We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Absolutely Nailed These 11 Stock Predictions. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discussed.

During a recent episode of Mad Money, which aired on Friday the 2nd of May, Jim Cramer discussed some macro-based data that affected the stock market over the past week:

“When you get a strong employment report like we did this morning, it does a lot of things that you need to know about. First, it takes a near-term recession kind of off the table. Very difficult to have recession with a 4.2% unemployment rate. That’s just too much demand for workers.”

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He warned his viewers to not get excited about the recent rally but admitted that the recent earnings reports were encouraging:

“So keep in mind that today’s rally may not be one off as we go through our game plan for next week. But first, let me just say we’re over the hump. We’ve now had companies that reported fabulous numbers.”

His last cautious warning was to look out for any possible geopolitical escalations between the U.S. and China:

“Here’s the bottom line: We know that we’re living through a time of great tumult. We could easily be thrown off if President Trump responds harshly to this Chinese olive branch this very weekend. If that happens, there could be some unwinding to do. Right now, though, it looks like the momentum can keep up as long as we don’t get a total breakdown in the nascent trade talks between the world’s two biggest nations.”

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 11 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during Mad Money episodes that aired on the 5th and 6th of May, 2024. We then calculated their performance for the past 12 months, until May 6th, 2025, market close. We have also included the hedge fund sentiment for the stocks, which we sourced from Insider Monkey’s Q4 2024 database of over 900 hedge funds. The stocks are listed in the order that Cramer mentioned them.

Please note that this article mentions Jim Cramer’s previous opinions and may not account for any changes to his opinions regarding the stocks that are mentioned. It is primarily an examination of how his previously provided opinions have panned out.

Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).

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Was Jim Cramer Right About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL)?

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL)

Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 18

Cramer discussed Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL) in depth after a viewer question triggered a deep dive. He revisited the company’s long-term decline and expressed cautious optimism pending an upcoming strategy update. Here’s what he said back then:

“I myself am amazed that this stock has dropped like a rock and I’ve been amazed because I think they can cover that dividend. I used to recommend the stock and it’s been horrendous. […]

Cramer was right to be hesitant on Cracker Barrel, which dropped 23.87% after his cautious remarks.

It appears that Cramer has regained its interest in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL). Here’s what he said in early April:

“I’m really interested in this. It’s a stock that’s fallen drastically over the past few weeks, but that’s not without reason either, with management blaming not just the weather, but also macroeconomic uncertainty as a reason for some of the challenges in early February. That’s suboptimal. So, what’s there to like about it? Then how about the stellar set of numbers that the company just reported yesterday morning, with much better-than-expected same-store sales growth? Macro uncertainty is already baked into Cracker Barrel’s four-year forecast at this point, which they raised, by the way, while management admitted that February got off to a challenging start. They said the last two weeks have seen meaningful improvement. I like that. Cracker Barrel is still very much a work in progress, something that CEO Julie Masino is quite candid about on the conference call. At this point, the stock’s almost pulled back to where it was trading when I started recommending it last summer. A U-turn? I think Cracker Barrel is a buy.”

Overall, CBRL ranks 3rd on our list of stocks that Jim Cramer discussed. While we acknowledge the potential of CBRL as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. 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 CBRL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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

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