** Shares of video-streaming pioneer Netflix fall 7.2% to $566.57
** Shares of its peers Roku and Walt Disney down 1.6% and 0.5% respectively
** NFLX says it will stop reporting subscriber additions and average revenue per member from 2025, sowing doubts in investor minds about growth peaking in some markets
** The decision to hold back crucial metrics that have moved the stock market comes as Wall Street analysts expect subscriber growth for NFLX in North America and Europe to saturate
** BofA Global Research says, while still early, the potential concern is subscriber growth had significantly decelerated in 2022 and this could be a harbinger of decelerating subscriber growth in the future
** If losses hold, NFLX is set to lose more than $16 bln in market capitalization
** Average rating of 45 analysts covering the stock is "buy," their median PT is $655 - LSEG data
** Up to last close, stock up ~25% YTD
(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaspreet.Singh@thomsonreuters.com ; ))
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