Based on its huge free cash flow margins, MSFT stock could be worth $450, over 36% higher. — Microsoft (MSFT) stock is attractive to value investors, given its huge free cash flow (FCF). For example, in its latest quarter ending June 30, its adjusted FCF rose to $21 billion. That represents 37.4% of its sales of $56.1 billion for the quarter. Free cash flow is the residual cash…

GOOG stock looks attractive to long-term value investors as well as near-term short-put traders — Alphabet produced blowout earnings on July 25, showing that its free cash flow (FCF) had spiked by 73% year-over-year (YoY). Moreover, the quarterly QoQ increase was over 26%. Free cash flow (FCF) is a crucial measure of residual cash flow after all cash expenses, including a number of items not…

As a result, short sellers of its put options can make extra income — Apple produced pretty good results for Q2 on August 3rd, after hours. But ever since then, AAPL stock has been falling. That makes it a pretty good deal right now. AAPL stock is now down to $177.45, or about 10% (actually 9.5%) from its recent peak of $196.45 on July…

Tesla’s cut its EV prices, but the company still delivered higher free cash flow — making it attractive to value buyers — Tesla (TSLA) announced on July 2 that it delivered 10.2% more electric vehicles (EVs): 466,100 in Q2, compared to 422,875 in Q1. Moreover, this was 2.2% higher than the market was expecting, even with its price cutting during the quarter. I wrote in an article on July 3 on Barchart.com…

NVDA stock is still considered undervalued based on analysts’ target prices — Despite Nvidia (NVDA) stock’s outstanding performance so far this year (up +187.8% as of July 10 at $420.64 vs. $146.14 at the end of 2022), NVDA stock still has upside potential. That’s according to analyst average price targets. For example, Yahoo! Finance reports that the average of 41 analysts’ price…

If you have a deadline here are some mental tricks to punch out a story — I have worked out some mental tricks to help me punch out articles each day for my ongoing writing clients. For example, I write an article each morning for Barchart.com on stocks and options. I have generally got about one hour to do so. Baby Steps First, set your mind to say…

Once I started making good money the site reduced my views to almost nothing — Stay away from writing for NewsBreak. It’s not worth writing for if you are a serious freelance writer. That is the conclusion that I have reached after the way NewsBreak has treated me. If you thought you could rely on NewsBreak as a suitable long-term writing site to make money…

Despite a recent dividend cut and another potential cut in July, Devon Energy stock is still popular — Devon Energy is an independent energy company based in Oklahoma City, OK. Most of its oil and gas wells are in the Delaware (west Texas), Anadarko (Oklahoma), Williston (North Dakota), Eagle Ford (south Texas), and Powder River (Montana) Basins. It is known for its consistent and powerful free cash flow…

This trade provides income and a way to purchase stocks automatically — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nvidia (NVDA) have been hot so far this year. For example, ADM stock is up over 87% YTD and NVDA stock is u over 198%. Both are benefitting from massive investor interest in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Both of these companies, but especially Nvidia, make…