Stock price when the opinion was issued
Clearly winning the streaming wars, being pulled upward by increasing number of global subscribers. That's driving pricing power. New ad-supported tier, password-sharing crackdown. Investing in original content. Live sports are generating revenue. No dividend.
Increasing cashflow. Sees 23% earnings growth. Shares are down ~15%.
He and Lang suggests consumer-oriented stocks with a subscription base that work even in a slowdown: Netflix, Roku and Spotify. Last January, NFLX reported a super quarter, then shares gapped up, but rolled over mid-February with the market. Lang says that was a reset. Shares have been rebounding ever since, now 9% this year. NFLX has resistance at $1,000, but if it breaks that, Lang thinks it can reach $1,250. A momentum indicator--MACD--recently made a bullish crossover. Meanwhile, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is slightly bullish; big buyers are still buying. RSI is starting to bounce after hitting oversold earlier this month, now around 50, so there's a ways to go before being overbought.
They delivered a blowout Q4: a big revenue beat and EPS, up 102%, strong margins despite expensive shows. cash flow of $1.38 billion, revenue 16% YOY, and 18.91 million new subscribers vs. the expected 10 million. However, guidance was mixed, with the forecast in the current quarter below expectations, but they slightly raised full-year 2025 in revenue and operating margin. They're running circles around the competition. Their hits: Squid Game 2, Carry-On, and NFL on Christmas Day. Their ad-supported tier accounted for 55% of sign-ups in Q4. This has more momentum than he's ever seen.