We recently compiled a list of the Jim Cramer Discussed These 11 Stocks Recently. In this article, we are going to take a look at where NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stands against the other stocks.

Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, cautioned viewers on Wednesday about the risks of blindly following the crowd in the stock market. He emphasized that it is essential to avoid expecting the same outcome as everyone else, as there is a significant chance things will not play out as expected. This, he explained, is because many expectations are often already “priced in” to the market.

“… And that’s why you need to be extra wary of the IPO cycle. Let’s go over this. We’ve seen the pattern over and over again. We get this deluge of new deals, at first, many of them explode higher, but at the same time they’re flooding the market with new stock supply and that supply ultimately drags us down. I’ve said it a million times, the stock market is like any other market. It’s all about supply and demand.”

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When supply increases too rapidly, prices are likely to fall. He stressed that the enthusiasm surrounding IPOs, particularly when they make early investors substantial profits, creates an environment of palpable excitement. Cramer noted that when interest in these IPOs wanes, that initial exuberance quickly turns to frustration, which can cause broader market declines, not just in IPOs but across the board.

Such a cycle, Cramer noted, is nothing new. He pointed to 2020 and 2021 as prime examples of how a flood of IPOs and SPAC mergers, fueled by stimulus checks, led many people to invest in trendy stocks. He added:

“2020, we also had a ton of electric vehicle and charging station-related IPOs and SPAC mergers. At first, these stocks were unstoppable, although most of that was because this was a period of high-risk speculation where people were willing to give anything with the right buzzwords.”

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 11 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the episode of Mad Money aired on February 12. We listed the stocks in the order that Cramer mentioned them. We also provided hedge fund sentiment for each stock as of the third quarter of 2024, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s database of 900 hedge funds.

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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 193

A caller asked about high-growth rate companies and asked if NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was an example of that. Cramer replied:

“Well, okay, NVIDIA’s a really great example. Lemme tell you why. Because when you look at Nvidia on forward earnings or the estimates, it always looks expensive and then it so far trumps those estimates that when you look backward, it turns out that the stock was selling at a remarkably low price to earnings multiple. And that’s been the secret to Nvidia literally since 2012. Incredible. It just keeps doing that.”

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) offers a range of solutions, including graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming, enterprise workstations, and cloud-based computing, along with networking platforms, AI software, and platforms for automotive and robotics applications. It also provides services like the GeForce NOW game streaming service and Omniverse software for metaverse development.

Fred Alger Management stated the following regarding NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is a leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs) for a variety of end markets, such as gaming, PCs, data centers, virtual reality, and high-performance computing. The company is leading in most secular growth categories in computing, and especially artificial intelligence and super-computing parallel processing techniques for solving complex computational problems. In our view, Nvidia’s computational power is a critical enabler of AI and therefore essential to AI adoption. Shares contributed to performance during the quarter, driven by strong demand for its data center products, especially the Hopper H200 chips, which generated double-digit billions in revenue, marking the fastest product ramp in the company’s history. Management provided fiscal fourth-quarter revenue guidance above analyst estimates, along with resilient operating margins supported by robust demand and limited competition. In our view, Nvidia’s leadership in scaling AI infrastructure, including advancements in inference and test-time scaling (i.e., reasoning during inference), is driving adoption among enterprises and startups, providing continued demand for its high-performance chips and software solutions. As older-generation chips are repurposed for inference and new clusters are deployed, we believe Nvidia is well-positioned to capitalize on growing compute needs across AI applications.”

Overall NVDA ranks 1st on our list of the stocks Jim Cramer discussed recently. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA 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. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NVDA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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