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 157 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 |
| ABC | AmerisourceBergen Corporation | B | C | C |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | C | B | C |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ALLE | Allegion Public Limited Company | C | B | C |
| ATO | Atmos Energy Corporation | C | C | C |
| BCH | Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | C | C | C |
| CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CHWY | Chewy, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | B | D | C |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | C | B | C |
| CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | C | B | C |
| CTRA | Coterra Energy Inc. | B | C | C |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | B | C | C |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | B | C | C |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | B | C | C |
| EQNR | Equinor ASA Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | C | C | C |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | C | B | C |
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | C | B | C |
| FHN | First Horizon Corporation | D | B | C |
| HZNP | Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company | B | C | C |
| ITUB | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd | C | C | C |
| KHC | Kraft Heinz Company | C | C | C |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan Inc Class P | C | C | C |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | D | C | C |
| LULU | Lululemon Athletica Inc | C | B | C |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries NV | B | D | C |
| MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | B | C | C |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corporation | B | C | C |
| NDAQ | Nasdaq, Inc. | C | C | C |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp. | C | C | C |
| OVV | Ovintiv Inc | C | C | C |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | B | C | C |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | C | C | C |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | B | C | C |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | B | C | C |
| RSG | Republic Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| RTX | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | C | C | C |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | C | C | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | C | C |
| TRV | Travelers Companies, Inc. | B | C | C |
| UNH | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | C | C | C |
| VALE | Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | C | C | C |
| WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | C | C | C |
| Upgraded: Hold to Buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| MA | Mastercard Incorporated Class A | B | C | B |
| ICLR | ICON Plc | B | B | B |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | B | C | B |
| RGEN | Repligen Corporation | B | C | B |
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corporation | B | C | B |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | B | C | B |
| AXP | American Express Company | B | C | B |
| MAR | Marriott International, Inc. Class A | B | B | B |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | B | C | B |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc Sponsored ADR Class A | B | B | B |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | B | B | B |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | B | B | B |
| PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ABNB | Airbnb, Inc. Class A | C | B | B |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | B | B | B |
| SAP | SAP SE Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services | B | C | B |
| EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | B | D | B |
| RJF | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | B | C | B |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | B | C | B |
| RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings Plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| BRKR | Bruker Corporation | B | B | B |
| IHG | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| EXAS | Exact Sciences Corporation | B | C | B |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| AER | AerCap Holdings NV | A | B | B |
| WPP | WPP Plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| MGM | MGM Resorts International | B | C | B |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | B | B | B |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc | B | D | B |
| PUK | Prudential plc Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| RF | Regions Financial Corporation | B | B | B |
| AAL | American Airlines Group Inc. | B | B | B |
| DB | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | B | B | B |
| ORAN | Orange SA Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| AMCR | Amcor PLC | B | B | B |
| VTRS | Viatris, Inc. | B | C | B |
| BCS | Barclays PLC Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| ASX | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| AEG | Aegon N.V. ADR | B | C | B |
| GRAB | Grab Holdings Ltd. (Singapore) Class A | B | C | B |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc Sponsored ADR | B | B | B |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. Class A | F | C | D |
| AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | D | C | D |
| AWK | American Water Works Company, Inc. | D | D | D |
| BBDO | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
| BBY | Best Buy Co., Inc. | D | C | D |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | D | C | D |
| BRO | Brown & Brown, Inc. | D | B | D |
| CHKP | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | D | C | D |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| CSX | CSX Corporation | D | C | D |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc | D | C | D |
| DELL | Dell Technologies, Inc. Class C | D | C | D |
| DTE | DTE Energy Company | D | C | D |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | D | C | D |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | D | C | D |
| EBR | Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA-Eletrobras Sponsored ADR | C | D | D |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc. | D | D | D |
| ES | Eversource Energy | D | C | D |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial, Inc. - FNF Group | D | D | D |
| FOX | Fox Corporation Class B | D | C | D |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| FTS | Fortis Inc. | D | C | D |
| HPQ | HP Inc. | D | D | D |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | F | C | D |
| HSIC | Henry Schein, Inc. | D | C | D |
| JKHY | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | D | C | D |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | D | C | D |
| KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | D | C | D |
| KR | Kroger Co. | F | C | D |
| LH | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | D | D | D |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | D | C | D |
| LNT | Alliant Energy Corp | D | C | D |
| NGG | National Grid plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| NU | Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A | D | B | D |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. Class A | D | C | D |
| SPGI | S&P Global, Inc. | D | C | D |
| TGT | Target Corporation | D | C | D |
| VTR | Ventas, Inc. | D | C | D |
| WELL | Welltower Inc. | D | D | D |
| ZS | Zscaler, Inc. | D | B | D |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BAC | Bank of America Corp | D | C | C |
| BIO.B | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class B | C | C | C |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | C | C | C |
| CBRE | CBRE Group, Inc. Class A | C | D | C |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A | D | B | C |
| CTLT | Catalent Inc | C | C | C |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | D | B | C |
| F | Ford Motor Company | C | D | C |
| GLW | Corning Inc | C | D | C |
| HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc. Sponsored ADR | C | D | C |
| MGA | Magna International Inc. | C | D | C |
| NTES | Netease Inc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | C | C | C |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | D | C | C |
| PYPL | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | D | B | C |
| SE | Sea Ltd. (Singapore) Sponsored ADR Class A | D | C | C |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| SONY | Sony Group Corporation Sponsored ADR | D | C | C |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | C | C | C |
| TWLO | Twilio, Inc. Class A | D | C | C |
| WST | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ZBRA | Zebra Technologies Corporation Class A | D | C | 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
