We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Recently Discussed These 9 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discussed recently.

Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, discussed the current economic outlook on Monday as he outlined why he believes the possibility of a recession this year may be less likely. He pointed out that while it is easy to be negative in the current climate, the situation is almost too obviously bad, which makes him hesitant to align with the pessimistic view.

“This morning, Craig Melvin interviewed me on the Today Show, and he correctly asked, are we going into a recession? I stuck my neck out and I said, no. Will the tariffs hurt? Yes. Will prices go higher? Yes. Could there be shortages? Absolutely.”

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Cramer emphasized that the way to understand whether a recession is likely often lies in employment figures. He noted that right now, there are more job openings than there are people to fill them. According to Cramer, the disparity makes it challenging for a recession to take hold in the near future. He recognized that some people would be impacted by corporate cost-cutting measures, often referred to as “mitigation” by CEOs.

“That’s the term CEOs are using when they talk about getting costs down to offset the impact of tariffs. Mitigation efforts usually mean taking supply chain costs out, but they also mean laying people off.”

However, Cramer noted that companies are not rushing to let go of workers because they fear they would not be able to rehire them when business conditions improve. He pointed out that, historically, economies tend to recover, and it is difficult to derail growth when so many jobs are still being created. Cramer expressed confidence that upcoming reports, including the monthly labor data due on Friday, would show a healthy job market, which would further complicate the notion of a recession.

“That will make it very hard once again to slip into a full-blown recession anytime soon, and perhaps in several quarters, we will have a more steady and predictable trade policy. Anything’s possible.”

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 9 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the episode of Mad Money aired on April 28. We listed the stocks in ascending order of their hedge fund sentiment as of the fourth quarter of 2024, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s database of over 1,000 hedge funds.

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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 83

A caller asked if it was worth getting into Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) or if it is dead money. Cramer replied:

“Okay, right now it’s dead money, but Lip-Bu Tan is the real deal. If you wanted to buy some, I’m not going to fight you, but I will tell you that they need to raise money before they can rally. But if you think the stock’s going to be this low two years from now, I think you’re making a mistake. I believe in Lip-Bu Tan. He is [the] real deal.”

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) develops and manufactures computing technologies that include processors, memory, and AI products. Cramer commented extensively on the company on Squawk on the Street in April, as he said:

[INTC] “I know. And you could talk about Intel, when it comes to that, also OpEx. Intel being a great manufacturer that is in no mood to be able to expand. Wow… I think people should read his [CEO’s] band of brothers speech about who is going to get there. It’s a very King Henry the Vth speeth, Christmas Day. I thought it was very inspirational. But they still have layers upon layers. I mean they’re now saying 17 billion in 25 and 16 billion that’s . . their OpEx, and they’ve cut their OpEx. I think that they have, I cannot believe the bureaucracy, Carl that Intel had, it’s just, it’s sad. I can’t believe how much bureaucracy and how engineers lost their ability to run the best engineering company we had in this country.

… Oh my, such a great speech and I was telling one of my contacts there I said listen I’m ready to go to war for Lip-Bu. You just say, he is gonna save this company… [On whether it was too late to save INTC] No, and this man has so may friends. . .he’s been success with. . maybe the most successful individual investor in hardware in history. Hardware, not enterprise software.

… And he’s so inspirational, in his own quiet way, and he knows so many people, he’s gonna fix this company but he would tell you, don’t count on me yet… I’m telling you, you want to win for this man. . . .He’s Andy Reed, quiet winner. I really like this guy… Well, Gelsinger was messianic, without a cause. . . .See, Pat was about himself. And this man has no ego whatsoever. He is about the team. And I have to tell you that this man is going to save this company and what he’s going to do, is not talk about it. Other than negative until it’s ready.”

Overall, INTC ranks 4th on our list of stocks that Jim Cramer discussed recently. While we acknowledge the potential of INTC as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than INTC but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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