6 Critical Takeaways Learned From Netflix's Q4 Earnings Report
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported its fourth-quarter earnings results on Tuesday, and investors are now digesting the report and management's video conference call. The streaming company is enormously controversial in the investment community. When discussing the stock, bulls cite its dominant market position and global opportunity, while bears cite new streaming competition and the company's negative free cash flow. Sometimes it seems like bulls and bears are looking at two different companies.
To help sort through the conflicting attitudes toward the company, here are six critical takeaways from the company's fourth-quarter earnings report.
Netflix added 8.8 million net new subscribers to its global subscriber count, which now stands at 167.1 million. That quarterly jump handily beat management's guidance of 7.6 million (provided in its third-quarter report last October).
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