14 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar

1. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)

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The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) is one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world. Its shares are down by more than 11% over the past year and are up by 5.4% year-to-date. In mid-January, investment bank UBS cut the firm’s share price target to $161 from $176 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. The financial firm commented that while The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) could benefit from an improved market environment in late 2026, market conditions for consumer staples stocks remained challenged. However, Barclays hiked the share price target in January. It hiked the target to $155 from $151 and kept an Equal Weight rating on the shares. Barclays remarked that The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) could suffer from oil and currency pressures and added that enthusiasm around the stock appeared to be driven by investors seeking the safety of defensive stocks. Cramer discussed The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)’s earnings, which saw the firm report $22.21 billion in revenue, which was below analyst estimates of $22.28 billion. As part of the release, the firm’s CEO commented that it expected to maintain its profit and sales guidance. Here is what Cramer said about The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG):

“Okay so let’s go over Proctor, this is a big charitable trust name. . .they preannounced, preannounced, preannounced, preannounced. There was no way that they could do the quarter. They said over and over again, we’re gonna miss, we’re gonna miss, we’re gonna miss. Everything was a miss other than healthcare! But! In this market, when you say, we stink, we’re going to be a bad, new CEO, you can’t wait for the number to come out. The stock was in deep down three, when it came out. I was laughing at these people. Did they not know that this was the most preannounced preannouncement that we’ve seen? David, you want to get your stock up? Preannounce how horrible you’re doing and then be horrible. But stick by your guidance, stick by your guidance.”

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