Cramer's Takeover Targets
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On the 5-7-07 Mad Money, Cramer announced that he has "a new method for predicting takeovers: Stocks with the biggest buybacks also have a big chance of being taken over."

Four out of the 14 companies that have bought back 17% or more of their shares over the last year have either been taken over or have agreed to be taken over in the last few months, he said.

Even though four out of 14 may not sound like much, hitting a takeover target is like winning the lottery. Cramer said he bets the other 10 stocks on this list are great takeover targets, as well.

Here are his top 3 candidates.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • WTW
    Weight Watchers I
  • $25.60
  • 0.00%
  • $24.93

Cramer's favorite name on the buyback list is Weight Watchers (WTW). "We're becoming increasingly obese in this country," and liking Weight Watchers validates one of the most important drivers of stock that Cramer's had on the show: "the shrinkage of waste lines." But he said he's recommending this stock "on the shrinkage of itself." Weight Watchers' buyback is one of the most "voracious" he's ever seen, Cramer said. This, coupled with the company's "huge" cash flow, tells him that Weight Watchers has confidence and believes in itself. The company will either get bought out or it will continue its buybacks and take itself private, Cramer said. But regardless, "takeover or no takeover, Weight Watchers is a buy."

People owning WTW also tend to own: AQNTDNDNESLRIBNLNOPNUANNWS

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  • BCO
    Brinks Co (the)
  • $28.60
  • 0.00%
  • $27.66

Cramer's second pick was Brinks (BCO), which bought 21% of its shares outstanding in 2006 alone. Brinks and the other two companies Cramer said he's emphasizing are three companies that "don't just shrink the float -- they devour it." Brinks is a security company that has two segments, he said. One segment operates in armored cars, while the other operates in security alarms. It is a company, Cramer said, that's paying back debt even as it buys back "massive" amounts of stock. "Activist investors are swarming all over this stock," he said. "BCO works if it gets bought, and it works if it decides to split itself into two separate companies."

People owning BCO also tend to own: AFAMBYDCCRTDVAABHH.OBCNBKACPWM

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  • USTR
    United Stationers
  • $39.00
  • +2.36%
  • $37.81

The first name he pulled out of the buyback pile was United Stationers (USTR), which has bought back 20% of its shares outstanding. This is a "primo" takeover target, Cramer said. USTR is the biggest wholesaler of office products, and aside from the buyback thesis, Cramer said he likes it as a "good margin expansion story." Only 5% of products come from China, and as that number goes up, its costs will go down, Cramer said. Also, USTR is "an undercovered story," he added, with only three analysts on it. The fact that it's not getting much attention means it has good upside potential, he said.

People owning USTR also tend to own: GOOGWAGBHPCHAPDSWRIOSBUX

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