Lightning Round: I would buy M&T Bank tomorrow morning, says Jim Cramer

Jim Cramer (Host) 00:06.630

it is time it's up to the white round chris for raffles i'm just saying when i said bye bye bye so just been of course i had to tell my staff person about your plan itself

Jim Cramer (Host) 00:14.910

and then the lightning round is over are you ready skiing clears my start with felix arizona felix

Felix (?) 00:22.350

hey jim thanks for taking my call i just want to get your thoughts on pfizer

Jim Cramer (Host) 00:26.830

OK pfizer really good yield not a lot of momentum didn't like the update yesterday i'm going to say just week old let's go to jim in texas jim

Jim (?) 00:35.550

hey jim this is jim in texas so i'm an investment club member from the start and the second time

Jim Cramer (Host) 00:43.270

caller

Jim (?) 00:44.910

my question is about a stock that's not retail but more of a supplier to retail and they deal with both livestock and pets so there are pharmaceutical business called elanco

Jim Cramer (Host) 01:04.680

they are doing everything right i am so impressed with the way they've turned that company around i'm glad you brought it out that was a real good idea let's go to tina in florida tina

Tina (?) 01:14.710

hey jim thanks to you and your team and happy holidays

Jim Cramer (Host) 01:18.230

same to you thank

Tina (?) 01:19.470

you thank you thank you thanks for everything you do for us home diners i was wondering if you if would rocket lab be a stock that you would include in the end of the year of magical think

Jim Cramer (Host) 01:32.510

i think rock collab is better than that i don't think it's a magical thinking so i think it's a very good spec ahead of another big offering in the rocket world next year i think you can own it as your spec play as i say in how to make money anymore let's go to brandon arizona

Jim Cramer (Host) 01:48.270

brandon

Brandon (?) 01:50.150

oh yeah jim happy merry christmas and happy new year what do you think about L A C lithium no there's

Jim Cramer (Host) 01:58.920

nothing there for you we're just going to have to skip it that's that's a yesteryear stock said that it's just no it's a no go greg in minnesota greg

Greg (?) 02:07.710

yeah hi jim all right how you doing yeah good the six time caller thank you very much i need to buy sell hold on this scoreboard company that has a new CEO a new CFO and a new thirty handle price target it's in fish the institutionally held by blackrock and others datronics

Jim Cramer (Host) 02:33.510

you know it's just OK i've never been excited about that scoreboard business i advertising bits just not compelling enough to put your money into let's go to jerry in arizona jerry

Jerry (?) 02:45.390

mister kramer good afternoon the stock that i'm asking about has been as a over eleven percent short position on it analysts only have buy strong buys and no sales though is my stock their advanced bio a buy seller hold

Jim Cramer (Host) 03:00.950

i got to do work i've not looked at thurbance in a couple of years you deserve better than that i will come back let's go to tim in pennsylvania tim

Tim (?) 03:09.390

hi jim hey fellow eagles fan and club number here

Jim Cramer (Host) 03:13.470

all right thank you

Tim (?) 03:15.550

hey i know you're not a big fan of a beer and liquor companies due to the due to the lilies GLP one drug but this stock is more of a new CEO turnaround story that i know you like like wells fargo nike starbucks so they call the new CEO at diageo drastic dave lewis

Jim Cramer (Host) 03:35.110

who is successfully let me give you my i think that the dividend at five chicks can keep it here they have to come up with something very special because i see a lot of their lines of business not doing well OK i'm just throwing consolation and brown forman down ground

Jim Cramer (Host) 03:49.270

downgraded again too i don't own stocks just for dividend but i think it can stop right there because of the dividend let's go to bill in new mexico bill

Bill (?) 03:58.270

hey jimmy it's billy in santa fe i had a feeling the darkest life 's darkest photonics

Jim Cramer (Host) 04:06.870

something's happening when that stock the thing is just like skyrocketed i have to figure out what that you know like jesus two different calls in one lighting around but look i i don't know what i'm going to just say i don't know what i can't make it up let's go to miles in

Jim Cramer (Host) 04:20.790

florida miles

Miles (?) 04:22.990

good how are you and shout out thank you for your book and merry christmas thank you and your

Jim Cramer (Host) 04:29.190

thank you the team is fabulous and thank you for the kind words about my book how can i help

Miles (?) 04:34.680

because MTB short-term

Jim Cramer (Host) 04:36.880

bank it's still not that expensive actually it's surprisingly inexpensive i would buy that stock tomorrow morning even though it looks like it's something to spike it's a twelve times earnings there's nothing not to like about M and T bank it's good let's go to chris in colorado

Jim Cramer (Host) 04:51.360

chris

Chris (?) 04:53.670

hello jim how what's going on long time listen long time listener member of the club and i asked santa for the book

Chris (?) 05:03.910

oh man i hope sanders doesn't let you death let him die i wish he'd takedown another three hundred thousand with when he's when he's in there what's going on

Chris (?) 05:11.520

well jim this company was originally a graduate of the year of magical investing but now all of a sudden revenues are up six hundred percent this year they're sitting on eight hundred million cash in the bank and this three billion dollar market cap expects to be cash flow

Chris (?) 05:30.950

positive next year jim the stocks owned us

Jim Cramer (Host) 05:35.990

i mean that thing is just look i view that as a cats and dogs thing to be honest i cannot go wow that one is a really complicated stock and i don't know why i think that necessarily is going to start taking off from here i'm going to have to take a pass and that ladies gentleman

Jim Cramer (Host) 05:50.350

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