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MarketMasterAI’s Top 500 Stocks: April 2024

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In January, I published MarketMasterAI’s top 500 stocks to buy for the first half of 2024. The AI-powered system ranked the largest American firms by market capitalization and chose what it believed to be the best investments for the next six months.

The first three months have been admittedly mixed. A-grade companies have performed splendidly, returning 12% since the year began. That’s well ahead of the 7.4% average, and roughly where we would expect to be at this point.

However, a significant pullback in high-quality stocks means that the top A+ stocks have only returned 5.6% over the same period. Wins by firms like Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) (up 33%) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) (up 22%) were not enough to offset the overall pivot away from high-quality non-tech firms. The cohort is only up half of what we would expect. Meanwhile, a resurgence of junk firms like Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) was enough to power F-grade companies to an 11% gain.

The results are far better once you consider companies beyond the top 500 picks. Once we include American companies of all market capitalizations, we begin to see the typical slope of high-grade firms doing better than low-grade ones. (In other words, this quarter’s junk rally has been concentrated only in large-cap stocks).

Chart by Tom Yeung, InvestorPlace.com

But we should still recognize the difficulty that even AI has in anticipating these changes. Investors are still emotional beings, and even the best algorithms can underestimate how much the fear of missing out can drive low-quality firms to stunning heights.

The Top 500 Stocks to Buy This Month

Nevertheless, MarketMasterAI’s long-term performance remains intact. The strong performance of the “All Companies” cohort means that the system’s historical performance has gotten even better than where we started at the beginning of the year.

That’s why I’m excited to give you the updated MarketMasterAI picks for the next six months.

Rank Ticker Company Name Expected 6-Month Return Score
1 ANSS ANSYS Inc 9.5%  A+
2 INTU Intuit Inc 9.3%  A+
3 ROP Roper Technologies Inc 9.2%  A+
4 TYL Tyler Technologies Inc 9.1%  A+
5 HEI HEICO Corp 9.0%  A+
6 ADI Analog Devices Inc 8.7%  A+
7 REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 8.7%  A+
8 HEI-A HEICO Corp 8.6%  A+
9 EA Electronic Arts Inc 8.6%  A+
10 ADSK Autodesk Inc 8.6%  A+
11 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 8.5%  A+
12 CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc 8.5%  A+
13 NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc 8.4%  A+
14 CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc 8.4%  A+
15 SPGI S&P Global Inc 8.4%  A+
16 TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc 8.4%  A+
17 BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc 8.3%  A+
18 DHR Danaher Corp 8.3%  A+
19 MCO Moody’s Corp 8.3%  A+
20 SNPS Synopsys Inc 8.3%  A+
21 JKHY Jack Henry & Associates Inc 8.3%  A+
22 PG Procter & Gamble Co 8.2%  A+
23 PAYX Paychex Inc 8.2%  A+
24 IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc 8.2%  A+
25 TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 8.1%  A+
26 ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 8.1%  A+
27 CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc 8.1%  A+
28 ROL Rollins Inc 8.0%  A+
29 WST West Pharmaceutical Services Inc 8.0%  A+
30 FDS Factset Research Systems Inc 8.0%  A+
31 V Visa Inc 8.0%  A+
32 JBHT J B Hunt Transport Services Inc 8.0%  A+
33 TER Teradyne Inc 8.0%  A+
34 WDAY Workday Inc 7.9%  A+
35 TW Tradeweb Markets Inc 7.9%  A+
36 KO Coca-Cola Co 7.9%  A+
37 ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc 7.9%  A+
38 PPG PPG Industries Inc 7.9%  A+
39 ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc 7.8%  A+
40 WAT Waters Corp 7.8%  A+
41 NOW ServiceNow Inc 7.8%  A+
42 KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 7.7%  A+
43 MSFT Microsoft Corp 7.7%  A+
44 A Agilent Technologies Inc 7.7%  A+
45 TMUS T-Mobile US Inc 7.7%  A+
46 MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc 7.7%  A+
47 EPAM Epam Systems Inc 7.7%  A+
48 MA Mastercard Inc 7.6%  A+
49 ABT Abbott Laboratories 7.6%  A+
50 BSY Bentley Systems Inc 7.6%  A+
51 HON Honeywell International Inc 7.6%  A+
52 MANH Manhattan Associates Inc 7.5%  A+
53 IT Gartner Inc 7.5%  A+
54 BLK BlackRock Inc 7.5%  A+
55 UNP Union Pacific Corp 7.5%  A+
56 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 7.5%  A+
57 ZTS Zoetis Inc 7.5%  A+
58 AAPL Apple Inc 7.5%  A+
59 MNST Monster Beverage Corp 7.5%  A+
60 VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 7.5%  A+
61 IEX IDEX Corp 7.4%  A+
62 TJX TJX Companies Inc 7.3%  A+
63 MCHP Microchip Technology Inc 7.3%  A+
64 GOOGL Alphabet Inc 7.3%  A+
65 NDSN Nordson Corp 7.3%  A+
66 GOOG Alphabet Inc 7.3%  A+
67 ROST Ross Stores Inc 7.3%  A+
68 MOH Molina Healthcare Inc 7.3%  A+
69 PTC PTC Inc 7.3%  A+
70 GGG Graco Inc 7.2%  A+
71 HES Hess Corp 7.2%  A+
72 EFX Equifax Inc 7.1%  A+
73 SYK Stryker Corp 7.1%  A+
74 VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc 7.1%  A+
75 LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc 7.0%  A+
76 AME AMETEK Inc 7.0%  A+
77 TXN Texas Instruments Inc 6.9%  A+
78 SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 6.9%  A+
79 ABBV AbbVie Inc 6.8%  A+
80 POOL Pool Corp 6.7%  A+
81 AOS A O Smith Corp 6.7%  A+
82 ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc 6.7%  A+
83 AVY Avery Dennison Corp 6.7%  A+
84 MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc 6.7%  A+
85 BX Blackstone Inc 6.6%  A+
86 CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp 6.6%  A+
87 GPN Global Payments Inc 6.6%  A+
88 CRM Salesforce Inc 6.6%  A+
89 ACN Accenture PLC 6.5%  A+
90 SSNC SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc 6.5%  A+
91 FAST Fastenal Co 6.5%  A+
92 ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc 6.5%  A+
93 RPM RPM International Inc 6.5%  A+
94 DDOG Datadog Inc 6.5%  A+
95 LSXMK Liberty Media Corp 6.4%  A+
96 ZM Zoom Video Communications Inc 6.4%  A+
97 NDAQ Nasdaq Inc 6.4%  A+
98 ALLE Allegion PLC 6.3%  A+
99 LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc 6.3%  A+
100 DXCM Dexcom Inc 6.3%  A+
101 ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 6.3%  A+
102 HOLX Hologic Inc 6.3%  A+
103 BURL Burlington Stores Inc 6.3%  A+
104 AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc 6.3%  A+
105 LH Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 6.2%  A+
106 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 6.2%  A+
107 ANET Arista Networks Inc 6.2%  A+
108 DOCU DocuSign Inc 6.2%  A+
109 NSC Norfolk Southern Corp 6.2%  A+
110 EXPE Expedia Group Inc 6.1%  A+
111 WTW Willis Towers Watson PLC 6.1%  A+
112 ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 6.1%  A+
113 COST Costco Wholesale Corp 6.0%  A+
114 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 6.0%  A+
115 SHW Sherwin-Williams Co 6.0%  A+
116 CSX CSX Corp 6.0%  A+
117 AVTR Avantor Inc 6.0%  A+
118 FTV Fortive Corp 5.9%  A+
119 TSCO Tractor Supply Co 5.9%  A+
120 HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 5.9%  A+
121 WMT Walmart Inc 5.8%  A+
122 XYL Xylem Inc 5.8%  A+
123 CDW CDW Corp 5.8%  A+
124 WM Waste Management Inc 5.7%  A+
125 IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc 5.7%  A+
126 SYY Sysco Corp 5.7%  A+
127 CARR Carrier Global Corp 5.7%  A+
128 ECL Ecolab Inc 5.5%  A+
129 UHAL U-Haul Holding Co 6.0%  A
130 PATH UiPath Inc 6.0%  A
131 GEN Gen Digital Inc 5.9%  A
132 UHAL-B U-Haul Holding Co 5.9%  A
133 NVR NVR Inc 5.8%  A
134 ABNB Airbnb Inc 5.8%  A
135 INTC Intel Corp 5.8%  A
136 LSXMA Liberty Media Corp 5.6%  A
137 GWW WW Grainger Inc 5.6%  A
138 LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc 5.6%  A
139 DOV Dover Corp 5.5%  A
140 SQ Block Inc 5.4%  A
141 CL Colgate-Palmolive Co 5.4%  A
142 JNPR Juniper Networks Inc 5.4%  A
143 IBM International Business Machines Corp 5.4%  A
144 KLAC KLA Corp 5.4%  A
145 LII Lennox International Inc 5.4%  A
146 BRO Brown & Brown Inc 5.4%  A
147 BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.3%  A
148 SPG Simon Property Group Inc 5.2%  A
149 SNA Snap-On Inc 5.2%  A
150 DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp 5.2%  A
151 J Jacobs Solutions Inc 5.2%  A
152 AXON Axon Enterprise Inc 5.2%  A
153 CNC Centene Corp 5.1%  A
154 RMD Resmed Inc 5.1%  A
155 CRL Charles River Laboratories International Inc 5.0%  A
156 NWS News Corp 5.0%  A
157 DHI DR Horton Inc 4.9%  A
158 GEHC GE Healthcare Technologies Inc 4.9%  A
159 GRMN Garmin Ltd 4.8%  A
160 NWSA News Corp 4.8%  A
161 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.7%  A
162 USFD US Foods Holding Corp 4.6%  A
163 EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc 4.1%  A
164 NOC Northrop Grumman Corp 8.0%  B
165 FWONK Liberty Media Corp 7.7%  B
166 PEP PepsiCo Inc 7.6%  B
167 STE STERIS plc 7.5%  B
168 FWONA Liberty Media Corp 7.5%  B
169 PSA Public Storage 7.5%  B
170 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 7.4%  B
171 SRE Sempra 7.4%  B
172 MDLZ Mondelez International Inc 7.4%  B
173 ESS Essex Property Trust Inc 7.3%  B
174 PLD Prologis Inc 7.3%  B
175 EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 7.2%  B
176 ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 7.2%  B
177 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 7.1%  B
178 AMH American Homes 4 Rent 7.0%  B
179 AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co 7.0%  B
180 WELL Welltower Inc 6.9%  B
181 MRK Merck & Co Inc 6.9%  B
182 LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp 6.8%  B
183 AMT American Tower Corp 6.6%  B
184 CMS CMS Energy Corp 6.6%  B
185 MDT Medtronic PLC 6.5%  B
186 FLNG FLEX LNG Ltd 6.5%  B
187 DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc 6.5%  B
188 ROK Rockwell Automation Inc 6.4%  B
189 CPB Campbell Soup Co 6.3%  B
190 ADBE Adobe Inc 6.3%  B
191 LMT Lockheed Martin Corp 6.3%  B
192 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 6.3%  B
193 AEP American Electric Power Company Inc 6.2%  B
194 GLW Corning Inc 6.1%  B
195 EQIX Equinix Inc 6.0%  B
196 PINS Pinterest Inc 6.0%  B
197 ATO Atmos Energy Corp 6.0%  B
198 SUI Sun Communities Inc 6.0%  B
199 PCG PG&E Corp 5.8%  B
200 DRI Darden Restaurants Inc 5.8%  B
201 CMCSA Comcast Corp 5.7%  B
202 LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc 5.6%  B
203 AMGN Amgen Inc 5.5%  B
204 RSG Republic Services Inc 5.4%  B
205 CLX Clorox Co 5.4%  B
206 NKE Nike Inc 5.4%  B
207 BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp 5.4%  B
208 CSGP CoStar Group Inc 5.4%  B
209 HSY Hershey Co 5.4%  B
210 OMC Omnicom Group Inc 5.4%  B
211 GPC Genuine Parts Co 5.3%  B
212 ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp 5.3%  B
213 GILD Gilead Sciences Inc 5.3%  B
214 ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc 5.2%  B
215 LAMR Lamar Advertising Co 5.2%  B
216 DE Deere & Co 5.1%  B
217 PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc 5.1%  B
218 RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC 5.1%  B
219 BEN Franklin Resources Inc 5.0%  B
220 KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp 5.0%  B
221 GFS GlobalFoundries Inc 4.9%  B
222 APH Amphenol Corp 4.9%  B
223 INCY Incyte Corp 4.9%  B
224 TRMB Trimble Inc 4.8%  B
225 RVTY Revvity Inc 4.8%  B
226 FI Fiserv Inc 4.8%  B
227 WSO Watsco Inc 4.8%  B
228 ALGN Align Technology Inc 4.8%  B
229 BRKR Bruker Corp 4.7%  B
230 GD General Dynamics Corp 4.7%  B
231 DLTR Dollar Tree Inc 4.7%  B
232 CBRE CBRE Group Inc 4.7%  B
233 QCOM Qualcomm Inc 4.7%  B
234 MGM MGM Resorts International 4.6%  B
235 TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc 4.6%  B
236 CVX Chevron Corp 4.6%  B
237 AXP American Express Co 4.6%  B
238 PKG Packaging Corp of America 4.6%  B
239 FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 4.6%  B
240 LKQ LKQ Corp 4.6%  B
241 BF-B Brown-Forman Corp 4.6%  B
242 HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc 4.5%  B
243 LEN Lennar Corp 4.5%  B
244 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.5%  B
245 LRCX Lam Research Corp 4.5%  B
246 DT Dynatrace Inc 4.5%  B
247 HD Home Depot Inc 4.5%  B
248 TRU TransUnion 4.5%  B
249 NTRS Northern Trust Corp 4.5%  B
250 BAX Baxter International Inc 4.5%  B
251 JBL Jabil Inc 4.5%  B
252 MORN Morningstar Inc 4.4%  B
253 CVS CVS Health Corp 4.4%  B
254 OKTA Okta Inc 4.4%  B
255 IPG Interpublic Group of Companies Inc 4.3%  B
256 ZS Zscaler Inc 4.3%  B
257 FLT Corpay Inc 4.3%  B
258 IR Ingersoll Rand Inc 4.3%  B
259 AMAT Applied Materials Inc 4.3%  B
260 CF CF Industries Holdings Inc 4.2%  B
261 LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc 4.2%  B
262 RKT Rocket Companies Inc 4.2%  B
263 LEN-B Lennar Corp 4.2%  B
264 NUE Nucor Corp 4.2%  B
265 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc 4.2%  B
266 ABC Cencora Inc 4.2%  B
267 DG Dollar General Corp 4.2%  B
268 TGT Target Corp 4.1%  B
269 ICLR ICON PLC 4.1%  B
270 DIS Walt Disney Co 4.1%  B
271 BALL Ball Corp 4.1%  B
272 CTVA Corteva Inc 4.1%  B
273 GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4.1%  B
274 TXT Textron Inc 4.1%  B
275 PHM Pultegroup Inc 4.1%  B
276 H Hyatt Hotels Corp 4.0%  B
277 FOXA Fox Corp 4.0%  B
278 TT Trane Technologies PLC 3.9%  B
279 RS Reliance Inc 3.9%  B
280 CE Celanese Corp 3.9%  B
281 MEDP Medpace Holdings Inc 3.8%  B
282 IBKR Interactive Brokers Group Inc 3.8%  B
283 VTRS Viatris Inc 3.8%  B
284 LUV Southwest Airlines Co 3.7%  B
285 BF-A Brown-Forman Corp 3.7%  B
286 SAIA Saia Inc 3.7%  B
287 KMX Carmax Inc 3.6%  B
288 TEAM Atlassian Corp 3.6%  B
289 MSI Motorola Solutions Inc 3.5%  B
290 APTV Aptiv PLC 3.5%  B
291 UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 3.1%  B
292 ON ON Semiconductor Corp 3.1%  B
293 EBAY eBay Inc 2.9%  B
294 UDR UDR Inc 7.1%  C
295 AWK American Water Works Company Inc 6.8%  C
296 WEC WEC Energy Group Inc 6.8%  C
297 BDX Becton Dickinson and Co 6.7%  C
298 LNT Alliant Energy Corp 6.7%  C
299 AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc 6.5%  C
300 EQR Equity Residential 6.5%  C
301 CME CME Group Inc 6.4%  C
302 VTR Ventas Inc 6.3%  C
303 INVH Invitation Homes Inc 6.3%  C
304 MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc 6.3%  C
305 K Kellanova 6.2%  C
306 APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc 6.1%  C
307 FE FirstEnergy Corp 6.0%  C
308 VICI VICI Properties Inc 6.0%  C
309 SO Southern Co 5.8%  C
310 GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc 5.5%  C
311 DUK Duke Energy Corp 5.5%  C
312 O Realty Income Corp 5.5%  C
313 AEE Ameren Corp 5.4%  C
314 ED Consolidated Edison Inc 5.4%  C
315 ETR Entergy Corp 5.1%  C
316 EIX Edison International 5.0%  C
317 AMCR Amcor PLC 5.0%  C
318 CCI Crown Castle Inc 4.9%  C
319 UPS United Parcel Service Inc 4.9%  C
320 GIS General Mills Inc 4.8%  C
321 ACM AECOM 4.7%  C
322 TTWO Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 4.6%  C
323 NI NiSource Inc 4.6%  C
324 WY Weyerhaeuser Co 4.5%  C
325 ARES Ares Management Corp 4.4%  C
326 XEL Xcel Energy Inc 4.3%  C
327 SLB Schlumberger NV 4.3%  C
328 D Dominion Energy Inc 4.2%  C
329 KHC Kraft Heinz Co 4.2%  C
330 ES Eversource Energy 4.2%  C
331 NET Cloudflare Inc 4.2%  C
332 BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 4.2%  C
333 CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc 4.2%  C
334 RTX RTX Corp 4.1%  C
335 FOX Fox Corp 4.1%  C
336 WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp 4.1%  C
337 MS Morgan Stanley 4.1%  C
338 NFLX Netflix Inc 4.0%  C
339 AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc 3.9%  C
340 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 3.9%  C
341 TPG TPG Inc 3.9%  C
342 PNR Pentair PLC 3.9%  C
343 LLY Eli Lilly and Co 3.9%  C
344 AVGO Broadcom Inc 3.9%  C
345 CPRT Copart Inc 3.8%  C
346 BORR Borr Drilling Ltd 3.8%  C
347 KIM Kimco Realty Corp 3.8%  C
348 CPNG Coupang Inc 3.8%  C
349 HRL Hormel Foods Corp 3.8%  C
350 T AT&T Inc 3.8%  C
351 CAG Conagra Brands Inc 3.8%  C
352 EMR Emerson Electric Co 3.7%  C
353 SJM J M Smucker Co 3.6%  C
354 CI Cigna Group 3.5%  C
355 CG Carlyle Group Inc 3.5%  C
356 VMC Vulcan Materials Co 3.5%  C
357 ENTG Entegris Inc 3.5%  C
358 VZ Verizon Communications Inc 3.5%  C
359 PH Parker-Hannifin Corp 3.4%  C
360 KKR KKR & Co Inc 3.4%  C
361 ENPH Enphase Energy Inc 3.3%  C
362 RBA RB Global Inc 3.3%  C
363 EQT EQT Corp 3.3%  C
364 NVDA NVIDIA Corp 3.3%  C
365 FSLR First Solar Inc 3.3%  C
366 LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 3.2%  C
367 CNHI CNH Industrial NV 3.2%  C
368 BBY Best Buy Co Inc 3.2%  C
369 WPC WP Carey Inc 3.2%  C
370 APA APA Corp (US) 3.2%  C
371 RJF Raymond James Financial Inc 3.2%  C
372 CHK Chesapeake Energy Corp 3.2%  C
373 TSN Tyson Foods Inc 3.1%  C
374 SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics Inc 3.1%  C
375 IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc 3.1%  C
376 UBER Uber Technologies Inc 3.1%  C
377 DVA DaVita Inc 3.1%  C
378 OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp 3.1%  C
379 WMS Advanced Drainage Systems Inc 3.1%  C
380 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc 3.1%  C
381 PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 3.1%  C
382 DOW Dow Inc 3.1%  C
383 GM General Motors Co 3.0%  C
384 MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc 3.0%  C
385 XOM Exxon Mobil Corp 3.0%  C
386 BLDR Builders FirstSource Inc 2.9%  C
387 NTAP NetApp Inc 2.9%  C
388 DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc 2.9%  C
389 URI United Rentals Inc 2.9%  C
390 DINO HF Sinclair Corp 2.8%  C
391 STLD Steel Dynamics Inc 2.7%  C
392 FIS Fidelity National Information Services Inc 2.7%  C
393 PCAR Paccar Inc 2.7%  C
394 CAT Caterpillar Inc 2.6%  C
395 TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp 2.5%  C
396 JCI Johnson Controls International PLC 2.5%  C
397 SCHW Charles Schwab Corp 2.4%  C
398 CHTR Charter Communications Inc 2.1%  C
399 BIIB Biogen Inc 1.9%  C
400 EOG EOG Resources Inc 1.8%  C
401 TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co 1.6%  C
402 TSLA Tesla Inc 0.8%  C
403 ILMN Illumina Inc 0.2%  C
404 EXC Exelon Corp 3.6%  D
405 MKC McCormick & Company Inc 3.5%  D
406 NEE Nextera Energy Inc 3.3%  D
407 HUBS HubSpot Inc 3.0%  D
408 KMI Kinder Morgan Inc 2.9%  D
409 TTD Trade Desk Inc 2.8%  D
410 BLD TopBuild Corp 2.6%  D
411 CMI Cummins Inc 2.6%  D
412 META Meta Platforms Inc 2.5%  D
413 DKS DICK’S Sporting Goods Inc 2.4%  D
414 TOL Toll Brothers Inc 2.3%  D
415 DD Dupont De Nemours Inc 2.3%  D
416 PFE Pfizer Inc 2.2%  D
417 ORCL Oracle Corp 2.2%  D
418 CTRA Coterra Energy Inc 2.2%  D
419 PSX Phillips 66 2.1%  D
420 PWR Quanta Services Inc 2.1%  D
421 VLO Valero Energy Corp 2.1%  D
422 CSL Carlisle Companies Inc 2.1%  D
423 EQH Equitable Holdings Inc 2.0%  D
424 WRK WestRock Co 2.0%  D
425 IP International Paper Co 1.9%  D
426 WWE TKO Group Holdings Inc 1.9%  D
427 MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.9%  D
428 HAL Halliburton Co 1.9%  D
429 HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.9%  D
430 MRO Marathon Oil Corp 1.9%  D
431 WLK Westlake Corp 1.9%  D
432 BKNG Booking Holdings Inc 1.9%  D
433 NVT nVent Electric PLC 1.9%  D
434 DVN Devon Energy Corp 1.9%  D
435 FANG Diamondback Energy Inc 1.8%  D
436 HUBB Hubbell Inc 1.8%  D
437 OVV Ovintiv Inc 1.8%  D
438 ETN Eaton Corporation PLC 1.8%  D
439 EMN Eastman Chemical Co 1.6%  D
440 CELH Celsius Holdings Inc 1.6%  D
441 COP Conocophillips 1.6%  D
442 WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc 1.5%  D
443 TRGP Targa Resources Corp 1.5%  D
444 IRM Iron Mountain Inc 1.5%  D
445 OC Owens Corning 1.5%  D
446 PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co 1.4%  D
447 PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc 1.4%  D
448 KR Kroger Co 1.4%  D
449 FDX FedEx Corp 1.4%  D
450 MDB MongoDB Inc 1.4%  D
451 DAL Delta Air Lines Inc 1.4%  D
452 OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc 1.3%  D
453 SWAV Shockwave Medical Inc 1.3%  D
454 TOST Toast Inc 1.2%  D
455 PR Permian Resources Corp 1.2%  D
456 AES AES Corp 1.0%  D
457 BG Bunge Global SA 1.0%  D
458 GE General Electric Co 1.0%  D
459 AGR Avangrid Inc 0.9%  D
460 RBLX Roblox Corp 0.8%  D
461 CNM Core & Main Inc 0.8%  D
462 EME EMCOR Group Inc 0.8%  D
463 FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc 0.8%  D
464 WDC Western Digital Corp 0.8%  D
465 RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.7%  D
466 PSTG Pure Storage Inc 0.7%  D
467 WMB Williams Companies Inc 0.6%  D
468 PAYC Paycom Software Inc 0.5%  D
469 NU Nu Holdings Ltd 0.5%  D
470 SCCO Southern Copper Corp 0.4%  D
471 HOOD Robinhood Markets Inc 0.3%  D
472 F Ford Motor Co 0.3%  D
473 MRNA Moderna Inc 0.3%  D
474 PODD Insulet Corp -0.1%  D
475 WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc -0.3%  D
476 SDRL Seadrill Ltd -0.3%  D
477 SNOW Snowflake Inc. -0.5%  D
478 CCL Carnival Corp -1.6%  D
479 ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.5%  F
480 SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc 1.4%  F
481 BKR Baker Hughes Co 0.8%  F
482 WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 0.7%  F
483 NEM Newmont Corporation 0.6%  F
484 SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc 0.5%  F
485 XPO XPO Inc 0.5%  F
486 CEG Constellation Energy Corp 0.4%  F
487 NRG NRG Energy Inc 0.3%  F
488 SPOT Spotify Technology SA 0.2%  F
489 COIN Coinbase Global Inc 0.1%  F
490 XP XP Inc 0.0%  F
491 VST Vistra Corp -0.4%  F
492 APP Applovin Corp -0.7%  F
493 MMM 3M Co -0.8%  F
494 VRT Vertiv Holdings Co -1.1%  F
495 MSTR Microstrategy Inc -1.1%  F
496 MU Micron Technology Inc -1.2%  F
497 ACI Albertsons Companies Inc -1.3%  F
498 ALB Albemarle Corp -1.5%  F
499 DKNG Draftkings Inc -1.6%  F
500 EXAS Exact Sciences Corp -3.7%  F

Our list this month looks similar to January’s, with high-quality growers like Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) taking top A+ grades. The system believes these tech laggards will outperform as the business cycle improves. Many high-returning industrial firms also make the list for the same reason.

Meanwhile, high-momentum firms like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) score far lower because of their now-inflated valuations. History tells us that companies like these tend to slightly underperform over the medium term. Exxon Mobil and Eli Lilly notably drops from A+ grades to C’s after their incredible 3-month rallies.

Finally, the D- and F-grade stocks continue to be those with either weaker profits or share prices that defy logic. The system continues to be skeptical of Coinbase and other junk rally firms.

On the date of publication, Thomas Yeung held a LONG position in GOOG, GOOGL, PYPL and GM. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.

Tom Yeung is a market analyst and portfolio manager of the Omnia Portfolio, the highest-tier subscription at InvestorPlace. He is the former editor of Tom Yeung’s Profit & Protection, a free e-letter about investing to profit in good times and protecting gains during the bad.

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