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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 Quote): "Two thumbs up, way up."

PetroQuest Energy (PQ Quote):" May I suggest Don'tBuy? ... until we get under $8."

Nabors Industries(NBR Quote): "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 Quote): "Close to the House of Pain. ... I like Exxon the least and I would prefer you to be even in ConocoPhillips(COP Quote)."

Steak N Shake(SNS Quote): "Perennially cheap stock. Really don't understand why it's down here. ... I think it's OK."

Flagstar Bancorp (FBC Quote): "This is such a GM(GM Quote) [dependent] situation. It sells at one times book. ... This stock's a cheap stock. ... I think you should do a 'mon back*.

Agco(AG Quote): "For the same price, you can buy John Deere(DE Quote). ... Deere is the best of breed."

Alvarion (ALVR Quote): "They got a major Latin American order..."

Neoware Systems(NWRE Quote): "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 Quote): "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 Quote): "That's one of the few biotech companies that has good numbers."

Molecular Devices:(MDCC Quote): "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 Quote): "CRM's got growth. As long as it hits the numbers, that stock's going higher."

First Data (FDC Quote): "I like the new CEO. ... We're doing a 'mon backawitz at 42. ... You're in Thumbs-upville."

AutoZone(AZO Quote): "Don'tBuyDon'tBuy."

Southwest Energy(SWM Quote): "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 Quote): "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 Quote), Nabors Industries(NBR Quote), ConocoPhillips(COP Quote), Steak N Shake(SNS Quote), Flagstar Banc(FBC Quote), Deere(DE Quote), Alvarion(ALVR Quote), Neoware Systems(NWRE Quote), Radiant Systems(RADS Quote), ViroPharma(VPHM Quote), Allscripts Healthcare(MDRX Quote), Molecular Devices(MDCC Quote), Salesforce.com(CRM Quote), First Data(FDC Quote) and Southwest Energy(SWM Quote).

Cramer was bearish on PetroQuest Energy(PQ Quote), Exxon Mobil(XOM Quote), Agco(AG Quote), AutoZone(AZO Quote) and Disney(DIS Quote).

*For all you home-gamers, a 'mon-back opportunity means Cramer would back up the figurative truck and load up on a stock.


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