Netflix Fundamentals – A Comprehensive Overview

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, February 14 15:44 • Permanent Link

With gains of 4.7%, Netflix was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $580.39 and have logged a 1.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

Netflix has moved 53.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.4%
NFLX has an average analyst rating of buy and is 0.82% away from its mean target price of $575.64 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $12.04
Netflix has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 48.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $21.09 and its forward P/E ratio is 27.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 12.2 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 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
NFLX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 1625.2% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $19.38 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 games across various genres and languages. The company also provides members the ability to receive streaming content through a host of internet-connected devices, including TVs, digital video players, TV set-top boxes, and mobile devices. It has operations in approximately 190 countries. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

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