78 Spirited Stocks Upgraded to Strong Buy

NYSE: ABT | Abbott Laboratories News, Ratings, and Charts

ABT – Abbott Laboratories is one of 78 freshly minted Strong Buy stocks. That is an important medal of honor to achieve when the market clouds are this stormy. Discover what makes these 78 stocks so special below.

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
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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