Is it fair to assume that stocks that are most recently upgraded to a POWR Rating of A (Strong Buy) have the most upside potential?
Yes
Is it also fair to assume that stocks that emerge as POWR Rating of A (Strong Buy), during periods of severe market volatility are in general safer stocks that will better handle future market distress?
Yes
Look no further than the stock sitting on top of the upgrade list to prove my second point. There you find Abbott Laboratories (ABT). This stock checks all the appropriate boxes for what investors want the most now:
- Defensive industry like healthcare
- Large cap ($148 billion)
- Dividend yield above the 10 Year Treasury rate
- Sound earnings history including a beat this most recent quarter
Abbott hits all of these criteria out of the park, but so too does many of the 77 other stocks you will find on this coveted list of POWR Rating A (Strong Buy) stocks.
Here is the key to the Strong Buy stock list below. If you want more safety…then focus on the top of the list as they are provided in descending market cap order.
If you feel like taking more risk for more potential reward…then skip on down to the mid caps at $10 billion or less…or keep scrolling to the small caps under $2 billion.
To discover more about the attractiveness of each stock, just click on their ticker to go to our quote pages. Once there you can see the 4 components of the POWR Rating to appreciate how it truly stacks up. (Buy & Hold Grade, Trade Grade, Industry Rank, and Peer Grade).
Symbol/Name |
Price |
Mkt Cap |
POWR Rating |
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|
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ABT Abbott Laboratories |
83.79 |
148.09B |
A
Strong Buy |
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated |
122.18 |
114.07B |
A
Strong Buy |
UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. |
114.19 |
98.06B |
A
Strong Buy |
CHTR Charter Communications, Inc. – |
400.1 |
88.61B |
A
Strong Buy |
TJX TJX Companies, Inc. (The) |
53.56 |
64.95B |
A
Strong Buy |
PDD Pinduoduo Inc. |
30.81 |
34.13B |
A
Strong Buy |
TRI Thomson Reuters Corp Ordinary Shares |
67.39 |
33.77B |
A
Strong Buy |
EBAY eBay Inc. |
38.88 |
32.61B |
A
Strong Buy |
CRH CRH PLC American Depositary Shares |
32.72 |
27.45B |
A
Strong Buy |
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. |
282.87 |
24.35B |
A
Strong Buy |
LULU lululemon athletica inc. |
180.54 |
23.52B |
A
Strong Buy |
TSS Total System Services, Inc. |
131.28 |
23.23B |
A
Strong Buy |
LBRDK Liberty Broadband Corporation |
102.4 |
18.59B |
A
Strong Buy |
LBRDA Liberty Broadband Corporation – |
101.03 |
18.34B |
A
Strong Buy |
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. |
94.68 |
17.82B |
A
Strong Buy |
CDW CDW Corporation |
112.83 |
16.33B |
A
Strong Buy |
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. |
130.78 |
14.80B |
A
Strong Buy |
HOLX Hologic, Inc. |
48.42 |
12.94B |
A
Strong Buy |
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. |
159.64 |
12.77B |
A
Strong Buy |
ARNC Arconic Inc. |
25.2 |
11.09B |
A
Strong Buy |
ZTO ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. American Depositary Shares, each representing one Class A ordinary share. |
20.39 |
10.34B |
A
Strong Buy |
ARMK Aramark |
40.16 |
9.92B |
A
Strong Buy |
SC Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. |
25.58 |
8.85B |
A
Strong Buy |
ICLR ICON plc – Ordinary Shares |
154.83 |
8.36B |
A
Strong Buy |
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. |
38.7 |
8.31B |
A
Strong Buy |
MASI Masimo Corporation |
151.05 |
8.06B |
A
Strong Buy |
ZAYO Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. |
33.84 |
7.97B |
A
Strong Buy |
CZR Caesars Entertainment Corporation |
11.32 |
7.67B |
A
Strong Buy |
HAE Haemonetics Corporation |
132.36 |
6.72B |
A
Strong Buy |
GLIBA GCI Liberty, Inc. – |
60.96 |
6.44B |
A
Strong Buy |
HZNP Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company – Ordinary Shares |
27.28 |
5.09B |
A
Strong Buy |
CHDN Churchill Downs, Incorporated |
123.59 |
4.95B |
A
Strong Buy |
FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. |
22.99 |
4.86B |
A
Strong Buy |
RGEN Repligen Corporation |
91.73 |
4.73B |
A
Strong Buy |
COR CoreSite Realty Corporation |
113.18 |
4.18B |
A
Strong Buy |
MOR MorphoSys AG |
29.72 |
3.75B |
A
Strong Buy |
KBR KBR, Inc. |
24.94 |
3.53B |
A
Strong Buy |
CCMP Cabot Microelectronics Corporation |
121.51 |
3.53B |
A
Strong Buy |
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. Common Shares |
15.51 |
3.47B |
A
Strong Buy |
PRO PROS Holdings, Inc. |
70.93 |
2.85B |
A
Strong Buy |
HGV Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. |
32.14 |
2.76B |
A
Strong Buy |
CEQP Crestwood Equity Partners LP |
35.53 |
2.55B |
A
Strong Buy |
EVTC Evertec, Inc. |
34.5 |
2.48B |
A
Strong Buy |
EGHT 8×8 Inc |
24.37 |
2.42B |
A
Strong Buy |
BLDR Builders FirstSource, Inc. |
18.88 |
2.18B |
A
Strong Buy |
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. – |
45.03 |
2.14B |
A
Strong Buy |
HASI Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. |
27.31 |
1.79B |
A
Strong Buy |
WD Walker & Dunlop, Inc |
54.47 |
1.67B |
A
Strong Buy |
INSP Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. |
65.48 |
1.57B |
A
Strong Buy |
SAFT Safety Insurance Group, Inc. |
95.7 |
1.47B |
A
Strong Buy |
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. |
22.75 |
1.25B |
A
Strong Buy |
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings Shares of Beneficial Interest |
18.44 |
1.10B |
A
Strong Buy |
BATRK Liberty Media Corporation – Series C Liberty Braves |
27.31 |
1.09B |
A
Strong Buy |
SA Seabridge Gold, Inc. Ordinary Shares (Canada) |
15.76 |
990.06M |
A
Strong Buy |
ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. |
17.54 |
874.67M |
A
Strong Buy |
CCS Century Communities, Inc. |
27.49 |
836.77M |
A
Strong Buy |
CYTK Cytokinetics, Incorporated |
13.77 |
808.01M |
A
Strong Buy |
ROAD Construction Partners, Inc. |
15.08 |
779.35M |
A
Strong Buy |
ORIT Oritani Financial Corp. |
16.73 |
754.24M |
A
Strong Buy |
BBSI Barrett Business Services, Inc. |
87.82 |
656.02M |
A
Strong Buy |
RC Ready Capital Corproation |
14.68 |
652.01M |
A
Strong Buy |
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. |
32.52 |
600.81M |
A
Strong Buy |
NCBS Nicolet Bankshares Inc. |
62.36 |
582.82M |
A
Strong Buy |
DQ DAQO New Energy Corp. American Depositary Shares, each representing five ordinary shares |
51.43 |
557.35M |
A
Strong Buy |
FLIC The First of Long Island Corporation |
21.34 |
526.48M |
A
Strong Buy |
CRD.A Crawford & Company |
9.53 |
511.64M |
A
Strong Buy |
YORW The York Water Company |
37.22 |
482.97M |
A
Strong Buy |
UCFC United Community Financial Corp. |
9.57 |
460.18M |
A
Strong Buy |
DGICA Donegal Group, Inc. – |
14.31 |
408.87M |
A
Strong Buy |
IESC IES Holdings, Inc. |
18.53 |
393.13M |
A
Strong Buy |
PCSB PCSB Financial Corporation |
19.53 |
347.71M |
A
Strong Buy |
PDLB PDL Community Bancorp |
13.88 |
247.91M |
A
Strong Buy |
SFE Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. New |
11.95 |
246.80M |
A
Strong Buy |
ADES Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. |
12.48 |
231.85M |
A
Strong Buy |
CLCT Collectors Universe, Inc. |
22.58 |
206.56M |
A
Strong Buy |
CGEN Compugen Ltd. – Ordinary Shares |
4.01 |
205.69M |
A
Strong Buy |
PROV Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. |
20.22 |
151.59M |
A
Strong Buy |
FUNC First United Corporation |
21.15 |
150.29M |
A
Strong Buy |
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ABT shares were unchanged in after-hours trading Tuesday. Year-to-date, ABT has gained 17.10%, versus a 15.79% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
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