Jim Cramer Discussed These 5 Stocks Including A Hidden Oil & Energy Play

3. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 112

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s shares are up by a whopping 371% over the past year and by 178% year-to-date. It is a classic example of a stock that Jim Cramer got right. Before Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s current CEO Lip-Bu Tan took over, the CNBC TV host was adamant that the firm needed to fix its balance sheet. Cramer went as far as to reveal that he had pressed former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo multiple times about Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s balance sheet. After Tan took over, he fixed the balance sheet and proved Cramer right. The shares have also performed well since the new CEO’s arrival as they have been driven by catalysts such as renewed demand for CPUs for the AI buildout due to the requirements of agentic AI. In this episode, Cramer briefly discussed the price increases of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s chips:

“In the same way that the price cuts at PepsiCo for chips, the price increases for chips at Intel are extraordinary.”

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