We're taking a closer look at Netflix today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 9.01% compared to 0.27% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top content platform and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
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Netflix has moved -14.31% over the last year compared to -13.08% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -1.23%
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NFLX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.32% away from its mean target price of $357.23 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $9.82
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Netflix has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.62 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.38 and its forward P/E ratio is 22.28
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NFLX has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.369, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.89 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Netflix is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
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Netflix has on average reported free cash flows of $-515,815,000.00 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 274.19%