Netflix Inc. Stock Hold Recommendation Reiterated (NFLX)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) has been reitereated by TheStreet Ratings as a hold with a ratings score of C. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and generally poor debt management.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 21.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 21.0%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• The gross profit margin for NETFLIX INC is currently very high, coming in at 70.90%. It has increased significantly from the same period last year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of -0.50% trails the industry average.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $19.11 million or 83.57% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Internet & Catalog Retail industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 107.6% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $60.23 million to -$4.58 million.

Netflix, Inc. provides Internet subscription services for TV shows and movies in the United States and internationally. The company offers its subscribers to watch unlimited TV shows and movies streamed over the Internet to their TVs, computers, and mobile devices. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.2, equal to the average specialty retail industry P/E ratioand above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Netflix has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the services sector and specialty retail industry. Shares are down 6.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

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