Jim Cramer on Phillips 66 (PSX): 'It's Been Going Down As If It's An Oil Stock'

We recently compiled a list of the 10 Jim Cramer Stocks with Huge Upside Potential. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) stands against the other Jim Cramer stocks with huge upside potential.

During the episode of Mad Money aired on Wednesday, Jim Cramer broke down what he considers some of the most effective practices for buying stocks.

“I want to pull back the curtain and show you how a professional looks for stocks to buy and knows what to sell. There's no magic. There's no hidden talent. Just a bunch of disciplines, disciplines that can help you try to make mad money if you master them.”

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Cramer stressed the importance of conducting thorough research before committing to any stock purchase. He emphasized that investors must truly believe in the stock they are buying, even if that belief is rooted in skepticism, so long as they are convinced the price will rise and that the stock deserves that rise. He warned, however, that conviction is not enough on its own when a stock has pulled back from its high. If the decline is unrelated to the company's actual business, which he described as an “extraneous” reason, it may present an opportunity.

“Be certain you're dealing with a momentarily damaged stock and not a troubled company that's going down, down, down. How can you tell the difference between a damaged company and a damaged stock? The fundamentals haven't changed, the stock probably hasn't fallen from grace. It's pulled back for mechanical reasons, profit taking, or some panic in the market in general.”

Cramer pointed out that modern markets are heavily influenced by highly levered hedge funds, which treat stocks like commodities. He said that such behavior leads to irrational sell-offs that can drag high-quality stocks down for reasons unrelated to their financial health. Still, he cautioned that once a stock’s fundamentals begin to shift, if the qualities that originally made it appealing no longer exist, then it is no longer suitable for inclusion in a portfolio.

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 43 stocks that Cramer was bullish on during episodes of Mad Money aired between April 24 and May 2. We narrowed the list to 10 stocks that were most favored by analysts. We listed the stocks in ascending order of their average analyst price target upside as of May 8. We also mentioned the hedge fund sentiment around each stock, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s Q4 database of over 1,000 hedge funds.

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 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX)

Average Price Target Upside: 20.98%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 47

Answering a caller’s question about Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) on May 2, Cramer said:

“Alright, let’s just view it as an investment situation. It’s got a 4.4% yield. We’re running short of refiners. I think that the stock has been overly punished. It’s been going down as if it’s an oil stock. It is not an oil stock, it’s a refiner, and I would be a buyer of PSX, and I’ve been waiting to say that for some time, but it’s down enough that I think it’s time.”

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) is an energy firm focused on manufacturing and logistics. It manages the transportation, storage, refining, and marketing of petroleum products and also produces and sells chemicals. On April 28, TD Cowen reduced its price target on PSX stock to $114 from $127 and maintained a Buy rating on the stock. The firm updated its model and noted that earnings were weaker than expected, with refining results as expected due to maintenance, while RD and Marketing fell short.

Overall PSX ranks 9th on our list of Jim Cramer stocks with huge upside potential. While we acknowledge the potential of PSX as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than PSX but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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