It has been a brutal yr for tech shares, which implies there could also be alternatives for traders to scoop up some names at a superb worth. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down 26% this yr, in comparison with declines of 14% for the S & P 500 and 5% for the Dow Jones Industrial Common . Whereas consultants are a shift in market management, there are particular tech shares which are enticing to some traders. “The issues that you just wish to personal to the extent that you’re going to be investing in know-how have to be these beaten-up names with actual free money circulate assist. There are large cap names buying and selling at historic lows,” stated Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner on CNBC’s ” Closing Bell: Time beyond regulation ” Thursday. With that in thoughts, the ” Halftime Report ” merchants gave their playbooks Friday. Meta Fb-parent Meta is on Gilman Hill Asset Administration CEO Jenny Harrington’s listing, pointing to the truth that the corporate is buying and selling at 15.2 occasions earnings and has a 3.7% free-cash-flow yield. The inventory is down almost 64% yr up to now. CEO Mark Zuckerberg just lately laid off 13% of its workers and stated he can be specializing in its core enterprise. “Simply from a pure funding perspective, the numbers are compelling,” Harrington stated. “In the event you imagine that it is a survivor and that revenues proceed to develop mid- to high-single digits … it’s exhausting to not prefer it as an funding, even when there may be noise on the market.” Cisco Jim Lebenthal, chief fairness strategist at Cerity Companions, likes Cisco Techniques for portfolio safety. “It generates money. It buys again shares. It provides you a superb dividend. It is bought a superb enterprise, however greater than something it is bought low volatility,” he stated. Shares of Cisco are down almost 22% thus far this yr. Microsoft For Jason Snipe, founder and chief funding officer of Odyssey Capital Advisors, Microsoft appears to be like compelling, particularly as a result of its industrial cloud enterprise. Whereas the corporate will not see the large development it noticed through the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s nonetheless a “double-digit” earner with rising free money circulate, he stated. “There continues to be worth and it’ll serve you effectively going ahead,” Snipe stated. Microsoft shares are down 24% in 2022. Stephen Weiss, chief funding officer at Quick Hills Capital Companions, additionally likes Microsoft, in addition to Apple . Nonetheless, he is holding off shopping for any shares proper now as he expects the inventory market to proceed falling.