13 Stock Predictions That Jim Cramer Got Completely Wrong

During a recent episode of Mad Money, which aired on Monday, the 5^th of May, Jim Cramer gave some personal anecdotes from his experience as an investor. He emphasized the importance of savings, starting early and investing as much as one can afford:

“If you don’t have enough money or the time to own a stock portfolio, you can only own one or two stocks, send the money in, as little money as you can, to an index fund, to one of these big mutual funds.”

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Jim Cramer gave advice to his viewers about stock picking and which investing accounts to use. He also warned them to not treat investing the same way as gambling and to not chase hype:

“So here’s the bottom line: You want to get started, go small, invest [in] what you know, research intensely, just research, research, research… It’s as simple as a keystroke and the information’s free, including up-to-the-minute financials, analyst presentations, brokerage research, and of course, the conference calls that I tell you are a must if you want to actually know what you’re doing. Simple? No. Lucrative? You bet it is.”

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 13 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during Mad Money episodes that aired on the 5^th and 6^th of May 2024. We then calculated their performance for the past 12 months, until May 6^th, 2025, market close. We have also included the hedge fund sentiment for the stocks, which we sourced from Insider Monkey’s Q4 2024 database of over 900 hedge funds. The stocks are listed in the order that Cramer mentioned them.

Please note that this article mentions Jim Cramer’s previous opinions and may not account for any changes to his opinions regarding the stocks that are mentioned. It is primarily an examination of how his previously provided opinions have panned out.

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13. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 108

In that episode, Cramer talked about The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) in the context of its upcoming earnings and new leadership. He expressed optimism due to cost-cutting efforts and the resolution of the proxy fight with Nelson Peltz at the time. Here’s what he said back then:

“Tuesday morning when we hear from Disney—interesting by the way, they put it in the evening, perhaps that’s the influence of CFO extraordinaire Hugh Johnston, formerly of PepsiCo, who leads them up. But I think what’s going to be a real orderly conference call for once. I think we should get some excellent numbers because of all the initiatives and cost cuts Disney put in, in part to fend off Nelson Peltz and that rough and tumble proxy fight. Aren’t we glad that’s over.”

Cramer’s optimism proved misplaced, with the stock dropping 18.96% afterward.

But Cramer remains bullish on The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS). Here’s what he said a few days ago ahead of the company’s earnings report:

“Lots of fireworks on Wednesday. We start with Disney. So many doubters. I think too many doubters and not enough supporters. We own this contrarian play for the Charitable Trust. We have not made money in it. It has not been good to us. I hope it gets good. Hope shouldn’t be part of the equation, but I’m just telling you as I see it.”