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 121 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 | ||||
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Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
AAPL | Apple Inc. | B | C | B |
AEE | Ameren Corporation | B | C | B |
AGL | agilon health inc | B | C | B |
AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | B | C | B |
ATO | Atmos Energy Corporation | B | C | B |
ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | B | C | B |
CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | C | B |
CNP | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | B | C | B |
CP | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | B | B | B |
CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | B | B | B |
CRM | Salesforce, Inc. | B | B | B |
CTRA | Coterra Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
CUBE | CubeSmart | B | B | B |
CVX | Chevron Corporation | B | C | B |
ELV | Elevance Health, Inc. | B | C | B |
EXC | Exelon Corporation | B | C | B |
FDS | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | B | B | B |
FDX | FedEx Corporation | B | C | B |
HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | B | C | B |
INTU | Intuit Inc. | B | B | B |
KMI | Kinder Morgan Inc Class P | B | C | B |
LSI | Life Storage, Inc. | B | C | B |
MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | B | C | B |
NEE | NextEra Energy, Inc. | B | C | B |
NICE | NICE Ltd Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
NKE | NIKE, Inc. Class B | B | B | B |
OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | B | C | B |
PG | Procter & Gamble Company | B | C | B |
PINS | Pinterest, Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
SO | Southern Company | B | C | B |
SRE | Sempra Energy | B | C | B |
TAP.A | Molson Coors Beverage Company Class A | B | D | B |
TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | B | C | B |
UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | B | C | B |
WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | B | C | B |
WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | B | C | B |
WMT | Walmart Inc. | B | C | B |
XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | B | C | B |
Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
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Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
ABNB | Airbnb, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
AES | AES Corporation | B | C | C |
AVY | Avery Dennison Corporation | B | C | C |
AXP | American Express Company | C | C | C |
BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Limited Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | C | B | C |
CSL | Carlisle Companies Incorporated | C | B | C |
DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | C | B | C |
DD | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | C | C | C |
DFS | Discover Financial Services | C | C | C |
DG | Dollar General Corporation | C | C | C |
GRAB | Grab Holdings Ltd. (Singapore) Class A | C | C | C |
HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | C | B | C |
HMC | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
HON | Honeywell International Inc. | B | C | C |
HZNP | Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company | B | C | C |
LI | Li Auto, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | C | B | C |
LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
MET | MetLife, Inc. | C | C | C |
MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | C | C | C |
MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | B | C | C |
MS | Morgan Stanley | C | C | C |
PUK | Prudential plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
QGEN | QIAGEN NV | C | C | C |
RF | Regions Financial Corporation | C | B | C |
RIO | Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
RJF | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | C | C | C |
STT | State Street Corporation | C | B | C |
TEF | Telefonica SA Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | C | C | C |
TXT | Textron Inc. | C | C | C |
VRSK | Verisk Analytics Inc | C | C | C |
WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | B | C | C |
WTW | Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | B | C | C |
Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
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Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | C | C | C |
AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | C | C | C |
AMT | American Tower Corporation | C | D | C |
BEPC | Brookfield Renewable Corp. Class A | D | B | C |
BKR | Baker Hughes Company Class A | C | C | C |
BX | Blackstone Inc. | C | C | C |
CCI | Crown Castle Inc. | D | C | C |
CHD | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | C | D | C |
COIN | Coinbase Global, Inc. Class A | C | D | C |
CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
DELL | Dell Technologies, Inc. Class C | C | C | C |
DTE | DTE Energy Company | C | C | C |
DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | C | C | C |
ENB | Enbridge Inc. | C | D | C |
ES | Eversource Energy | C | C | C |
EW | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | D | B | C |
EXR | Extra Space Storage Inc. | C | C | C |
FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | C | D | C |
FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | C | C | C |
FTS | Fortis Inc. | C | C | C |
GFI | Gold Fields Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation | C | D | C |
HPQ | HP Inc. | C | D | C |
LNT | Alliant Energy Corp | C | C | C |
PSA | Public Storage | C | C | C |
QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | C | C | C |
REXR | Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | C | C | C |
RPRX | Royalty Pharma Plc Class A | C | D | C |
SBAC | SBA Communications Corp. Class A | D | C | C |
TYL | Tyler Technologies, Inc. | C | C | C |
WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | B | C | C |
ZS | Zscaler, Inc. | D | B | C |
Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
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Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
AIG | American International Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
ALL | Allstate Corporation | D | D | D |
BBDO | Banco Bradesco S.A. Sponsored ADR | D | B | D |
BSBR | Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
FOXA | Fox Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | D | B | D |
J | Jacobs Solutions Inc. | D | C | D |
JBHT | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | D | C | D |
JD | JD.com, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A | D | C | D |
MKL | Markel Corporation | D | C | D |
PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | D | D | D |
PYPL | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | D | B | D |
RY | Royal Bank of Canada | D | C | D |
SCHW | Charles Schwab Corp | D | C | D |
WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | D | C | D |
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Sincerely,

Louis Navellier