Shares of Watsco (NYSE:WSO) traded up 1.50% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $125.45. The daily volume was measured at 4,743,573 shares. The analyst said his firm’s current model forecasts Netflix having “150 million streaming subscribers and $3.8 billion in operating income by year-end 2020”. They now have a $718.26 price objective on the Internet television network’s stock.
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Yesterday’s pop up of shares has also come a day before Netflix is slated to split its shares on a seven-for-one basis. Vetr’s price objective points to a potential upside of 1.46% from the company’s current price. Along with its streaming of movies and TV shows, Netflix has also entered the production market by creating, directing, and streaming original programming such as the popular political drama House of Cards.
The stock’s 50-day moving average is $652.84 and its 200-day moving average is $511.17.
[The Street] Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX)(TREND ANALYSIS) will report earnings after the market close on Wednesday, July 15th for the company’s second quarter of fiscal 2015.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) last released its earnings data on Wednesday, April 15th. The 7-1 split was announced on Tuesday, June 23rd. The newly minted shares will be issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, July 14th. If Netflix meets estimates of $1.65 billion, that will be a 23% increase in sales compared to the same period previous year. The stock was sold at an average price of $700.50, for a total transaction of $700,500.00. In other news, a woman has legally changed her name to match the pseudonym she uses on Facebook just so she could get access to her account, which was locked for not abiding by the “real name” policy. Underperform rating was given by 1 analyst. Finally, analysts at Nomura raised their price target on shares of Netflix from $600.00 to $750.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and twenty-three have assigned a buy rating to the stock.
On July 10, 2015, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Scott Devitt similarly maintained a Buy rating on Netflix with a $725 price target. The company’s investors have therefore so far been more than happy to see Netflix capitalize on its growth opportunities, rather than fret about some short term profitability. Additionally, in the United States (U.S.), its members can receive digital versatile discs (DVDs) delivered quickly to their homes. The Domestic and worldwide streaming segments derive revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting exclusively of streaming content. The Domestic DVD segment derives revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting exclusively of DVD-by-mail. The subscription video on demand (SVOD) giant appears to be meeting its growth targets, specifically pertaining to its ongoing worldwide expansion.
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