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'Long-term fundamental trends remain very, very, very much intact': Here's what Wall Street is saying about Netflix's record subscriber growth
RBC Capital Markets
JPMorgan
Price target: $450 (from $415)
"Netflix shies away from talking about any one international market too specifically, but it called out growth in Asia, and we believe India is becoming a bigger factor," analyst Doug Anmuth said.
Anmuth added he believes previous Netflix products in India have proved to have strong traction, including Sacred Games, Lust Stories, and Ghoul. Selection Day, the 3rd original series in India, will be released in fourth quarter, infusing new momentum to drive subs growth.
"We believe content is strong into 4Q and 2019, and NFLX could again deliver more net adds next year than this year particularly as India & Japan gain greater traction," he said.
"The bigger picture path is consistent, and we continue to believe there is significant growth potential ahead, with Netflix on track to have 200 million global subs in 2020-2021."
Goldman Sachs
Price target: $480
"Netflix 3Q results exceeded consensus expectations in both the US and International segments as the correlation between content spend and subscriber net adds strengthened for the sixth consecutive quarter," said analyst Heath Terry.
"4Q guidance far exceeded consensus expectations, reflecting the strength of the content line-up through year-end, amplification from newer distribution partnerships and growth in the addressable audience, particularly in earlier stage mobile-first markets. "
He added: "As Netflix subscriber adds continue to exceed expectations and it approaches an inflection point in cash profitability following the current investment period in advance of the loss of Disney content late next year, we believe shares of Netflix will continue to significantly outperform."
Nomura Instinet
Price target: $370
"Net adds were significantly ahead of our estimates and consensus, driven by strong global growth, including in Asia," said analyst Mark Kelley.
"Management noted an increased focus on owned original first-run content, which has the potential to lower costs by avoiding third-party licensing markups. International original content is another point of emphasis, and the company plans to continue to invest heavily in building out local content libraries. On that front, Netflix does not anticipate any significant impact from local content quotas in the EU. Moving forward, the focus is now squarely on content spend and the break-even timeline."
Wedbush
Price target: $150 (from $125)
"Notwithstanding the impressive results, we see clouds on the horizon," said analyst Michael Pachter.
"We believe that Netflix’s valuation is unwarranted. We expect the company to continue to increase its marketing and content spending over the next several years in order to maintain the pace of its subscriber growth."
He added: "Should quarterly cash burn stabilize in 2019, we are prepared to reconsider our UNDERPERFORM rating, particularly if we see signs next year that the company can increase its cash flow and make progress toward breakeven and ultimately toward positive cash generation."
"We expect another trip to the debt markets due to continuing cash burn. Until we see progress, we are reiterating our UNDERPERFORM rating, but are increasing our 12-month price target per share to $150 from $125 previously, to reflect faster subscriber growth than we previously modeled and the possibility that free cash flow burn will stabilize."
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