In this piece, we will look at the stocks that Jim Cramer discussed.
In a recent tweet, Jim Cramer continued to discuss the private equity industry with respect to enterprise software firms. The enterprise software sector has taken a major beating in the current AI era. For instance, according to consulting firm Alix Partners, AI “is the industry’s next evolution, and it requires fundamental business model changes.” These changes haven’t skipped Jim Cramer’s radar, as he believes that some losses have to be accepted:
“When I was at my best as a hedge fund manager, where iI returned 24% after all fees v. 8% for the S&P for 14 years, is when i knew i was on the wrong side and cut my losses. When i was at my worst I was in denial. These p-e firms, and these taken private enterprise software firms are NOT worth what these funds paid for them. It happens. They made mistakes. But own, explain, take the hit, don’t hide, be up front. Be what we were taught at Goldman or wherever you worked to start. Or else. TRUTH”
Our Methodology
To make our list of the stocks that Jim Cramer talked about, we listed down the stocks he mentioned during CNBC’s Squawk on the Street aired on February 19th and tweeted about. We also provided hedge fund sentiment for each stock as of the third quarter of 2025, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s database of 978 hedge funds.
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10. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings: 264
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s shares are up by 47% over the past year and by 2% year-to-date. While the stock became one of the top performers in the early stages of the AI era, the shares have struggled recently. In fact, on February 18th, Morgan Stanley pointed out that NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was one of the most under-owned large-cap technology stocks in the market. Morgan Stanley added that the other technology stocks were also under-owned. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has spent a busy couple of weeks in February. For instance, the firm announced a mega partnership with social media giant Meta to provide it with AI GPUs and CPUs. Earlier in the month, investment bank Goldman Sachs also discussed the firm. It kept a Buy rating and a $250 share price target on the firm. In his recent remarks about NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Cramer pointed out that the total cost of ownership of the firm’s AI products was lower than AMD’s GPUs. This time he tweeted that his enthusiasm for the firm hadn’t dropped:
“Ardor for NVDA not diminished buy i continue to be impressed with Lisa Su’s transformation of AMD as the greatest turnaround perhaps in history other Jobs/Apple”
9. Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings: 112
Retail giant Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings last week. The results saw the firm post $190.66 billion in revenue and $0.74 in earnings per share to beat analyst estimates of $190.43 billion and $0.73. Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT)’s full-year results were also historic as the firm’s $713 billion in revenue was surpassed by Amazon’s $716 billion in sales. On February 20th, Telsey upgraded the share price target to $140 from $135 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares. The financial firm outlined that Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) should continue to gain market share and maintain its leadership in the retail market. Cramer’s previous remarks about the firm have praised its ability to effectively compete with Amazon and keep prices low for Americans. Rothschild Redburn discussed Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) on the 17th. It raised the share price target to $150 from $110 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. Part of the reasons behind the bullishness were the retailer’s digital initiatives. In this appearance, Cramer remarked that Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) had set low expectations and heaped praise for the price control:
“By the way Walmart was not, don’t pay any attention to any story. Greatest headline yet this year, Bernstein, how much is management sandbagging? They always give you much lower forecasts since the beginning of the year.”
“I’m just saying that when it was down four. . .I want to talk about this notion of people not understanding how people want to set expectations at the beginning of the year. And Walmart and DoorDash set very low expectations, and they’re already beating them.
“I think Walmart has become, the single greater inflation fighter in our country. I always felt it was Costco, Costco’s consistent, but Walmart’s broader. . .I just think Walmart has become, under McMilllon, a great American retailer, and, international company too, but I just think that this is a company that I don’t feel daunted about when it comes to the multiple and I can’t believe I just said that. I think it can trade even higher, because I think that the multiple is going to go in tandem with the earnings per share. . .it’s quite a company.”
