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

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Sincerely,

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