Looking to scale back our exposure to tariffs and China, we’re making changes within the portfolio. We’re exiting our position in Stanley Black & Decker , selling our remaining 510 shares at roughly $86.79 each. We’re buying 50 shares of Home Depot at roughly $409.60. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 300 shares of HD, increasing its weighting to three.33% from 2.8%. We’re selling 275 shares of GE Healthcare at roughly $87.80. Following the trade, the Trust will own 625 shares of GEHC, decreasing its weighting to 1.5% from 2.15%. We’re initiating a position in Texas Roadhouse , buying 200 shares at roughly $180.62. We’re profiting from Tuesday’s 2% bounce in tool maker Stanley Black & Decker to exit the position. We’ll use about half of the sale proceeds to beef up Home Depot . We originally outlined this probable shift in December once we downgraded Stanley Black & Decker to our 3 rating . From a portfolio management perspective, these trades allow us to take care of our exposure to the house improvement theme without as much tariff risk. SWK HD 1Y mountain Stanley Black & Decker vs. Home Depot 1 12 months Future earnings from Stanley Black & Decker face a serious risk from further escalation in President Donald Trump’s trade war against China. The corporate previously forecasted that a 60% tariff rate on Chinese goods could hit pretax operating income by roughly $200 million per 12 months. The present tariff rate is well below that level because the administration appears to be taking a softer-than-expected stance on China — at the least for now. We don’t desire to stay around and risk the trade war rhetoric getting more aggressive. Home Depot does have some tariff exposure but not nearly as much. We also view Home Depot as a generally better-run company that ought to profit from the cleanup and rebuilding after the Los Angeles wildfires. We called this out in January. Stanley Black & Decker is scheduled to report earnings before Wednesday’s opening bell. In its typical fashion, we expect the corporate to supply a conservative 2025 outlook, which could pressure the stock. We’re exiting the position with a small lack of about 1% on our remaining shares. GEHC 1Y mountain GE Healthcare 1 12 months As for GE Healthcare , we’re locking in additional profits on this healthcare equipment maker as we remain cautious in regards to the state of the health-care industry in China. Club name Danaher ‘s recent quarter didn’t encourage confidence, and Merck ‘s announcement that it has halted shipments of Gardasil, a vaccine that stops cancer from HPV, to China represented one other negative surprise. GE Healthcare has positive things going for it in the USA between strong capital expenditure trends across its core customer base and in addition its fast-growing radiopharmaceutical business. Nonetheless, we expect a bit of its 2025 guidance may hinge on China improving, and that continues to be too hard to see. From this sale, we are going to realize a gain of roughly 15% on stock purchased in the summertime of 2023. GEHC is ready to report earnings next week. TXRH 1Y mountain Texas Roadhouse 1 12 months With the Stanley Black & Decker exit, a recent spot opened up within the portfolio. So, we’re calling up the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse from our Bullpen watch list. We added the stock to our Bullpen on Jan. 24. The corporate is best known for its namesake fast casual steak but additionally owns two other concepts: Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers. After years of stubborn inflation, what the buyer craves is a superb deal. Texas Roadhouse offers this to its customers by serving high-quality food at a surprisingly low price, translating to strong traffic trends. The proof is in the outcomes. In its third quarter, Texas Roadhouse posted comparable sales growth of 8.5%, driven by 3.8% traffic growth and a 4.7% increase in average check. While the totality is vital to take a look at, the breakout between traffic and check provides quite a lot of insight into how the corporate operates. The traffic shows more individuals are dining on the restaurant, while the typical check shows how much they’re spending. Texas Roadhouse has found out strike an important balance between maintaining its value proposition with only incremental price increases, explaining why customers are so loyal to the chain. “TXRH’s patient approach to margin recovery in favor of traffic gains over the previous couple of years is paying dividends as the corporate continues to compound traffic and meaningfully outperform the industry,” analysts at Deutscher Bank wrote in an October note. Taking a have a look at the monthly cadence of Q3, Texas Roadhouse enjoyed a sustained growth rate. The corporate said comparable sales were up 8% in July, up 8.1% in August, and up 9.3% in September. By the best way, management said its comp for the primary 4 weeks of the fourth quarter, which will probably be reported on Feb. 20, increased 8.3%. The stock had an important 2024, rallying roughly 50% but has pulled back greater than 10% since its November high of $205.27. This pullback creates an entry point for us to start out a recent position. That previous high of $205 is our price goal and represents about 28.5 times the FactSet consensus 2025 earnings-per-share (EPS) estimate of $7.18. This week’s tariff-related headlines add to our case to purchase the domestic-leaning Texas Roadhouse. It’s expanding into international markets, however the overwhelming majority of the corporate’s restaurants are situated in the USA. In comparison with a multinational company that does a ton of business overseas, Texas Roadhouse’s exposure to a strengthening U.S. dollar or retaliatory tariffs needs to be minimal. That is why the stock outperformed available in the market on Monday and gave back those gains as trade war risks eased. (Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust is long *SWK, HD, GEHC. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you’ll receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio. If Jim has talked a couple of stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . 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