Mark R. Hake, CFA, is a financial analyst and entrepreneur. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) for 32 years and has owned his own investment management and investment research firms focused on value stocks, both in the U.S. and overseas
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Today a large tranche of out-of-the-money put options traded in Microsoft stock. This highlights the underlying value of MSFT stock and is essentially a bullish play by the investor shorting these puts....
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Palo Alto Networks stock could still be cheap based on its strong free cash flow results and after its 2-for-1 stock split has gone into effect. Investors who short out-of-the-money (OTM) put options can...
Costco reported 7.1% higher comp sales for its fiscal Q1 ending November and strong free cash flow margins, pushing COST stock's value higher. One way to play this is to sell short OTM puts for a lower...
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Selling Short out-of-the-money (OTM) put options in META stock in close expiry periods is a way to make high yields. For example, right now you can make a 1.5% yield shorting $600 strike price puts expiring...
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Broadcom impressed the market with its Q439% free cash flow margins. Based on Broadcom's bullish AI revenue outlook, analysts have raised revenue forecasts. As a result, AVGO stock could still be significantly...
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Alphabet stock looks undervalued to investors shorting out-of-the-money GOOG and GOOGL put options in huge volumes today. These investors are taking advantage of short-term income opportunities by shorting...
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Domino's Pizza stock has retreated from its recent highs but still looks attractive to value buyers. Shorting out-of-the-money (OTM) put options is one way to set a lower buy-in price and get paid while...
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Shopify stock has been a favorite of traders who short out-of-the-money puts with high short-put yields and long-term call option buyers. However, analysts are still raising their price targets as the...
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Snowflake Inc. produced strong free cash flow in Q3, and its guidance allows analysts to forecast a Q4 44% FCF margin. Using its historical 1.5% FCF yield metric SNOW stock could be worth over 26% more...
Disney hiked its annual dividend per share yesterday by 33% from 75 cents to $1.00, payable in two installments over the next year. This increase is based on its strong free cash flow and FCF margins....
