NFLX Q2 Overview: A high-growth model to high profitability.
Despite post-market volatility, $Netflix(NFLX)$ delivered an impressive earnings report, with both revenue and EPS surpassing expectations. global paid memberships growth exceeded forecasts, and the company raised its full-year revenue growth forecasts. The post-market fluctuations were more a result of high prior expectations. Despite the recent tech stock pullback, NFLX has still gained over 30% year-to-date.Q2 Key Financial Metrics:Quarterly Revenue: $9.56 billion, up 16.8% yoy, beating the estimate of $9.53 billion.Diluted EPS: $4.88, surpassing the expectation of $4.74.Operating Profit: $2.6 billion, vs the expectation of $2.43 billion, with an operating margin of 27.2%, slightly lower than last quarter's 28%.Global Paid Memberships: 278 mill
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Another year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, with Cook and Gates seen sitting in the audience. The moment when Buffett mistakenly called out "Charlie" was somewhat poignant. In the latest Berkshire Q1 holdings, approximately 75% of the fair value of its portfolio remains concentrated in American Express, Apple, Bank of America, Chevron, and Coca-Cola.It's worth noting that Berkshire Q1 still remained a net seller, with cash reserves reaching new highs. In Q1, Berkshire sold nearly $20 billion worth of stocks while only purchasing $2.7 billion, leading its portfolio value to decline from $354 billion at the end of last year to $336 billion.Although Apple remains Berkshire's largest holding, its stake value dropped from $174 billion at the end of last year to $135.4 billion. As of
The stock market got off to a better start in October, after ending the prior month in a sea of red. However, the upcoming third-quarter earnings season is concerning.The U.S. Dollar index and the treasury note yield are at high levels, with unprecedented inflation. Those three extreme things are intertwined, which makes the market know that this earnings season will be terrible, but everyone has no idea how bad it is.Some companies have reported bad earnings in the past two weeks. FedEx, Nike, Micron Technology, CarMax and Carnival Cruises are all considered pessimistic signals in different sectors.Goldman Sachs noted that the past few weeks have seen a significant uptick in preannouncement activity. Large cap, bellwether stocks have provided investors with updates ahead of their regularl
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The five tech-giants have all handed in their earnings results. Let me review the performances. The first one in this quarter is Microsoft, the result makes Wall Street impeccable. Apple and Microsoft can be said to be hale and hearty. Due to geopolitical influence, the advertising industry as an economic barometer that was not going well. And the performance of Google and FB is not satisfactory. However, the META stock price is extremely swing, and Amazon got first loss by Rivian's investment loss. $Apple(AAPL)$ Apple's financial report is as stable as ever, and all data exceed market expectations. However, its CFO warned that the challenges in this quarter may affect Apple's sales, causing Apple's share price to fall by 3% in after-hours trading.
$Netflix(NFLX)$ the result exploded again. Its stock price plumped 25% after the last earnings, and I didn't expect that appear again. The paid memberships saw the first decline since 2011 with a net loss of 0.2 million. And the worst part is that management said a continued decline of 2 million in the second quarter, which is 10 times in the first quarter! The following articles describe about Netflix's earnings, please read below: Netflix Shares Fell 25%, Losing Subscribers Amid Growing Competition, Account Sharing[PDF]Netflix Shareholder