Friday, 01/25/08
Posted 01/25/08,  12:22 am ET

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Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
that
day

Opening
price
next
day

Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)

SHW

56.11

56.25

Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW)

SHW -  I like SHW very much... It's the housing-related stock that's held up...

WAB

32.72

32.66

Wabtec (WAB)

WAB -  I like WAB.  I think that that's a terrific stock.  It's down on its luck, but rails are ramping... 

BUD

47.25

47.63

Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (BUD)

BUD -  The stock is so down, I've got to be attracted to it, except that Altria (MO*) is spinning off SAB Miller when we get to the January meeting - then we'll find out what that's worth.  May I suggest also that I like AmBev (not U.S. listed) more than I like BUD.  But, at $46, you're not going to go wrong, but it's like $46-52... $46-52...

Price target to buy:  $46.00

MO*

73.95

74.19

Altria (MO*)

See BUD comments above for:
MO*

YUM

36.24

34.74

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM)

YUM -  Listen to me and listen good... David Novak from YUM is money in the bank.  YUM is, remember, a Chinese play.  KFC sells great over there.  They're moving into Russia, they're moving into Europe... This company is en fuego (i.e., on fire).  Why aren't the other companies doing better?... Why didn't Brinker's (EAT) do better, why didn't Darden Restaurants (DRI)?...   Because, when the government throws $600 bucks at you, you're probably less likely to go to Taco Bell than you are to go to the Capital Grill...  But I think that YUM is the better value, because it has more growth!

ASH

43.34

43.00

Ashland Inc. (ASH)

ASH -  I am astonished that this stock has come down this much.  It's got this great pastiche, if not mosaic, of businesses... Valvoline, water technologies...  You know what?... This is a company that's not going up, because people are worried it won't get a takeover bid... that that year is over.  Could it be the next Eastman Chemical (EMN) - a two thumbs up name that has already moved?  Let's put it this way... I think, on a value basis, ASH is the right price.  I would buy some.

 

NCX

26.25

26.39

Nova Chemicals Corp. (NCX)

NCX -  All I can tell you is that I read Frank Mitch's excellent piece on BB&T Research.  It is dirt cheap, but no one things there is going to be a takeover.  I got burned on this one.  I got Eastman Chemical (EMN) right, I got PPG (PPG) right, I got NCX wrong.  Frankly... don't buy, don't buy... because I'm so wrong, I don't want to listen to myself.

NTRI

23.45

23.51

NutriSystem Inc. (NTRI)

NTRI -  No, no.  I'd rather have you run around naked during Winter Carnival (caller was from Dartmouth College)...  I don't want you to even come near this stock.  I think this company is frankly having a very hard time.  I think you should be - if you want to be in the diet game - why don't you be in Allergan Inc. (AGN), which has the gastric band (buzzer sounds)...

CVX

81.82

81.13

Chevron Corp. (CVX)

CVX -  CVX is down too low... It's got a 2 and change yield.  If it goes down, it's going to be a 3% yield...  This company has generated a gigantic amount of cash.  It trades as if oil's going to $65 (price per barrel).  I think oil demand is good, and supply is slim.  CVX is the right level.  We have been recommending this stock on every dip.  It's no different this time. 

CRDN

45.14

45.03

Ceradyne Inc. (CRDN)

CRDN -  I'll tell you what happened... this stock anticipated that you were going to need body armor... and it ran up.  And now that the orders have not run out, but the orders are kind of known in the stock... (in other words, that news has been already built into the stock's higher price now)... the stock has become a don't buy...  I think we should bring management on to see what the next act of CRDN is... But I cannot encourage you to buy it, because I think the story's so well known that there's no upside to CRDN.

 

       
         

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Definitions of key phrases used by Jim, known as "Cramerisms":

Definition:   'Pull the trigger' is Jim's phrase for making the decision at that point to trade - either to 'buy' or to 'sell' (although he usually uses the phrase for buying), as if to say you should feel comfortable enough to make the final decision without looking back...

Definition:   'Ring the Register' is Jim's phrase for selling a stock, and making it a final sale, that you should not look back on.  Put it behind you.

Definition:  'Let It Come In' indicates how you may wait for it to pull back, or have the stock price come down briefly, as your chance (after letting it come in) to buy the rest of your position (i.e., total number of shares you own in that stock).

Definition:  'backing it up' or 'doing a 'mon-back' is Jim's phrase for the metaphor of backing up a truck to load up on a stock by buying it.  'Mon-back is short for the imaginary worker saying, 'Come on back...' as the truck is backing up to receive its load... Notice that we use the little truck icon to indicate where Jim has mentioned this.  Translation for buying stocks:  This recommendation by Jim indicates that, after you do your own homework on the stock, you should feel comfortable loading up on it, as it is in a good position to be bought at this point.
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