Jim Cramer's Lightning Round
Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Radiant Systems Aglow
TheStreet.com Staff
12/21/05 - 07:29 PM EST
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Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Wednesday evening:
Chesapeake Energy(CHK): "Two thumbs up, way up."
PetroQuest Energy (PQ):" May I suggest Don'tBuy? ... until we get under $8."
Nabors Industries(NBR): "How 'bout eight smackers [in dividend]? "You're talking about a stock at 77, if that thing doesn't get a 12 multiple. ... I like Nabors."
Exxon Mobil(XOM): "Close to the House of Pain. ... I like Exxon the least and I would prefer you to be even in
ConocoPhillips(COP)."
Steak N Shake(SNS): "Perennially cheap stock. Really don't understand why it's down here. ... I think it's OK."
Flagstar Bancorp (FBC): "This is such a
GM(GM) [dependent] situation. It sells at one times book. ... This stock's a cheap stock. ... I think you should do a 'mon back*.
Agco(AG): "For the same price, you can buy John
Deere(DE). ... Deere is the best of breed."
Alvarion (ALVR): "They got a major Latin American order..."
Neoware Systems(NWRE): "State of the art computing company that is really rocking. Fifty-two-week high. ... Don't ring the register. I like their business."
Radiant Systems(RADS): "A pullback for Radiant Systems is a 'mon back for Jim Cramer. This is a $15 stock masquerading at 12. This isn't Halloween."
Viro Pharma(VPHMl): "That's one of the few biotech companies that has good numbers."
Molecular Devices:
(MDCC): "That is precisely the kind of pick ... kind of gold rush story for biotech. They make the instruments. I want you in that stock."
Salesforce.com(CRM): "CRM's got growth. As long as it hits the numbers, that stock's going higher."
First Data (FDC): "I like the new CEO. ... We're doing a 'mon backawitz at 42. ... You're in Thumbs-upville."
AutoZone(AZO): "Don'tBuyDon'tBuy."
Southwest Energy(SWM): "There's more oil in the Barnett Shale [than in Anwar] ... and Southwest has the most rights to it. Which is why I stick with it."
Disney(DIS): "Disney is right now Don'tBuy. It's expoxyed to 24. It's Krazy Glued to 24."
Lightning Round
Cramer was bullish on
Chesapeake Energy(CHK),
Nabors Industries(NBR),
ConocoPhillips(COP),
Steak N Shake(SNS),
Flagstar Banc(FBC),
Deere(DE),
Alvarion(ALVR),
Neoware Systems(NWRE),
Radiant Systems(RADS),
ViroPharma(VPHM),
Allscripts Healthcare(MDRX),
Molecular Devices(MDCC),
Salesforce.com(CRM),
First Data(FDC)
and
Southwest Energy(SWM).
Cramer was bearish on
PetroQuest Energy(PQ),
Exxon Mobil(XOM),
Agco(AG),
AutoZone(AZO)
and
Disney(DIS).
*For all you home-gamers, a 'mon-back opportunity means Cramer would back up the figurative truck and load up on a stock.