Costco
(
COST
),
Eli Lilly
(
LLY
),
Royal Dutch Shell
(
RDS
) and
Walmart
(
WMT
) were among some of the widely held stocks upgraded by Louis
Navellier in his latest fundamental stock analysis on April 12,
2010.
Warehouse retailer
Costco
(
COST
) last week reported net sales of $7.14 billion for March, up 12%
from $6.40 billion last year. The improvement in fundamentals
helped the stock get upgraded from a a C grade or "sell" in
Portfolio Grader to a B grade or "buy" this week.
Costco stock
was downgraded by Louis Navellier on March 29, but has bounced back
quickly.
Pharmaceutical stock
Eli Lilly
(
LLY
) has been showing strength since a federal judge upheld one of the
patents protecting its blockbuster cancer treatment Gemzar on April
1.The stock was upgraded from a D grade or "sell" last week to a C
grade or "hold" this week in Louis Navellier's database of stocks
to buy and sell.
Energy stock
Royal Dutch Shell
(
RDS
) announced today that it will in fact be exiting the retail
business in 21 African nations, but speculation on this move
started to form early last week and helped bolster Shell stock
shares. As a result of this company news, the stock was upgraded
from a D grade or "sell" last week to a C grade or "hold" this
week
Walmart
(
WMT
), has been cutting grocery sales to lure back customers, and
Walmart stock
has been improving as a result. The stock was upgraded from a D
grade or "sell" last week to a C grade or "hold" this wee in
Portfolio Grader's fundamental stock analysis.
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
.
SYMBOL COMPANY SECTOR MARKET CAP (
B
) THIS WEEK LAST WEEK AMT American Tower Telecommunications $17.1 C
D APOL Apollo Group Inc. Consumer Services $9.6 C D BCH Banco de
Chile Commercial Banks $8.5 A B BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. Metals &
Mining $229.0 C D BCR C.R. Bard Inc. Health Care Equipment $8.2 C D
CEO CNOOC Ltd. Oil Gas & Fuels $80.3 C D COST Costco Wholesale
Food & Staples Retailing $27.0 B C DEO Diageo PLC Beverages
$43.6 A B LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Pharmaceuticals $40.5 C D ETR
Entergy Corp. Electric Utilities $15.6 C D GPS Gap Inc. Specialty
Retail $16.8 B C GGB Gerdau S.A. Metals & Mining $16.6 B C HSY
Hershey Co. Food Products $10.1 B C IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc Machinery
$12.0 B C IP International Paper Paper & Forest Products $11.9
A B LYG Lloyds Banking Group Commercial Banks $63.5 C D MAR
Marriott International Inc. Hotels & Restaurants $11.9 C D RL
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. Apparel & Luxury Goods $8.8 B C RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Banks $38.7 C D RDS.A Royal Dutch
Shell (Class A) Oil Gas & Fuels $186.9 C D RDS.B Royal Dutch
Shell Oil Gas & Fuels $78.8 C D SWY Safeway Inc. Food &
Staples Retailing $9.9 B C SO Southern Co. Electric Utilities $27.8
C D SE Spectra Energy Corp. Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels $15.1 B
C STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. Health Care Equipment $13.4 B C UMC
United Microelectronics Corp. Semiconductors $9.8 C D GWW W.W.
Grainger Inc. Trading Companies & Distributors $8.3 B C WMT
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Food & Staples Retailing $208.5 C D WM
Waste Management Inc. Commercial Services & Supplies $16.9 B C
WPPGY WPP Plc ADR Media $13.3 B C