Jim Cramer's daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news beyond the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. Tesla: Shares rose 5% after the electric automaker announced plans to increase prices for its Model Y vehicles in April. “The stock is reacting positively. … It has been the worst stock on the market [ S & P 500 ]. I completely understand. “I'm not a fan of it, but I'm not against it,” Jim Cramer said. Hertz Global: Stephen Shear is stepping down as CEO of the car rental company, which last year focused on its strategy of adding electric vehicles to its fleet of vehicles. Hertz shares fell more than 7% on Monday. I never have. “Stay back,” he said. PepsiCo: Shares rose more than 3% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the consumer packaged goods stock to an equal-weight buy rating. “Good analyst. He downgraded it when he felt they were going to miss targets. Promoted it now. “I like that kind of thing,” Cramer said. “I think Pepsi was really in the grip of the GLP-1s. I don't think this has changed. “I think you can still get another 4 or 5 points out of it,” he said, referring to the increasingly popular class of weight-loss drugs produced by companies like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, which are part of CNBC Investing. CLUB PORTFOLIO Super Micro Computer: Shares fell More than 2% on Monday, coinciding with the AI server maker officially joining the S&P 500. “It's time to take profits in Super Micro. It was a great escape from this. “You can reconsider it at a lower level,” Kramer said. Vertiv makes electrical products used in data centers, among other areas. “It's kind of a pick and shovel for the data center,” Cramer said of Vertiv, who noted that the club owns electrical equipment maker Eaton Corp. as a way to play Vertiv's role. Growth Data centers due to the needs of artificial intelligence are energy intensive.
