Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand NFLX

By Scott Lee • Friday, November 03 12:17 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Netflix over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Discount Store stock at a price of $432.74? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Netflix has moved 66.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
NFLX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -0.29% away from its mean target price of $433.98 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.02
Netflix has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 43.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.77 and its forward P/E ratio is 29.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 8.57 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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
NFLX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 20.3% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $18.03 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Netflix, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers TV series, documentaries, feature films, and mobile games across various genres and languages. The company provides members the ability to receive streaming content through a host of internet-connected devices, including TVs, digital video players, television set-top boxes, and mobile devices. The company has approximately 231 million paid members in 190 countries. Netflix, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

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