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With social media giant Meta’s shares down by 4.9% since it announced plans to sell excess data center capacity, CNBC’s Jim Cramer is lost for words. On July 1st, Cramer confirmed that Meta would sell excess computing capacity. The news was also reported by Bloomberg News, and the firm could change its mind soon, the publication reported. As news broke, Cramer tweeted:
“Meta follows through with plan i put out! Good”
He then added that the news changed the fundamental equation for the social media company. Carrying with his enthusiasm, Cramer outlined:
“META news changes the entire model. Worth much more than this if news is right”
In fact, he went as far as to wager a guess at the share price:
“I reiterate what i have been telling club members. This Meta news is worth $100”
Meta’s shares gained $49 during the day to close 8.8% higher on July 1st. Cramer couldn’t believe the movement and tweeted:
“I find it difficult to believe that Meta was up only 49 points when it is getting into the most lucrative game, business-to-business at 18x eps????”
However, as if a ‘mere’ $49 gain weren’t enough, the next day came with another surprise for the stock. While it closed 8% higher on the 1st, the shares dipped on the next day and closed 4.9% lower after losing $30. Net, Meta’s shares gained $19.6 following the news, which is one-fifth of what Cramer believed would occur.
The CNBC TV host’s latest remarks about the firm were unsurprising, as he has been one of its biggest supporters. He has asserted that Meta needs to aggressively spend on AI infrastructure even though it does not have an established cloud computing business. You should check out his thoughts in detail later in this piece.
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10. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 234
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 275
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: 3.6%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 5th, 2026
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of Jim Cramer’s favorite stocks. The CNBC TV host has stuck with the firm despite its weak share price performance in 2026. Media reports have suggested that some of the stock’s troubles are due to macroeconomic factors. For instance, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s shares closed 6.2% lower on June 5th. On that day, the payrolls repor for May showed that nonfarm payrolls jumped by 172,000, which was significantly higher than the consensus estimate of 80,000. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s shares had lost 6.4% between April 28th and the 30th, with reports emerging on the 28th that AI giant OpenAI had missed its revenue estimates. As the year started, Cramer asserted that the stock was worth owning:
“But I would say that NVIDIA is the one to watch because it’s been underperforming in the last month and it’s going to come fast out of the gate. And I think this revolutionary speech, that I expect Jensen to give tonight, is going to quantify why accelerated computing is often left out of the equation.
“You gotta own that, it doesn’t reflect that. I think it’s going to have a great first quarter, the price-to-earnings multiple is going to shrink when you actually see the numbers. . .”
9. Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 111
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 106
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: 2.6%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 6th, 2026
Banking giant Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)’s shares are up by 20.7% over the past year and by 5% year-to-date. Citi discussed the firm on June 23rd as it raised the share price target to $66 from $62 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. Citi based its coverage on Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)’s management commentary and outlined that it expected the firm to deliver strong second quarter earnings. A couple of days later, on the 29th, Morgan Stanley also raised the share price target. It hiked Bank Of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)’s price target to $67 from $61 and kept an Overweight rating on the stock on the back of an expected buildup in revenue momentum. The shares currently trade at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 14.6 and a forward P/E ratio of 13.21. Even though Cramer had asserted in January that the stock should be trading at a P/E of 15, it seems that the market doesn’t agree with him:
“Look, Bank of America, okay, that sells at 15 times earnings. I’m sorry that’s an insult to Brian Moynihan. 15 times earnings, they have a lot of technology, they’ve done a really good job, they keep adding accounts. And it sells at 15 times earnings. So you can buy that and have it go higher.”
8. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 120
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 131
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: 0%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 6th, 2026
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s shares are flat since Cramer commented on them in January. Over the past year, the stock is up by 14.6%, while year-to-date it is up by 2.8%. The shares fluctuated in late May after CEO Jamie Dimon remarked at a fireside chat that he was not comforted by what he saw as exuberance in the market. Soon after Cramer’s remarks, on the 13th, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s shares closed 4% lower. The dip came after the firm’s fourth quarter earnings report, which saw it beat analyst revenue and earnings estimates. However, media reports suggested that the stock had also reacted to fears about the Trump administration taking action in the credit markets. The bank also unveiled a $50 billion share buyback program in June. In January, Cramer discussed JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s valuation multiple. As with his opinion of others, such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, he remarked that the multiple was too low:
“Look, I think this kind of trading is really ill- advised. Long-term, I believe it’s going to give you suboptimal returns. It’s very rare these days that everything is unexploited at the opening. You were simply too late as the trade was over by the opening bell. What should we be talking about instead of Venezuela?… How about the bank stocks? Coming into this year, I tried to determine what stocks are still cheap so you’d have something to pull back on if these stocks were to go down. I looked at the Charitable Trust names such as, and I also looked at JPMorgan and Citigroup, and based on their valuations, these stocks are still outrageously cheap versus the rest of the market. If they go down, you know what you can do? You can buy more of them.”
7. DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 41
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 41
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: 0%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 6th, 2026
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY) is a dental products manufacturer. Its shares are down by 26.9% over the past year and are up by 3.4% year-to-date. Soon after Cramer discussed the firm, it reported its fourth quarter earnings on February 26th. The results saw DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY) post $961 million in revenue and $0.27 in earnings per share. Through these, the firm beat analyst revenue estimates but missed them for earnings. DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY)’s shares closed 15.5% higher on February 27th. On May 6th, the shares closed 2% lower on the day after the firm had reported its first quarter earnings and posted a 39% annual earnings-per-share drop. Here is what Cramer said about DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY) on January 6th in his appearance on Mad Money:
“You know, do you know that this used to be a very expensive growth company, and now it is worth very little? And I think it absolutely represents some value here. I’m glad you brought it to my attention. I’m going to suggest that you buy some and put it away.”
6. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 273
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 262
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: -9.2%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 12th, 2026
Cramer’s views about Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) are interesting to say the least. Since 2025’s second half, the CNBC TV host has consistently taken the contrarian approach with the firm. With media reports suggesting that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) share price dips following earnings are often due to spending, Cramer has asserted on multiple occasions that the spending is justified. Last year, he maintained that aggressive capital expenditure was necessary for Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) to defend its social media moat against OpenAI. One dip in the shares came on June 5th when they closed 5.5% lower. On that day, unsurprisingly, the Financial Times reported that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) was interested in raising capital through a stock offering to fund its AI capital expenditure. On July 2nd, the stock closed 2.9% lower, with a news report suggesting that the dip occurred due to analyst comments. Here is what Cramer had said about Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) in January:
“Their stock is very down very big, because they’re really a lone wolf when it comes to spending. “I do wanna point out that I think Meta should be up not down, because this is the stock that was most punished because Zuckerberg shouldn’t be going alone, particularly on the Entergy project, the nuclear project, I think Dina Powell, was very good, now McCormick, the senator’s wife, very good, her sovereign wealth initiatives at Goldman were probably the strongest. We should remember that this stock was in the 700s when Mark Zuckerberg said we gotta spend a lot more. He has not had anyone to lean back on, that stock will be up by the end of the day if there’s any sort of thought process going on.”
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