Jim Cramer on Home Depot (HD): "I Like It Long Term"

We recently published a list of 15 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) stands against other stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar

On Friday’s episode of Mad Money, Jim Cramer reflected on this week’s market performance, with attention to upcoming earnings reports and broader market sentiment.

“Now we’ve been on a real rebound since post-Liberation Day meltdown back in the first week of April, with tech leading the way after really taking it on the chin.”

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According to Cramer, the rebound has been largely driven by tech stocks, which had previously been under pressure. However, he expressed uncertainty about whether that trend will hold, as he mentioned that the tech sector has been relatively quiet in terms of news, aside from a keynote from Jensen Huang. Looking ahead, Cramer noted that more retail earnings are expected this week.

“But here’s the bottom line: Unless we get news of new hostilities in the trade war with China, I think this market’s propensity will still be to go higher, even though we are overbought. And even with this late-night credit rating downgrade of the US debt, which is very quizzical to me, I think we’re containing the downside of the economy, and that means no recession, which tells me the negativity may be out of sync with the reality. That’s often the best kind of market…”

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For this article, we compiled a list of 15 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the episodes of Mad Money aired on May 16. We listed the stocks in the order that Cramer mentioned them. We also provided hedge fund sentiment for each stock as of the fourth quarter of 2024, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s database of over 1,000 hedge funds.

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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 88

Cramer highlighted that The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) is a “great one to own”, as he said:

“Now, not that long ago, we dropped in on a monster Home Depot store management meeting in Vegas where we heard about some great ideas for spring gardening season, which by the way, kicks into overdrive this weekend. Unfortunately, these big weeks for lawn and garden have been overshadowed by stubbornly high interest rates and no rate cuts from the Fed, not to mention tariff worries. Now I’ve watched this stock since it came public, and there are plenty of times that Home Depot doesn’t actually march to the tune of interest rates, but instead is levered to repair and renovation.

As so many people are stuck in their homes, I’m willing to trade up because that would force them to give up that low mortgage rate that they may have gotten during the COVID period. Now we own the despot for the Charitable Trust, and while I’m not expecting a blowout by any means, I have to tell you I like it long term, and it’s down 2% for the year, well, off its highs… Home Depot stock is a great one to own because, like Walmart, these guys have the scale to cope with the tariffs that are going to be put on so many foreign-made goods that they sell at Home Depot. The little guys we know, they don’t have that kind of flexibility.”

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is a home improvement retailer that sells building materials, home décor, garden supplies, and maintenance products. The company also offers installation services for various home projects and rents tools and equipment.

Overall, HD ranks 4th on our list of stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar. While we acknowledge the potential of HD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk.  If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than HD and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.