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