Netflix Plunges After Pandemic Boom Shudders to Near-Halt

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Netflix Plunges After Pandemic Boom Shudders to Near-Halt

Bloomberg2021-04-21

(Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc. credited the pandemic with delivering record growth in 2020. Now it’s blaming the pandemic for the worst first quarter in eight years. The streaming service added far fewer...

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ENAHSHANE
·2021-04-21
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onlyphantom
·2021-04-21
Even at $502 (after the 10%+ plunge) Netflix is fully valued — neither overvalued or undervalued — allits future growth are priced in and as the market incumbent will now have to fend off competition from Disney etc. Can’t imagine Q2 being any much different.
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