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Upwork Stock Looks Cheap (And Attractive)

$Upwork Inc.(UPWK)$ operates an online Marketplace for freelancers. The stock boomed during the pandemic when people were stuck at home but shares have fallen over 80% since. At the latest price, Upwork has now got a market value of $1.29 billion  Financials  Cash and investments: $500 million Debt: $360 million Enterprise Value: $1.2 billion TTM Revenue: $744 million  Net income: $74 million Free cash flow: $73 million Ratios P/E: 18x EV/FCF: 16x   Recent performance That valuation is not bad when you look at Upwork's recent performance. Average revenue growth over the last 5 years: 22%  Sales TTM: 14%  Positives Crucially, Upwork recently turned the corner on profitability. Cost cutting help total operating exp
Upwork Stock Looks Cheap (And Attractive)

Why did Warren Buffet byy this oil stock

$Occidental(OXY)$  at the current price, the company is worth 52.44 billion. Financials and ratios Cash & Investments: $5.3 billion Debt: $20 billion Enterprise Value: 78 billion Revenue TTM: $28 billion Net income TTM: $3.9 billion Free cash flow: $4.1 billion P/E Ratio: 14x EV/FCF: 19x Stock Performance comparison Occidental petroleum has not had the best couple of years including dividends. The stock has returned -9% while the S&P 500 is up 34% and $Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLE)$  is up 22% over the same period. Past actions However, the performance of Occidental isn't that surprising. Back in 2019, the company won a bidding war with 
Why did Warren Buffet byy this oil stock

Portfolio & actions (20 Aug 24)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$    Did not hold previous week options till expiration. Was a good choice. Price fell below 13.5, got to purchase at a strike price of 13, out of the money. Options $RIVN 20240823 13.0 PUT$   Portfolio Cash No actions. Just happily accuring interest from banks and Chocolate Finance Stocks No new purchases. Sold $Nike(NKE)$ at breakeven invluding commissions. T bills Instead of T bills, will buy Syfe guaranteed monthly. Not SDIC insured. Crypto No actions.
Portfolio & actions (20 Aug 24)

Warren Buffet just bought this stock!

Warren Buffett just bought this stock. Cosmetic Company, $ulta beauty(ULTA)$ jumped 11% yesterday on news that Warren Buffett's business Burk Shear halfway had purchased almost 700,000 shares. What does Warren Buffett see in Ulta Beauty? Financials Cash: $525 million debt: $0 Enterprise Value: $17.3 billion Revenue TTM: $11.3 billion Net income TTM: $1.26 billion Adjusted EBITDA TTM: $1.94 billion Free cash flow TTM: $914 million Valuation P/E Ratio: 14 EV/FCF: 19 EV/EBITDA: 8.9 That PE ratio is right at the bottom of the company's historical range. That low valuation is because Ulta is not performing as well as in the past. Negatives Same-store sales in the first quarter rose just 1. 6% year-over-year. Ulta then cut its full year outlo
Warren Buffet just bought this stock!

Should you buy SentinelOne stock?

Since July 18th, cyber security stock, $SentinelOne, Inc(S)$  has climbed 13% but those gains have little to do with business results. Instead, SentinelOne stock has soared after rival, $CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$ caused the global outage that disrupted millions of people. The question is whether SentinelOne can hold on to those gains at the latest price. Financials Market cap: $7.9 billion. Cash and investments: $1.1 billion Enterprise Value: $6.8 billion TTM Revenue TTM: $674 million However, the company is not yet profitable. Net income TTM: - $300 million FCF TTM: $0 Stock based compensation TTM: $220 million SentinelOne vs CrowdStrike Revenue: 47% vs 36% Revenue Multiple: 10x vs
Should you buy SentinelOne stock?

Two stocks to avoid August 2024

$Intel(INTC)$   No. 1 Intel Just over 4 years ago, Intel was worth more than $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$   and $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  combined. Today the company is worth just 87 billion and AMD and Nvidia are worth over 2 trillion. That sort of Divergence might seem like a buying opportunity but in Intel's case there is not much to be optimistic about. Q2 Results Revenue: - 1% YoY Net Income TTM: $1.6 billion FCF TTM: - $13 billion Risks Firstly, the company is dealing with slowing PC sales and has fallen behind in AI.  Secondly, management's guidance for next quarter was even worse. With Revenu
Two stocks to avoid August 2024

Portfolio & my actions (12 Aug 2024)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$   Options $RIVN 20240809 13.0 PUT$   $RIVN 20240809 13.5 PUT$   Managed to sell 2 puts without getting assigned $RIVN 20241018 16.0 CALL$   Sold covered call (see above) Portfolio Cash No actions Stocks Bought $iShares Ethereum Trust ETF(ETHA)$ @18.59 T bills No actions. T bills have not been lucurative since US yeilds have been falling Crypto No actions This week actions Selling puts Strike price: 13.5/ 14 (OTM nearest to ATM) Exp
Portfolio & my actions (12 Aug 2024)

Should you buy Intuitive surgical stock?

$Intuitive Surgical(ISRG)$ is one of the best businesses in the world. The dominant player in robotic surgery has had huge success with its Da Vinci system and the stock has increased almost 23,000% from its initial public offering (IPO). At the latest price, the company's got a valuation of $164.24 billion.  Financials Cash: $8 billion Debt: $0 Trailing 12 months (TTM) Revenue: $7.6 billion Net income: 2.1 billion Free cash flow (FCF): $420 million Its numbers look closer to a good software company than a medical business. Gross margins: 67% (STRONG) EBITA margins: 40% A great business More than 80% of the revenue is recurring and the company continues to put up solid growth. The instruments and accessories segment which is mostly recurr
Should you buy Intuitive surgical stock?

Should you buy Starbucks?

$Starbucks(SBUX)$ is down 19% this year taking the company's market cap to $85.84 billion.  Financials Cash and Investments: $4.1 billion Debt: $15.6 billion Enterprise Value (EV) = $97.34 billion. Over the last 12 months Revenue: $36.5 billion  Net income: $4.1 Billion  Free cash flow (FCF): $3.8 billion  Ratios P/E ratio: 21  EV/FCF: 25  This valuation doesn't look particularly appealing when looking at the company's recent performance total returns in the stock are now - 21% over the past 5 years. 3rd Quarter Same store sales: US: - 2% China: - 4%  Negatives From a top- down perspective, it looks like Starbucks has lost its way. The company's goal to be third place between home and work seems t
Should you buy Starbucks?

Portfolio and my actions (5 Aug 2024)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$   Sentiment Got assigned 500 shares@16. No more near miss this time.  Options Will still buy this week options. Portfolio Cash Will have a huge decrease due to buying this week option Stocks Bad timing. Bought $Himax(HIMX)$ @6.96,$Tenable Holdings Inc.(TENB)$ @46.96, $Rockwell Automation(ROK)$ @263.53 and more$Aurora Innovation(AUR)$ @3.91. Stocks allocation will increase due to cash for cash secured puts. T bills Disappointing. Interest rate dropped to 3.4%. Allocated to Sfye Cash+ for 3 m
Portfolio and my actions (5 Aug 2024)

Portfolio &actions (28 Jul 24)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$  Sentiment Recently have to exit a trade before 80% of the value cause of the risk of begin assigned and the allure of selling puts at a lower strike price Options $RIVN 20240726 16.5 PUT$    And sold a position for next week $RIVN 20240802 16.0 PUT$   Portfolio Cash An increase of 2% due to decrease in the value of stocks Stocks Bought more $Nike(NKE)$ @ 73.18 and $GEN DIGITAL INC(GEN)$ @ 25.23 (new position) T-bills Will purchase this current T-b
Portfolio &actions (28 Jul 24)
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@The Porfolio journalist:My portfolio & actions (20 Jul 24)

My portfolio & actions (20 Jul 24)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$   Sentiment RIVN "seems" to be bullish since it was close to my puts at a strike price of 16.5 before I get assigned Options $RIVN 20240719 16.5 PUT$   Sold this put with a profit ratio of 63.5 ince its was close to my strike price and I would not want to be assigned at this price My portfolio Cash Aside my money in Maribank and DBS, I put money into Chocolate Finance as it is giving guaranteed 4.2% for the 1st 20k till 31 Dec 2024 Stocks Bought $Nike(NKE)$ @ 72.09 and $Aurora Innovation(AUR)$ @ 4.52 after considering c
My portfolio & actions (20 Jul 24)

Portfolio update 15 Jul 24

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$   Sentiment RIVN has been very bullish this week.  Options $RIVN 20240712 14.5 PUT$  $RIVN 20240712 15.0 CALL$  $RIVN 20240712 16.0 PUT$   $RIVN 20240719 16.5 PUT$   - Sold covered calls and was exercised. - Sold cash secured puts for 2 times this week due to RIVN's share price increasing and 80/20 rule where I will take profit when I have collected 80% of the premiums Portfolio Cash Expected to increase as
Portfolio update 15 Jul 24

My Portfolio & actions (updated weekly)

$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$   Sentiment Bullish on RIVN so that I can sell my stocks from covered calls and sell cash secured puts without being assigned Options $RIVN 20240705 15.0 CALL$   $RIVN 20240705 14.5 PUT$   Managed to collect premiums from covered calls and cash secured puts Portfolio  My portfolio consists of Cash, Stocks, T bills and crypto. Below, I will talk about my actions going forward. Cash My cash is in 2  bank accounts, Maribank and DBS.A huge chunk of my cash is in Maribank paying me 2.7% with no strings attached. Cash in DBS is for my living
My Portfolio & actions (updated weekly)

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