Mark R. Hake

Mark R. Hake

CFA

Mark R. Hake, CFA is a financial analyst and entrepreneur. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) for 31 years and has owned his own investment management and investment research firms that focused on value stocks, both in the U.S. and overseas.

Mark writes over 600 articles per year on stocks, cryptos, SPACs, convertibles, ETFs, and other financial securities. He has been ranked with 5 stars by TipRanks.com (under “Mark R. Hake”) with an average return of over 22% annually and #36 out of 8,116 writers. Presently he authors articles on Medium.com and other sites.

Mark also invests in public and private equities and has acted as a hedge fund manager and portfolio manager for various money management firms. He has also acted as CFO and Chief Strategy Officer for several fin-tech and software companies.

You can follow Mark on LinkedIn and on TipRanks.

Recent Articles

Sundial Growers Stock Has Fallen, But It Could Be a While Before It’s a Buy

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Sundial Growers is cheap, but it could still be a while before it's a buy. SNDL stock could fall to around 57 cents, unless the new Spirit acquisition turns out well.

Cassava Sciences Stock Has Been Hammered For No Good Reason and Is Likely To Rebound

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Cassava Sciences stock has been hammered for no good reason and is likely to rebound. AVA stock is still worth over $900 especially given the recent positive 9-month results of its Alzheimer's drug Simufilam.

Smart Contracts Will Make Cardano a Big 3 Crypto

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Once Cardano can do smart contracts it will be one of the big three cryptos. Cardano will be attractive to institutional investors according to Morningstar once its smart contract function launches.

Quantumscape Is on a Slow Rot Until It Can Show Investors the Money

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Quantumscape stock will fall until the electric vehicle (EV) battery maker makes money. QS stock cannot be valued, given its expected losses.

Exxon Is Playing Things Smart and Looks Worth $77 — Or More

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Exxon does the right thing with its money, but shareholders want more. XOM stock is worth more based on its average historical yield and P/E.

Palantir Stock Should Rise 57% to $34

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Even with a conservative, reduced free cash flow estimate, PLTR stock still has plenty of room to grow.

Stem Stock Is Worth $42.26 in the Next Year With its Energy Assets

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Stem is a new kind of asset manager for electricity assets and is profitable. If the growth continues, STEM stock is worth $42.26 or 56% more.

Microsoft’s Excellent Quarterly Results Show Consistently High FCF Margins

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Microsoft's excellent Q4 results show impressive FCF margins and consistency. MSFT stock could rise 37.3% to around $393.

Alphabet Is Worth $3,554 Based on Its Powerful Free Cash Flow

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

GOOG stock is worth about 30% more. Alphabet will benefit from higher FCF margins, so that with a 3.2% FCF yield it is worth 30% more.

Facebook’s Huge Free Cash Flow Makes FB Stock Worth Over $500

By Mark R. Hake, CFA

Facebook produced huge free cash flow in Q2. That makes FB stock worth $516.70, or 44% more, based on its huge 29.5% FCF margins and 2.83% FCF yield.

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