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Netflix shares are down after the company reported a beat on earnings per share at $3.75 versus estimated $2.97, but only added 3.98 million subscribers compared to 6.2 million expected. Tuna Amobi, CFRA research senior media and entertainment equity analyst, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss Netflix’s first-quarterly earnings report. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
Netflix shares fell as much as 11% in after-hours trading after reporting a large miss in subscriber numbers in its first-quarter earnings report. The company also said it only expects to add about 1 million subscribers in the current quarter.
Here are the key numbers:
Earnings per share (EPS): $3.75, vs $2.97 expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts
Revenue: $7.16 billion, vs $7.13 billion expected, according to Refinitiv
Global paid net subscriber additions: 3.98 million vs 6.2 million expected, according to Factset
“We believe paid membership growth slowed due to the big Covid-19 pull forward in 2020 and a lighter content slate in the first half of this year, due to Covid-19 production delays,” Netflix said in its letter to shareholders.
Netflix has continued to hold itself against a bevy of competitors including Disney’s Disney+ and Hulu, AT&T’s HBO Max, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime and Comcast NBCUniversal’s Peacock. The company said in its report that it doesn’t believe competition played a factor in the weak subscriber numbers.
“We don’t believe competitive intensity materially changed in the quarter or was a material factor in the variance as the over-forecast was across all of our regions,” according to the report.
Netflix also anticipates its content to pick back up later in the year, following production delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As we’ve noted previously, the production delays from Covid-19 in 2020 will lead to a 2021 slate that is more heavily second half weighted with a large number of returning franchises,” the company said.
The company said that production is back up and running in nearly all of its major markets. If that continues, Netflix said it expects to spend more than $17 billion in cash on content this year.
The company’s revenue grew 24% year over year and was in line with its beginning of quarter forecast, Netflix said. It also delivered a strong beat on earnings compared to Street estimates.
Netflix also approved a buyback program to repurchase up to $5 billion in common stock, beginning in 2021 with no fixed expiration date. That’s expected to begin the quarter, the company said.
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