We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Discussed These 12 Stocks Recently. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discussed recently.

On Friday, Mad Money host Jim Cramer addressed growing concerns in the market as tensions between the United States and China push closer to what he described as a full-scale trade war. He noted that the overall sentiment is clouded by uncertainty. Cramer emphasized:

“At the end of the day, China is the low-cost producer. We need other countries to stand up and make the goods for us, or we need to build automated factories at home to do the same thing because wages in America are simply just too expensive to compete.”

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According to Cramer, both alternatives will take time to implement. In the meantime, he warned that Americans should prepare to either pay significantly more for goods or deal with widespread shortages, or likely both. He also warned that companies exposed to economic cycles could be especially vulnerable.

As inflationary pressures mount, Cramer argued that the broader economy is in jeopardy. He emphasized that unless another country with a labor force comparable in size and cost to China’s emerges unexpectedly, the Federal Reserve will have little ability to intervene meaningfully.

Cramer also pointed to an important reason China controls such a large portion of the American retail market. He explained that Chinese goods are not only cheaper but often just good enough in quality that few American companies are willing to challenge them. He went on to say that Chinese manufacturers have long known how to price their products in a way that discourages American entrepreneurs.

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 12 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the episode of Mad Money aired on April 11. We listed the stocks in ascending order of their hedge fund sentiment 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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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 49

During the episode, a caller asked if they should hold it or double down on Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL). Here’s what Cramer had to say in response:

“No, I think Halliburton, look, it’s probably going to bottom at 3 and a quarter yield, but I can’t recommend it because it’s got, it’s domestic drilling, and oil’s come down so much in our country that I think that the president, as much as he went “drill, baby drill”, it’s not happening. It’s not happening. So I can’t encourage you there. I’m sorry, I feel terrible about that, but I can’t.”

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) delivers a broad range of products and services to the energy sector, including solutions for drilling, well construction, production enhancement, and digital technologies for reservoir and production management. In January, Cramer commented:

“I think SLB and Halliburton deserve all of this upside and more…. Yes, I think they can keep climbing. Yes, the growth outlook for the oil service industry is better than I thought going into earnings, primarily thanks to increased activity overseas.”

Overall, HAL ranks 8th on our list of stocks that Jim Cramer discussed recently. While we acknowledge the potential of HAL 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 timeframe. 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 HAL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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