Netflix (NFLX): New Buy Recommendation for This Technology Giant


In a report released yesterday, Matthew Thornton from SunTrust Robinson maintained a Buy rating on Netflix (NFLX), with a price target of $402.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $361.76.

According to TipRanks.com, Thornton is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 2.2% and a 41.0% success rate. Thornton covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Spotify Technology SA, Activision Blizzard, and Rubicon Project.

Netflix has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $384.66, which is a 4.7% upside from current levels. In a report issued on March 23, Robert W. Baird also upgraded the stock to Buy with a $415.00 price target.

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Netflix’s market cap is currently $158.7B and has a P/E ratio of 87.60. The company has a Price to Book ratio of -9.38.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 20 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of NFLX in relation to earlier this year.

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Netflix, Inc. is a streaming entertainment service company, which provides subscription service streaming movies and television episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by mail. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Streaming, International Streaming and Domestic DVD. The Domestic Streaming segment derives revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting solely of streaming content to its members in the United States. The International Streaming segment includes fees from members outside the United States. The Domestic DVD segment covers revenues from services consisting solely of DVD-by-mail. The company was founded by Marc Randolph and Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr., on August 29, 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

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