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10 Stock Winners of the Past Decade

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:18:50 +0000

Mad Money host Jim Cramer is a strong advocate of the art of stock picking. Sure the overall market may have been lackluster over the past 10 years, but that doesn’t mean that every investor’s performance was that way.

Those savvy investors who were smart enough (or lucky enough) to pick the right stocks were rewarded with huge gains over the past 10 years.

Here is Cramer’s list of the top 10 stock winners of the past decade:

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG: 491.915 0.00%) – up 1,407%
Coach (COH: 73.21 0.00%) – up 1,507%
CarMax (KMX: 29.92 0.00%) – up 1.663%
Cognizant Technology (CTSH: 70.75 0.00%) – up 2,285%
Southwestern Energy (SWN: 32.93 0.00%) – up 2,601%
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF: 76.63 0.00%) – up 2,671%
Urban Outfitters (URBN: 27.14 0.00%) – up 3,599%
FLIR Systems (FLIR: 25.50 0.00%) – up 3,789%
Apple (AAPL: 476.68 0.00%) – up 4,962%
Priceline.com (PCLN: 538.37 0.00%) – up 4,962%

These top ten stock winners of the past decade all have one thing in common – they transformed their respective industries with innovative products and ideas.

Cramer doesn’t view all of the stocks on this list as a “buy”, so investors shouldn’t run out and just add these tickers to their portfolio. Market conditions have changed and the top 10 winners of the next decade are likely a completely different list of stocks. However, the investors that can identify those winners will be rewarded with a stellar investment performance.

Cramer Stock Picks Rise In Strong Market

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:50:38 +0000

Strong earnings results helped lift the markets on Tuesday after yesterday’s bill selloff. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 82 points to close at 9,218. Several stocks also benefited from bullish comments by Jim Cramer on Monday’s Mad Money show.

Toll Brothers (TOL: 23.36 0.00%)

The housing builder gained 3.3% after positive comments by Jim Cramer. Toll Brothers CEO Bob Toll has been talking up his company’s performance lately, but Cramer believes him. The reason being that “no one was more negative than Bob Toll this time last year” which lends more credence to his recent bullish comments.

Citigroup (C: 34.23 0.00%)

The financial stock gained 3.5% on a strong sector performance. Cramer doesn’t expect Citigroup to pull back either. Mr. Cramer set a $6 price target for the bank on August 6^th and believes that a turn is coming.

Urban Outfitters (URBN: 27.14 0.00%)

Urban Outfitters jumped 3.3% today after Cramer said it was broken stock and not a broken company. The company reported strong quarterly results and has a clean balance sheet. Cramer believes this provides management with a lot of options to either buy back stock or make acquisitions. Cramer believes the stock is cheap and sees it going up 50%.

BB&T (BBT: 29.65 0.00%)

Jim Cramer stated that BB&T is still cheap and recommends that investors get in now. The bank stock rose 4.2% after recently being given a gift by the FDIC in being allowed to take over the assets of Colonial Bancorp (CNB: 0.00 N/A). The takeover will make BB&T the 8^th largest bank in the country. Cramer thinks the deal will boost the company’s EPS and has “enormous upside”.

Cramer Effect Lifts Retailers

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:15:30 +0000

The Dow Jones industrial average finished the week strong, gaining 113 points on Friday to close at 9,370. Better than expected jobs data helped lift the broader market, with the national unemployment rate actually falling slightly to 9.4% in July. Some of the day’s big gainers were retail stocks that got a big lift from Jim Cramer’s comments on Thursday nights Mad Money show.

JC Penny’s (JCP: 42.35 0.00%) jumped 9.7% after Cramer said he thinks the retailer will have a great back-to-school season. He also recommended Urban Outfitters (URBN: 27.14 0.00%) which gained 6.8%.

One financial stock that Cramer continues to recommend is Huntingdon Bancshares (HBAN: 6.05 0.00%). The stock jumped 6.6% on Friday after Cramer said the stock is “dynamite” and he prefers it over KeyCorp (KEY: 8.17 0.00%). Cramer recommends investors continue buying Huntingdon.

Cramer all tried to reassure the market in the wake of the accounting scandal at Huron Consulting (HURN: 38.33 0.00%). While Huron has seen its stock price fall nearly 70% in the last few days and probably has completely destroyed its reputation, Cramer sees opportunity in some of the other accounting firms that have fallen along with Huron. Cramer recommended Duff & Phelps (DUF: 14.87 0.00%), but also likes FTI Consulting (FCN: 43.14 0.00%). The stocks reacted positively to Cramer’s bullish recommendation gaining 2.7% and 2.9% respectively.

Citigroup managed only a 1.3% gain on Friday despite Cramer spending a great deal of time on his show outlining the merits of investing in Citigroup. While Cramer believes that investing in Citigroup is like investing in America, he also laid out five reasons for investors to be buying Citi’s shares:

1. It is very cheap. Cramer believes the book value is about $4 per share and thinks the stock should sell at 1.5x book value for a $6 price target.

2. The governments 34% stake. The government can sell its 34% stake in Citigroup on September 10. The government has already made $5 billion on its position, and could have a $20 billion windfall from the sale.

3. Geographic positioning. Citigroup is the dominant bank in 108 countries. In spite of its domestic woes, Citigroup is still the leader in emerging markets.

4. Good bank vs. bad bank. Citigroup is spinning off its toxic loans by dividing itself into two companies. This will leave the main bank with three profitable businesses; retail banking, global services and investment banking.

5. Solid management. Cramer likes the current management team at Citi and believes the government would be crazy to replace CEOs Vikram Pandit and Ned Kelly.