Entergy Corporation	C	C	C
EXC	Exelon Corporation	B	C	C
FE	FirstEnergy Corp.	B	C	C
GOLD	Barrick Gold Corporation	C	C	C
GS	Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	B	D	C
HON	Honeywell International Inc.	C	C	C
IR	Ingersoll Rand Inc.	C	C	C
ITW	Illinois Tool Works Inc.	C	C	C
LAMR	Lamar Advertising Company Class A	C	C	C
LDOS	Leidos Holdings, Inc.	B	C	C
PEG	Public Service Enterprise Group Inc	C	C	C
PEP	PepsiCo, Inc.	C	C	C
PH	Parker-Hannifin Corporation	C	C	C
RELX	RELX PLC Sponsored ADR	C	C	C
RPRX	Royalty Pharma Plc Class A	C	B	C
TDY	Teledyne Technologies Incorporated	C	C	C
TT	Trane Technologies plc	C	B	C
WEC	WEC Energy Group Inc	C	C	C
WM	Waste Management, Inc.	C	C	C
WTRG	Essential Utilities, Inc.	C	B	C
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	B	C	C
XYL	Xylem Inc.	B	C	C
YUM	Yum! Brands, Inc.	B	D	C

	Upgraded: Hold to Buy
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AER	AerCap Holdings NV	B	C	B
BLDR	Builders FirstSource, Inc.	B	B	B
BWA	BorgWarner Inc.	B	B	B
GDDY	GoDaddy, Inc. Class A	B	C	B
HBAN	Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	C	B	B
HCA	HCA Healthcare Inc	B	D	B
HDB	HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR	B	C	B
MCHP	Microchip Technology Incorporated	B	B	B
MRNA	Moderna, Inc.	B	D	B
NVS	Novartis AG Sponsored ADR	B	C	B
O	Realty Income Corporation	B	C	B
PKX	POSCO Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR	B	D	B
RF	Regions Financial Corporation	B	B	B
RMD	ResMed Inc.	B	C	B
SAN	Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR	B	B	B
UL	Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR	B	B	B
WMG	Warner Music Group Corp. Class A	C	B	B

	Downgraded: Hold to Sell
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ABNB	Airbnb, Inc. Class A	D	B	D
ATVI	Activision Blizzard, Inc.	D	C	D
BIP	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.	D	C	D
CSCO	Cisco Systems, Inc.	D	C	D
DOCU	DocuSign, Inc.	D	C	D
DOV	Dover Corporation	D	C	D
EA	Electronic Arts Inc.	D	C	D
FTS	Fortis Inc.	D	C	D
HRL	Hormel Foods Corporation	D	C	D
ICE	Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.	D	D	D
KDP	Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	D	C	D
LSXMA	Liberty Media Corp. Series A Liberty SiriusXM	D	C	D
LSXMK	Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty SiriusXM	D	C	D
LUV	Southwest Airlines Co.	D	C	D
NEM	Newmont Corporation	D	C	D
PG	Procter & Gamble Company	D	C	D
PLD	Prologis, Inc.	D	C	D
TGT	Target Corporation	D	D	D
ZI	ZoomInfo Technologies Inc	D	B	D

	Upgraded: Sell to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ANSS	ANSYS, Inc.	D	C	C
BK	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	C	C	C
FNF	Fidelity National Financial, Inc. - FNF Group	C	D	C
ICL	ICL Group Ltd.	C	B	C
LBTYA	Liberty Global Plc Class A	D	B	C
MTB	M&T Bank Corporation	C	C	C
NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	C	D	C
USB	U.S. Bancorp	D	C	C