From a recent Mad Money show:"Weight watchers is a good long-term story, but it doesn't have dividend protection and it's not recession resistant. So I have to say no for now."

Weight Watchers (WTW) was upgraded from Perform to Outperform, Oppenheimer said. Company has high margins and generates consistent cash flow. $54 price target.

company that helps peaple and stands by there product

P/E of 22.66 and a PEG of 1.55. It pays a yield of 1.3%.

BUY

Downgraded by Lehman Brothers from Equal-weight to Underweight

they are buying so much of their own stock back

going private

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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."

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