Upgrades This Week – BA, GIS, MSFT, NKE, PFE, GSK, MRK

by Louis Navellier | March 2, 2010 12:59 pm

Boeing (BA[1]), General Mills (GIS[2]), Microsoft (MSFT[3]), and Nike (NKE[4]) were among the widely-held stocks upgraded by Louis Navellier in his latest fundamental stock analysis on March 1, 2010.

Boeing (BA) remains a strong candidate for a Department of Defense contract to supply the U.S. with nearly 200 new tanker aircraft, and investors are highly anticipating BA’s bid on the project. Boeing was upgraded from “hold” to “buy” in Portfolio Grader this week[5] as a result. 
 
General Mills (GIS) announced in late February that it expects to triple sales in China over the next five years as it focuses on international opportunities. Investors have been bidding up the stock on this plan. General Mills was upgraded to “strong buy” from “buy” in Portfolio Grader on Monday morning.[6]

Mircosoft (MSFT[3]) raised eyebrows last week with a patent cross-licensing deal with Amazon.com (AMZN[7]) in a move that some think may tie the success of the e-reader to MSFT. Microsoft was upgraded to “strong buy” from “buy” in Portfolio Grader on Monday morning.[8]

Nike (NKE[4]) opened the week with a new 52-week high, and is benefiting from the run-up to the World Cup this summer with its strong advertising partnerships. Nike was upgraded from “hold” to “buy” in Portfolio Grader this week[9] as a result.

Other notable companies upgraded this Monday include drug companies Merck (MRK[10]), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK[11]) and Pfizer (PFE[12]).

About Portfolio Grader: Every Sunday, renowned growth stock adviser Louis Navellier runs a fundamental analysis on the top 5,000 Wall Street companies. Armed with this research, Navellier offers a rating for each company reflected as  a simple letter grade, with A being “strong buy” and F being “strong sell.” Portfolio Grader’s stock data is free and open to the public, and can be accessed online here[13].

 

Sym. Company Name Sector
Market Cap (B)
This Week’s Grade
Last Week’s Grade
ABT Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceuticals
$83.96
B
D
AZN AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
$63.96
B
C
BA Boeing Co. Aerospace & Defense
$45.87
B
C
BDX Becton Dickinson & Co. Health Care Equipment
$18.35
B
C
CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Beverages
$12.49
B
C
COV Covidien PLC Health Care Equipment
$24.56
B
C
CPB Campbell Soup Co. Food Products
$11.43
B
C
DCM NTT DoCoMo Inc. Telecommunications
$64.36
B
C
DOW Dow Chemical Co. Chemicals
$32.38
A
B
EMR Emerson Electric Co. Electrical Equipment
$35.62
B
C
FMS Fresenius Medical Care Health Care Providers
$15.41
B
C
GGB Gerdau S.A. Metals & Mining
$13.65
B
C
GIS General Mills Inc. Food Products
$23.72
A
B
GSK GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
$94.17
B
C
INTU Intuit Inc. Software
$10.23
B
C
KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Oil Gas & Fuels
$18.58
B
C
LO Lorillard Inc. Tobacco
$11.39
B
C
MHS Medco Health Solutions Health Care Providers
$30.13
B
C
MRK Merck & Co Inc Pharmaceuticals
$77.79
B
C
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Software
$252.61
A
B
NKE Nike Inc. (Cl B) Textiles & Apparel
$32.95
B
C
NLY Annaly Capital Management REITs
$10.17
B
C
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace & Defense
$18.80
B
C
NVS Novartis AG (ADS) Pharmaceuticals
$125.82
A
B
PCP Precision Castparts Corp. Aerospace & Defense
$15.97
B
C
PEP PepsiCo Inc. Beverages
$97.77
B
C
PFE Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals
$141.62
B
C
PG Procter & Gamble Co. Household Products
$183.80
B
C
PHI Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications
$10.52
A
B
RAI Reynolds American Inc. Tobacco
$15.38
A
B
RCI Rogers Communications Telecommunications
$19.57
B
C
SHPGY Shire PLC (ADS) Pharmaceuticals
$11.64
A
B
TROW T. Rowe Price Group Inc. Capital Markets
$13.11
B
C
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Semiconductors
$30.23
A
B
UTX United Technologies Aerospace & Defense
$64.31
B
C
VMW VMware Inc. Software
$19.94
B
C
WLP WellPoint Inc. Health Care Providers
$28.77
B
D

 

 

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  5. Boeing was upgraded from “hold” to “buy” in Portfolio Grader this week: http://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BA
  6. General Mills was upgraded to “strong buy” from “buy” in Portfolio Grader on Monday morning.: http://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=GIS
  7. AMZN: http://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=AMZN
  8. Microsoft was upgraded to “strong buy” from “buy” in Portfolio Grader on Monday morning.: http://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MSFT
  9. Nike was upgraded from “hold” to “buy” in Portfolio Grader this week: http://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=NKE
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