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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 Stock Grader recommendations for 99 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: Strong to Very Strong

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ATI	ATI Inc	A	B	A
COKE	Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	A	C	A
INCY	Incyte Corporation	A	B	A
JBHT	J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.	A	C	A
KLAC	KLA Corporation	A	C	A
RBC	RBC Bearings Incorporated	A	C	A
STT	State Street Corporation	A	C	A
TJX	TJX Companies Inc	A	B	A
VOD	Vodafone Group Public Limited Company Sponsored ADR	A	C	A

Downgraded: Very Strong to Strong

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AA	Alcoa Corporation	A	C	B
ARW	Arrow Electronics, Inc.	B	B	B
B	Barrick Mining Corporation	B	B	B
CW	Curtiss-Wright Corporation	A	C	B
EOG	EOG Resources, Inc.	A	B	B
FN	Fabrinet	A	C	B
LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	B	B	B
MRVL	Marvell Technology, Inc.	A	C	B
NEM	Newmont Corporation	B	B	B
OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corporation	A	C	B
RCI	Rogers Communications Inc. Class B	A	C	B

Upgraded: Neutral to Strong

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AFG	American Financial Group, Inc.	B	C	B
BSAC	Banco Santander-Chile Sponsored ADR	B	C	B
ENTG	Entegris, Inc.	B	B	B
FCX	Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.	B	B	B
FHN	First Horizon Corporation	B	C	B
FITB	Fifth Third Bancorp	B	D	B
GE	GE Aerospace	B	C	B
GWW	W.W. Grainger, Inc.	B	C	B
LIN	Linde plc	B	C	B
MFC	Manulife Financial Corporation	B	B	B
MRNA	Moderna, Inc.	B	C	B
MTB	M&T Bank Corporation	B	C	B
PH	Parker-Hannifin Corporation	B	C	B
ROK	Rockwell Automation, Inc.	B	B	B
ROKU	Roku, Inc. Class A	B	B	B
SJM	J.M. Smucker Company	B	C	B
SLF	Sun Life Financial Inc.	B	C	B
SN	SharkNinja, Inc.	B	C	B
SNA	Snap-on Incorporated	B	C	B
TFC	Truist Financial Corporation	B	C	B
TGT	Target Corporation	B	C	B
UBS	UBS Group AG	B	B	B
UMBF	UMB Financial Corporation	B	B	B
USB	U.S. Bancorp	B	C	B
USFD	US Foods Holding Corp.	B	C	B
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	B	C	B
WSM	Williams-Sonoma, Inc.	B	C	B

Downgraded: Strong to Neutral

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AGNC	AGNC Investment Corp.	C	C	C
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	C	C	C
CCJ	Cameco Corporation	C	B	C
CRWD	CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A	C	C	C
FAST	Fastenal Company	C	C	C
GFI	Gold Fields Limited Sponsored ADR	C	C	C
HAS	Hasbro, Inc.	C	B	C
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.	B	C	C
ILMN	Illumina, Inc.	B	C	C
INSM	Insmed Incorporated	C	C	C
MCK	McKesson Corporation	B	C	C
NTRA	Natera, Inc.	C	C	C
NXPI	NXP Semiconductors NV	C	B	C
PAAS	Pan American Silver Corp.	C	B	C
SAIA	Saia, Inc.	B	C	C

Upgraded: Weak to Neutral

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AIG	American International Group, Inc.	D	C	C
AXP	American Express Company	D	C	C
BF.B	Brown-Forman Corporation Class B	C	D	C
CHD	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	C	C	C
JBS	JBS N.V. Class A	C	C	C
KHC	Kraft Heinz Company	D	C	C
MAS	Masco Corporation	C	C	C
PRU	Prudential Financial, Inc.	C	C	C
SW	Smurfit Westrock PLC	C	D	C
TT	Trane Technologies plc	C	C	C
TXRH	Texas Roadhouse, Inc.	D	C	C
UL	Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR	D	C	C

Downgraded: Neutral to Weak

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AMT	American Tower Corporation	D	B	D
BDX	Becton, Dickinson and Company	C	D	D
CBRE	CBRE Group, Inc. Class A	D	B	D
CCI	Crown Castle Inc.	D	D	D
EQR	Equity Residential	D	D	D
ESS	Essex Property Trust, Inc.	D	C	D
GEN	Gen Digital Inc.	F	A	D
HEI.A	HEICO Corporation Class A	D	B	D
ICLR	ICON Plc	D	D	D
INVH	Invitation Homes, Inc.	D	C	D
ORCL	Oracle Corporation	D	B	D
RKT	Rocket Companies, Inc. Class A	D	B	D
UPS	United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B	D	C	D
VST	Vistra Corp.	D	C	D

Upgraded: Very Weak to Weak

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AJG	Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	F	C	D
BAM	Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Class A	F	C	D
MKL	Markel Group Inc.	D	D	D
MRSH	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.	F	C	D
PNR	Pentair plc	F	C	D
VRSK	Verisk Analytics, Inc.	F	C	D

Downgraded: Weak to Very Weak

Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ABT	Abbott Laboratories	F	C	F
ADBE	Adobe Inc.	F	C	F
DASH	DoorDash, Inc. Class A	F	C	F
HMC	Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR	F	D	F
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	F	C	F

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