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ĭana Blankenhorn has been a financial and technology journalist since 1978. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the Publishing Guidelines. On the date of publication, Dana Blankenhorn held long positions in GOOGL and AMZN. I would seriously consider buying Netflix here. A sale to Comcast or Google would solve everything. A Roku deal, especially done for stock, would immediately add to earnings and solve the advertising problem. The potential of gaming isn’t recognized by most analysts, but the content delivery network Netflix built for its current business gives it a good platform there.įinally, there’s the chance of a big merger. It could bring in new subscribers who then might upgrade, although the risk is some current subscribers might downgrade. An ad-supported Netflix would still not be free. There are also lots of potential catalysts for earnings growth. You’re paying roughly 2.5 times the last year’s revenue and just 16 times earnings to own it. NFLX stock is still not cheap, but the price now looks reasonable. If Netflix did have a hit game, it could capitalize on the success quickly. Gaming, like other forms of entertainment, is built around hits. It charges from $10 to $20/month for its gaming service, supported by its global content network, which caches content close to subscribers, sometimes in internet providers’ offices. It bought three gaming companies in the last year and is creating games around shows like Stranger Things. Netflix laid off 150 people in May, from a workforce of 11,000, and will lay off about 300 more soon. Layoffs always hurt the laid off, but they also have a galvanizing impact on those who are left, and they leave management with fewer bills to pay. There are other ways to deliver gains to investors. Any deal would face anti-trust scrutiny, but any announcement would also provide a gain to Netflix shareholders. While Netflix is big enough to swallow Roku, Comcast and Google are big enough to swallow it. Analysts estimate an ad-based tier could boost revenue by 21%, bringing its run rate to $40 billion/year. The most persistent rumors involve a tie-up with either Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s YouTube or Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCU. Roku opened June 23 with a market cap of $12.4 billion. There is even talk of buying Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU), the streaming equipment company. This made what once seemed unthinkable, a lower-cost tier subsidized by advertising, look attractive. The company, once known for anticipating viewers with movies like Bird Box, is now watching rivals like Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and, most ominously, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) steal the buzz. Top shows and movies are showing their age.

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Its crackdown on password sharing made enemies of some customers. The only region showing gains was the Asia-Pacific region. I blamed its exit from Russia, which cost 700,000 subscribers. The problem was that the number of subscribers dropped, by 200,000. Net income of $1.6 billion, $3.53/share fully diluted, and revenue of $7.9 billion weren’t the problem. NFLX stock crashed after its audience peaked and it missed earnings estimates.

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