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The first Vestact recommended stock to come out with quarterly results was JP Morgan. The second, out yesterday, was Netflix. The video streaming giant reported revenue of $4.52 billion, up 22.2% year-on-year.

Statista had two great infographics on Netflix recently. This first graph shows how the last quarter was their best in terms of adding subscribers. It clearly indicates that future growth for the company will come from their international audience.

Last night Netflix reported their 4Q and full year numbers. Let's deal with the quarterly figures versus consensus first and then talk about how 2018 was for the company.

According to Techcrunch, Netflix is testing a mobile only subscription in Malaysia to make their services more affordable. This service will cost $4 a month.

While everyone is distracted by social media and accusing Netflix of targeting ads to users based on their race (I don't remember ticking a race box when I signed up for Netflix but whatever!). The company announced that it would be raising $2 billion in capital by issuing some high-yield bonds. The cash will fund more original blockbusters to stay ahead in the contents arms race.

Another Vestact recommended stock in New York portfolios is streaming entertainment service Netflix. The company has a fascinating history. It was founded in 1997 as a DVD movie distributor and didn't start offering online streaming until 2007. It was listed on the stock exchange in 2002, when it had just 600 000 subscribers, all of whom were in the US. It passed the 100 million-subscriber mark in April 2017, and now has over 137 million subscribers. It only started expanding internationally in 2010, when it launched in Canada. Today it's available in over 200 countries.

Tonight we get numbers from Netflix which is always exciting. This article from Yahoo finance delves into a Credit Suisse report which has some interesting estimates for the quarter.

I recently read a Goldman Sachs report about Netflix which suggests that the market underestimates the adoption of mobile subscribers. And I tend to agree. Here at Vestact we are mostly glued to our screens in our comfy office but many people do a lot of travelling for work. Many people download their content at home, using wifi, and then watch it on the go. What better way to pass the time than to binge watch Netflix? It doesn't even have to be mindless fiction, Netflix has a considerable amount of educational content.

Netflix released it's second-quarter earnings after the US markets closed on Monday (July 16th). The shares took a pounding, down 14% in after-hours trade as the company missed on subscriber growth numbers for the first time in five consecutive quarters. The shares closed down 5.2% yesterday recovering most of its losses on the day. Netflix has now missed its forecast only three times in the last ten quarters.

As investors in Netflix, it has now become important to pay attention to the Emmys. I am sure many of you already pay attention to the awards, as it is quite fun to watch, but now it has investment significance.

I did some number crunching on Netflix yesterday to try and understand why the share price has flown so fast. I wanted to see the potential profits this company can make.

Last night, after the market closed, one of the high flying stocks of the previous 3-years reported their 1Q numbers. The Netflix share price is up 520% since the start of 2015! High flyers have some big expectations attached to the company, Netflix did not disappoint. This WSJ articles headline sums things up pretty well - Netflix Hasn't Found an Expectation It Can't Beat.

Since Netflix released their Q4 results on the 22nd of January the share is up nearly 30%. Wow. And that is off a share price that was up 70% last year. The market cap of the business now sits at $120bn, a similar size to Naspers.

On Monday we received great results from Netflix. What a story it has been so far, you could even make a series about it. . . Streaming revenues increased 33% year on year, operating income doubled, and they added a record 5.3 million members in the quarter, much higher than their own expectations of 4.4million adds.