15 Stocks Jim Cramer Discussed As He Said CEOs Were Afraid Of Hiring

9. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)

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Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) is one of Jim Cramer’s most frequently discussed and top retail stocks. Throughout 2025, he has continued to praise the firm’s efforts to ensure that prices remain low for consumers. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)’s shares have gained a modest 6.8% year-to-date as they struggle to recover from the massive 13% dip in March after the firm’s second-quarter earnings. Cramer’s recent comments about Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) praised former CFO Richard Galanti’s price reduction strategies, and this time, he pointed towards the firm’s dealings with Lululemon:

“Well, I mean, when I saw Costco, when Lulu was battling with Costco, of a knockoff of Lulu, that was to me, that said something. Lulu, that’s not the way it works in this country. Costco comes after companies that charge too much. It comes after Tito’s and it comes after Lulu’s. And it always wins. And it won again last night. And that stock’s been stuck at 52 times earnings for long enough, it may be time for that one to move up.

Here’s what Cramer recently shared about Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)’s former CFO Richard Galanti:

“There’s a reason, by the way, that the trust also owns Costco. We shop there constantly. We have four different Costcos where I live, and I always visit one if I see one. I do that because it’s a core position, but… also because my wife and I just can’t stay away from the place. I’ve never been worried. Richard Galanti, the former CFO, put the fear of God into all of Costco’s suppliers to ensure they kept prices low. The Costco cart’s one of the best bargains on earth.”