Netflix Inc.NFLXBUYDec 05, 2025Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jul 02, 2026. Market Open.
New fears that it's missing the boat and needs to look for another asset. Missed on American guidance because it was front-end-loading content. Massive scale. Margins actually expanded last quarter from 29.5% to 31.5%. More subscribers, more ads (and revenue), more countries, more NFL.
Secular growth, market leadership, economic buoyancy. Good quality compounder. Growing 15%, trades at 15x. If you're scared to buy it today, sell puts. No dividend.
It is largely mature in its North American subscriber base so growth is slow and that is their high margin area. The international base has growth but it is low margin. It is trading at a pretty high multiple of 40X earnings. It also has competition from elsewhere. People are moving more into shorts and this benefits YouTube which has twice the user base size as Netflix.
Recently disappointing. Price now below 200-day MA, which has started to roll over. It's still the leader. Going back to its roots of creating content, and now getting into live sports. Trades at 24.5x forward PE, and ~23% growth. Valuation makes a lot of sense, but technical structure a bit soft. His team is evaluating.
Clear global leader in high-quality video content streaming. Pricing power in the face of competition, best-in-class customer retention. He expects revenue to grow at double-digit pace, margins should expand.
Aggressive investment in movies and shows, but increasingly podcasts and live events. Capitalizing on digital ads. Earnings should grow at 22% compound pace for next 3 years. Trades ~22x PE, good tradeoff between value and growth. Share buybacks. No dividend.
Usually the acquiring company's stock does fall, so that's normal. There's going to be incredible regulatory scrutiny. He predicts the deal won't get done, it's too anti-competitive. The White House is already taking a dim view of it. If the 1 in 4 odds come through and the deal does happen, it would be incredible for NFLX. We're talking about a 100-year library of the best movies.
Last quarter, missed on some Brazilian tax issues and so it missed on earnings. Big competition. But Q3 had the best sales ever, revenue was up 17% YOY, raised guidance. Aiming to double revenues by 2030. Also trying to leverage generative AI. Growing ~20%, trading at ~27x. Still really good value.