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 107 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 Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | B | D | B |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ASX | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| EXPD | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | B | C | B |
| GRAB | Grab Holdings Limited Class A | B | C | B |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | B | C | B |
| NWS | News Corporation Class B | B | C | B |
| NWSA | News Corporation Class A | B | C | B |
| OKTA | Okta, Inc. Class A | B | B | B |
| OTEX | Open Text Corporation | B | B | B |
| PINS | Pinterest, Inc. Class A | B | C | B |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. Class A | B | C | B |
| TEAM | Atlassian Corp Class A | B | C | B |
| UMC | United Microelectronics Corp. Sponsored ADR | B | C | B |
| Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Limited Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| BHP | BHP Group Ltd Sponsored American Depositary Receipt Repr 2 Shs | C | C | C |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc Sponsored ADR Class A | C | C | C |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BRK.A | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| BURL | Burlington Stores, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | C | B | C |
| CLX | Clorox Company | B | C | C |
| CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | C | B | C |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Company | C | C | C |
| CQP | Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | C | B | C |
| DB | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | C | B | C |
| DE | Deere & Company | C | B | C |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | D | C | C |
| HES | Hess Corporation | B | C | C |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | C | C | C |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | C | B | C |
| IRM | Iron Mountain, Inc. | C | B | C |
| K | Kellogg Company | C | C | C |
| LKQ | LKQ Corporation | C | C | C |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | C | C | C |
| LPLA | LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | C | B | C |
| LYG | Lloyds Banking Group plc Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| MAR | Marriott International, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| NUE | Nucor Corporation | C | C | C |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | C | C | C |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | C | B | C |
| RTX | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | C | C | C |
| SHEL | Shell Plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| SLB | Schlumberger N.V. | C | B | C |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | C | B | C |
| TRV | Travelers Companies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TTE | TotalEnergies SE Sponsored ADR | B | C | C |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty Inc. | C | C | C |
| VICI | VICI Properties Inc | C | B | C |
| VMW | VMware, Inc. Class A | C | B | C |
| WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | C | C | C |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | B | C | C |
| ZTS | Zoetis, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | D | C | C |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | C | C | C |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | C | D | C |
| DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | C | C | C |
| EPAM | EPAM Systems, Inc. | D | C | C |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | D | B | C |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology, Inc. | B | C | C |
| REXR | Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | D | B | C |
| SNAP | Snap, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| SQ | Block, Inc. Class A | D | C | C |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Group | C | C | C |
| TWLO | Twilio, Inc. Class A | D | B | C |
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. Class A | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | D | C | D |
| ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | D | C | D |
| ALL | Allstate Corporation | D | D | D |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | D | C | D |
| BF.B | Brown-Forman Corporation Class B | D | C | D |
| CB | Chubb Limited | D | C | D |
| CBRE | CBRE Group, Inc. Class A | D | D | D |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | D | B | D |
| CME | CME Group Inc. Class A | D | C | D |
| CTRA | Coterra Energy Inc. | D | C | D |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company | D | C | D |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | D | D | D |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. | D | C | D |
| ELS | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | D | C | D |
| EQNR | Equinor ASA Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| EQT | EQT Corporation | D | C | D |
| FMC | FMC Corporation | D | C | D |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation Class A | D | C | D |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | D | C | D |
| IX | ORIX Corporation Sponsored ADR | D | D | D |
| L | Loews Corporation | D | C | D |
| MO | Altria Group, Inc. | D | C | D |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corporation | D | D | D |
| MT | ArcelorMittal SA ADR | D | C | D |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | D | C | D |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | D | D | D |
| PSA | Public Storage | D | C | D |
| RPM | RPM International Inc. | D | C | D |
| RY | Royal Bank of Canada | D | C | D |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | D | B | D |
| SUZ | Suzano SA Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| SYY | Sysco Corporation | D | B | D |
| TEF | Telefonica SA Sponsored ADR | D | C | D |
| TGT | Target Corporation | D | C | D |
| VALE | Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR | 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
