Jim Cramer Stock Portfolio: Top 10 Stock Picks

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Markets rebounded sharply on Monday after President Donald Trump announced a pause in strikes against Iran and said the US was engaged in talks with Tehran. Just hours earlier, investor sentiment was extremely negative as markets awaited the end of Trump’s 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face “obliteration” of its power plants.

Jim Cramer, during his Friday’s program on CNBC, had told investors that the markets were in oversold territory and were set to bounce back. He said the outcome of the risks worrying the market may not matter much because once sentiment turns extremely bearish, it often creates a buying opportunity, as any positive news can trigger a rebound.

“The market got so oversold, so negative that it really doesn’t matter what happens,” Cramer said. “Things turn around. How can I be so sure that today’s afternoon rebound can continue? I can’t, but all I have is history. I like history though, because it holds up and I got sentiment well, at least as well as it can be measured.”

Cramer talked about oscillators that measure market sentiment and said extreme readings often signal a reversal. When bearishness becomes widespread, there are fewer sellers left, increasing the chances that investors will return to stocks on any positive news, he said.  Cramer did not limit himself to theory and said he bought two stocks he had been watching for some time, taking the recent downturn as an opportunity.

“As a rule, you have to buy something. When the oscillator gets this oversold, you do. And that’s why we did some buying for the charitable trust,” Cramer said.

For this article, we first scanned Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust’s portfolio holdings available on CNBC’s website and picked 10 stocks that have the highest number of hedge fund investors. For hedge fund data, we used Insider Monkey’s proprietary database. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 498.7% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 303 percentage points (see more details here).

10. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

Number of Hedge Funds: 132

Jim Cramer isn’t as enthusiastic about Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) as he is for Nvidia, but the stock remains in his Charitable Trust’s portfolio. Over the past few months, Cramer has regularly praised CEO Lisa Su, noting that Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) is well-positioned to grow despite competition from Nvidia, thanks to strong chip demand.

Here is how Cramer praised Su in October:

“In 2014, she came in. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) was worth $2.5 billion and now it’s worth $400 billion. And it’s up again today. She stayed in PC. She moved aggressively into the data center. Lisa Su is one of the greatest executives of all time. I mean, there was a period where she was telling me, ‘Look, Jensen’s way ahead.’ But now she’s saying, ‘Look, the gap is closed.’ Congratulations Lisa Su.”

In a separate program, Cramer again praised Su. Here is what he said:

“You know what, if I didn’t own NVIDIA, I most certainly would. It is a dog fight, and Lisa Su is fabulous,” Cramer recently said. Read his detailed comments here.

White Falcon Capital Management stated the following regarding Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“The top 5 positions for the White Falcon portfolio are precious metal royalty companies, AMD, NFI Group, EPAM, and Nu Holdings. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) designs a broad range of digital semiconductors serving PCs, gaming consoles, and data centers, including the rapidly expanding AI market. Under CEO Lisa Su, the company was pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy and reshaped into a high‑performance computing leader. Over the past decade, AMD has steadily taken market share from Intel and emerged as a credible No. 2 in GPUs behind Nvidia. Given AMD’s volatility, we initiated a position in November 2022 and added to it again in April 2025. Management has guided to approximately $10 in Earnings per share (EPS) for FY2027E and more than $20 in EPS by 2030E. If the company delivers on these targets, then it should be a $400+ stock in a few years which is roughly 75% higher than current levels.”

9. Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY)

Number of Hedge Funds: 137

Jim Cramer has long been a believer in Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY). In November, he said on CNBC that the company is likely to hit the $1 trillion market cap milestone amid its weight-loss pill catalyst. LLY is a key part of Jim Cramer stock portfolio for 2026.

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) is preparing to launch its new oral obesity drug, orforglipron, in the United ​States as early as the second quarter of ​this year, subject to FDA approval, according to a Reuters report.

“This pill that they have, GLP-1, the idea that you’ll just be able to get it for weight loss, not comorbidity. People are beginning to realize maybe this thing is worth far more,” Cramer said in November. “Eli Lilly is a great company. Dave Ricks (CEO), by the way, the company does a lot of work. Dave Ricks is a really unbelievable man. But what he’s really driving is a company that’s going to pass $1 trillion. Congratulations to him.”

Jensen Quality Growth Equity Strategy stated the following regarding Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“The leading individual contributors during the quarter were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) and Alphabet (GOOGL). Eli Lilly’s shares moved higher over the fourth quarter, supported by easing policy overhangs, strong underlying fundamentals, and continued pipeline execution. Early in the quarter, improved visibility around U.S. drug pricing and tariff policy reduced a source of uncertainty that had weighed on large-cap pharmaceuticals, contributing to a broader sector re-rating. Momentum was reinforced by Lilly’s late-October earnings beat and raised outlook, which underscored strong global demand for its incretin portfolio across both obesity and diabetes indications.

Sentiment improved further in November following Lilly’s announcement that it expects to submit its oral GLP-1 for global obesity approval by year-end, expanding the potential addressable market beyond injectable therapies. Pipeline momentum added to the positive backdrop, with Phase 2 data for next-generation incretin candidate eloralintide demonstrating compelling efficacy with a favorable tolerability profile. In parallel, renewed discussion around potential future Medicare coverage for obesity treatments— particularly those with demonstrated cardiovascular benefits— supported expectations for longer-term demand expansion in the U.S. Collectively, these developments reinforced confidence in Lilly’s leadership position and long-term growth runway.”

8. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)

Number of Hedge Funds: 150

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is an interesting Jim Cramer stock pick for 2026. In October, he made the bull case for the payments giant. Here is why he likes the stock:

“They keep putting up steady earnings growth with no credit risk, and their stocks keep chugging along,” Cramer said. “Mastercard’s earnings have risen at a 16.8% compound annual growth rate over the past decade. This one’s slow and steady. I owned it for a long time for the Charitable Trust. I shouldn’t have gotten bored with it. I mean, it’s just such a winner. It’s a great investment. Gotta be patient.”

Ironvine Capital Partners stated the following regarding Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) in its Q4 2025 investor letter:

“Global payment network Visa and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) are uniquely durable businesses, deeply embedded in the plumbing of global commerce thanks to network effects that have been reinforced over several decades. As the connective tissue between card issuers (deposit and lending institutions), merchants, and card holders, Visa and Mastercard remove friction and fraud from the payment process in mostly invisible ways across hundreds of millions of daily transactions. Today, one easily takes for granted the ability to safely pay nearly any entity in the world with minimal cost or complexity. Visa and Mastercard’s unrivaled scale allow them to provide essential payment services to billions of cardholders and 150+ million merchants for a fraction of a penny per dollar transacted while generating tremendous economics for owners… (Click here to read the full text).

7. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Number of Hedge Funds: 169

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the best tech stocks to buy, according to Jim Cramer. He’s consistently repeated his “own it, don’t trade it” mantra for the iPhone maker, even when the market was uncertain about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s AI strategy. In January, Cramer criticized the market pessimism about the company once again, based on his conversations with Eddy Cue, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s senior vice president of Services. Apple ranks seventh in our Jim Cramer stock portfolio compilation.

“Services are incredibly strong, much stronger than people expect,” Cramer said. “All the people who thought that that was not the case are dead wrong. I think the numbers would come up. They can’t do that yet.”

YCG Investments stated the following regarding Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“This playbook of buying more of what is cyclically not working has paid off many times in the past, with the most recent example being our trimming during the April tariff sell off of Verisk (a defensive name that was up year-to-date at the time) to buy Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Inc. (a great business in which we had long-term confidence that was down sharply on tariff fears). Fast forwarding to this past quarter, Apple was now up for the year while Verisk was down substantially. This reversal occurred despite, in our opinion, no significant change to their long-term prospects. Therefore, we took advantage of the volatility again, trimming Apple and buying more Verisk.”

6. Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)

Number of Hedge Funds: 202

Jim Cramer recently said that semiconductor stocks like Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) remain hot amid rising demand for chips. He told investors that money might be getting out of software stocks like Salesforce and into chip stocks like Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO). AVGO ranks sixth in our list of stocks in Jim Cramer stock portfolio.

Cramer said in October that investors should not worry about competition for Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) because there is a lot of business for the company.

“The reason why you don’t have to worry is there’s so much business out there for Broadcom,” he said. “Broadcom is everywhere. I think that you can own, my Charitable Trust owns them both (Broadcom and Cisco). That’s not because we think that both of them are going to clash. And therefore there’s only one winner. We’re doing it because both there’s so much business to be had that I think both are buys.”

Emerald Wealth Partners Focused Equity Strategy stated the following regarding Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“We took advantage of a consolidation in Broadcom Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock price to initiate a position. Its semiconductor design unit has a dominant position in custom chips (ASICs). Broadcom caters for cloud hyperscalers and companies building LLMs that seek to design their own chips. The idea is to create chips designed to efficiently process the specific workload they need and cut their reliance on general purpose units (GPUs) that are very flexible but expensive.

GPUs remain indispensable in training new AI models. But as AI use expands, the scale of the infrastructure required to process user prompts will grow exponentially. Running these models using GPU chips that can cost US$60,000 per unit is not economically sustainable. Broadcom has demonstrated its capabilities in the field as it designed Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Alphabet has used TPUs to run search queries since 2015 and now to run inference of the Gemini LLM. Given the cost advantage it gives Alphabet, every large GPU customer is incentivized to design its own ASICs. Down the line it may well be a matter of survival. Since such endeavors are a long journey and require considerable resources, it seems likely most will favor the semiconductor design partner with the most proven experience in the field (i.e. Broadcom) to ensure faster results and minimize the risk of failure.

Broadcom’s other businesses are developing well too. Demand for its networking equipment is strong thanks to the dynamic data center build-up. Fragmentation of the IT hardware environment provides a good fundamental backdrop for VMWare, the virtualization software business Broadcom acquired in 2024.”

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