We recently published a list of Jim Cramer’s Latest Portfolio Heading Into 2025: Top 10 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) stands against other stocks in Jim Cramer’s latest portfolio heading into 2025.
Jim Cramer in a latest program reiterated his view that the market is currently oversold and told investors about his methodology of analyzing market selling and buying indicators based on an oscillator.
“Once it touches minus 5, you need to hold your nose and start buying, no matter how bad it looks. Minus 5 means we’re oversold and due for a bullish bounce. When the oscillator goes below minus 8, as it did last night, the only thing you can do is buy hand over fist. Under no circumstances should you sell with the oscillator below minus 8 because, at that point, the selling ship has sailed. The odds are against you if you sell into an extremely oversold market.”
Cramer then mentioned a few historical data points explaining the returns one could get if one invests when the market is in the oversold territory.
“If you bought the S&P 500 Index when the oscillator hit minus 8, you would have averaged a 2.88% gain within the next 30 days. That’s over a 10-year period, with the median up 4.7%. It gets even better 60 days out— the average gain was 8.93%, and the median was over 9%. Those are some huge moves. How about the odds? Thirty days after the oscillator hits minus 8, as it did last night, the market was up 70% of the time. Sixty days after, the market was up 80% of the time. That’s an extraordinarily reliable pattern, people. Nothing in the market is a sure thing, of course, but the frequency of those gains means the odds are heavily in your favor if you buy in an oversold market this time.”
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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)
Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 88
Jim Cramer in a latest program reiterated his bullish stance on Walmart.
“Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) the same… I like Walmart. My daughter and I go there, and we cannot believe the buys. We love going to Walmart. A lot of the rich guys in New York don’t even know what Walmart is—that’s how we got the edge on them.”
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) is up 78% over the past year. Being a mature company, its future growth might not be dramatic, but it sure has long-term stable growth catalysts. The company’s fiscal 2025 forecast shows an upward revision in guidance for net sales, operating income, and adjusted EPS. This trend reflects improved growth prospects and operational efficiency for FY 2025.
According to Grand View Research, the global food and grocery market was valued at $11.93 trillion at the end of FY 2023, with an expected annual growth rate of 3% through 2030. The global discount store industry is also expected to grow at a CAGR of 5% through 2030. Both are key markets for the company.
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) has raised its dividend every year since its initiation in 1974.
Overall, WMT ranks 2nd on our list of Jim Cramer’s latest portfolio heading into 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of WMT, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than WMT but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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