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Netflix Monster First Quarter Earnings Preview- A Complete Breakdown

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Netflix Monster First Quarter Earnings Preview- A Complete Breakdown

Netflix will be the headliner this week when it comes to earnings. As I mentioned in the write-up last week, Google trends have been showing strong international interest. Cities like Mumbaiย and New Delhi are seeing significant search interest, while city-state Singapore is also up there over the past year.

(Google Trends)

It is a trend that has continued over the past quarter as well.

(Google Trends)

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Options

Options are pricing in a massive amount of volatility after results. Look at the implied volatilityย term structure, with a reading near 90! Huge!

The long staddle option strategy is pricing in aย rise or fall of nearly 10 percent for the $312.50 strike price, set to expire on April 20. Again a huge move. Keep in the S&P 500 has implied volatility term structureย that is less than 14 percent! Netflix is nearly 90%.

Analyst Estimates

Analysts estimates are calling for earnings to climb by nearly 57 percent to $0.63 per share, while revenue is expected to jump by 40 percent to $3.69 billion. But the most criticalย metric’s will be those subscriber growthย number and the outlook for net additions in the second quarter.

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Subscriber Growth

The company is guiding for 6.35 million net additions in the quarter, bringing the total subscribers to roughlyย 124 million. But I think it may take a much more significant beat to move the stock higher.ย  According to my projections, the company should report result roughly in-line with expectations.

(Mott Capital)

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Technical Breakout

The technical chart suggests shares could see a significantย rise though, with a breakout occurring on Friday, and that could lead shares much higher, perhaps to new records post results.

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So all that is left now is for the company to report those results.

Michael Kramer and Clients of Mott capital own shares of NFLX

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