Jim Cramer Shed Light on These 10 Stocks

5. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 43

Discussing Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) during the episode, Cramer said:

“Let me just tell you this, I think that Jefferies had a surprisingly bad quarter. I think Goldman Sachs had a surprisingly good quarter. So here’s what we do, even as I just think the world of the CEO of Jefferies, I want you to sell Jefferies and I want you to buy Goldman. Goldman’s cheaper. Goldman’s better.”

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) is an investment banking and capital markets firm that provides a broad range of services and oversees various alternative asset management platforms with different investment strategies and asset classes. Before the company reported its earnings in January, Cramer remarked:

“It’s called Jefferies Financial Group. This stock’s been a total winner. Get this, it ran from $39 and change this time last year to $81 today. That is stellar.

I think the change at the FTC where the chief who’s ideologically opposed to big business is about to be replaced by someone with a more traditional approach will mean many, many, many, many, many more takeovers and that means very big earnings per share for Jefferies, which consults on these deals, I wanna hear about their outlook for 2025.”