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Wall Street’s Netflix remix
Netflix is heading into its second-quarter earnings report on July 16, and the analyst crowd is basically doing last-minute edits before the curtain goes up. Citi kept a Buy rating on the stock but trimmed its price target from $115 to $100, which is Wall Street’s version of saying, “we still like the movie, just maybe not as much as before.”
The setup looks pretty loaded
The company is expected to post earnings of 79 cents per share on $12.58 billion in revenue, up from 72 cents a share and $11.08 billion a year ago. That’s solid top-line growth, but the real question is whether Netflix can keep turning subscriber attention into something more durable than a Friday-night binge.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Netflix is exploring ways to boost subscriber engagement. Translation: the streamer wants users to stick around longer, click more, and ideally stop treating the app like a once-a-month restaurant reservation.
Analysts are still in the fan club, just with smaller pom-poms
Citi wasn’t alone in tinkering with expectations:
- B of A kept a Buy and a $125 target
- Guggenheim stayed Buy with a $120 target
- Piper Sandler held Overweight and lifted its target to $115
- Oppenheimer kept Outperform while trimming its target to $120
So the vibe isn’t panic. It’s more like cautious optimism with a spreadsheet.
Big picture: Netflix doesn’t need to wow everyone every quarter, but it does need to keep proving it can grow without running out of runway. If Thursday’s numbers and commentary hit the right notes, the stock gets another excuse to dance. If not, Wall Street may keep the remote and the skepticism.