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 105 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 |
| BAP | Credicorp Ltd. | C | B | C |
| BF.B | Brown-Forman Corporation Class B | C | C | C |
| BG | Bunge Limited | C | C | C |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | C | C | C |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc | C | C | C |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | B | C | C |
| GIB | CGI Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | B | C | C |
| HDB | HDFC Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| HSBC | HSBC Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR | B | D | C |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Limited Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | C | C | C |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | C | C | C |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | C | B | C |
| LULU | Lululemon Athletica Inc | C | C | C |
| MA | Mastercard Incorporated Class A | C | C | C |
| MSCI | MSCI Inc. Class A | B | C | C |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | B | C | C |
| NVS | Novartis AG Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| O | Realty Income Corporation | C | B | C |
| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | C | C | C |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | C | C | C |
| QGEN | QIAGEN NV | C | C | C |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| SAN | Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| SO | Southern Company | C | C | C |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | C | C | C |
| TAP.A | Molson Coors Beverage Company Class A | B | D | C |
| TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | C | C | C |
| UHS | Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B | B | C | C |
| UL | Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| V | Visa Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. Class A | C | B | C |
| Upgraded: Hold to Buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CDAY | Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. | B | B | B |
| CPRT | Copart, Inc. | B | C | B |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | B | C | B |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | B | C | B |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | B | C | B |
| ETN | Eaton Corp. Plc | B | C | B |
| GE | General Electric Company | B | C | B |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | B | C | B |
| LAMR | Lamar Advertising Company Class A | B | C | B |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | B | C | B |
| MKTX | MarketAxess Holdings Inc. | B | C | B |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | B | C | B |
| PHM | PulteGroup, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | B | B | B |
| SGEN | Seagen, Inc. | B | C | B |
| STM | STMicroelectronics NV ADR RegS | B | B | B |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | B | C | B |
| TT | Trane Technologies plc | B | B | B |
| TXT | Textron Inc. | B | C | B |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | B | C | B |
| WSO | Watsco, Inc. | B | C | B |
| WSO.B | Watsco, Inc. Class B | B | C | B |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | D | C | D |
| ACN | Accenture Plc Class A | D | C | D |
| BBD | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd | D | C | D |
| BBDO | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | D | C | D |
| CCI | Crown Castle Inc. | D | C | D |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | D | C | D |
| DEO | Diageo plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| DT | Dynatrace, Inc. | D | C | D |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| GLW | Corning Inc | D | C | D |
| KKR | KKR & Co Inc | D | D | D |
| LBTYK | Liberty Global Plc Class C | D | B | D |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | D | D | D |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | D | C | D |
| MORN | Morningstar, Inc. | D | C | D |
| NOK | Nokia Oyj Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | D | C | D |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | D | B | D |
| PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | D | C | D |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | D | C | D |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| TEF | Telefonica SA Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| TRP | TC Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | D | C | D |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | D | C | D |
| VEEV | Veeva Systems Inc Class A | D | C | D |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABNB | Airbnb, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| AMH | American Homes 4 Rent Class A | D | B | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | D | C | C |
| BN | Brookfield Corporation | C | C | C |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | D | C | C |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | D | C | C |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | C | C | C |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | C | C | C |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | C | D | C |
| NEM | Newmont Corporation | C | C | C |
| NU | Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A | D | B | C |
| POOL | Pool Corporation | D | C | C |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. Class A | C | D | C |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | D | B | C |
| TER | Teradyne, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | D | B | C |
| UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| WELL | Welltower Inc | C | D | C |
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
