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 62 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 |
| ALGN | Align Technology, Inc. | B | B | B |
| COIN | Coinbase Global, Inc. Class A | B | B | B |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | B | C | B |
| ELS | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | B | C | B |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation Class A | B | B | B |
| FWONA | Liberty Media Corp. Series A Liberty Formula One | B | C | B |
| FWONK | Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty Formula One | B | C | B |
| HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc | B | C | B |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | B | B | B |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | B | C | B |
| LW | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| NKE | NIKE, Inc. Class B | B | C | B |
| VRSN | VeriSign, Inc. | B | C | B |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | B | C | B |
| Downgraded: Buy to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AIG | American International Group, Inc. | B | C | C |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| ATO | Atmos Energy Corporation | B | C | C |
| BCS | Barclays PLC Sponsored ADR | C | B | C |
| BGNE | BeiGene Ltd Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| BSBR | Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| CDAY | Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. | C | C | C |
| CSX | CSX Corporation | B | C | C |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | B | C | C |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | C | C | C |
| GGG | Graco Inc. | C | C | C |
| GL | Globe Life Inc. | C | C | C |
| HEI | HEICO Corporation | C | C | C |
| HEI.A | HEICO Corporation Class A | C | C | C |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc | C | C | C |
| ITUB | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd | C | B | C |
| KKR | KKR & Co Inc | C | B | C |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | C | C | C |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | B | C | C |
| NBIX | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | C | B | C |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp. | C | C | C |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | C | C | C |
| PSTG | Pure Storage, Inc. Class A | B | C | C |
| RBA | RB Global, Inc. | C | C | C |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | C | C | C |
| RTO | Rentokil Initial plc Sponsored ADR | C | C | C |
| SRPT | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | C | C | C |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | C | C | C |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | C | C | C |
| Upgraded: Sell to Hold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | C | C | C |
| BEN | Franklin Resources, Inc. | C | C | C |
| HD | Home Depot, Inc. | C | C | C |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | C | C | C |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | C | D | C |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | C | D | C |
| PCTY | Paylocity Holding Corp. | D | B | C |
| SNAP | Snap, Inc. Class A | C | C | C |
| SSNC | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | C | C | C |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | C | C | C |
| Downgraded: Hold to Sell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ALNY | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc | D | C | D |
| CBRE | CBRE Group, Inc. Class A | D | D | D |
| ENB | Enbridge Inc. | D | C | D |
| EVRG | Evergy, Inc. | D | C | D |
| GPC | Genuine Parts Company | F | C | D |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | D | C | D |
| TRV | Travelers Companies, Inc. | D | C | D |
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | D | C | D |
| ZM | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Class A | F | B | 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
