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NetFlix Inc. (NFLX) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.2B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $66.9M
- Market Cap
- Sep 04 2008
- $1.8B
Latest News and Analysis
Redbox: New Video Rental Competition for Blockbuster and Netflix
Phillip Lyon submits: One of the investment strategies Peter Lynch touches on in his book One Up on Wall Street is to invest in companies that that you see every day. For instance, if you notice a new restaurant or retail store is performing really well you should check out...
Hedge Fund Tracking: Blue Ridge Capital (John Griffin)
Market Folly submits: Four times a year, hedge funds & asset managers with > $100 million AUM assets under management are required to report to the SEC their holdings from the previous quarter. I check these 13F filings quarterly just to get a sense as to where these funds are...
Global Investing Roundup: 8/15/08
Money Morning submits: Airline Triple Threat; Oil’s $100 Floor; Wal-Mart’s Thrifty Shoppers; Six Flags on a Thrill Ride; Gannett Printing Pink Slips; GM’s Electric Car On the Way; Estee Lauder Looks Good; Netflix’s Mail Snafu British Airways PLC (BAIRY.PK), AMR Corp.’s AMR American Airlines Inc. and Iberia SA announced...
Interview: Blockbuster CEO: Dazed and Confused, Maybe, But Confident Of Physical's Digital Future
Jim Keyes is very passionate about setting the record straight about Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), after being declared dead at every point during the last decade. The year-old CEO of the video retailer is eager to clear the misinterpretation about competition with Netflix, only being a brick-and-mortar store, its competitive...
Kwiry launches new SMS wishlist service
US startup Kwiry is launching a new service that will allow consumers to add Netflix andAmazon products to a "wishlist" on their mobile phones. To avail of the service, mobile phone users text either Amazon or Netflix followed by the...
Kwiry Lets Users Add Items Directly To Netflix And Amazon Via Text
When San Francisco-based Kwiry, "think query," launched a reminder service in December, it didn't seem that helpful. It let people remember things by sending a text message to their Kwiry box at 59479 kwiry, while also sending themselves an e-mail. A typical message might read: "Remember to take out...
Data Dump: Tech Industry Statistics by the Numbers
Seth Gilbert submits: From market research firms and trade groups, there are so many projections, forecasts and numbers thrown to the airwaves that it can become really difficult to keep track. To ease the burden, we periodically consolidate the info to one report. We’ve done comparative stats that put numbers...
Blockbuster, Despite Progress, Posts Another Loss
Julia Boorstin submits: Video rental company BlockbusterBBI posted a second quarter loss of $44.7 million, or 23 cents per share, compared to an 18 cent-per-share loss in the year-ago quarter. But, thanks to improved sales--up three percent from last year to $1.3 billion--the company raised its outlook, predicting...
Netflix User Statistics: Reading Between the Numbers
Davis Freeberg submits: A few months ago, Raghu Srinivasan launched a website named Feedflix that allows you to use your customized Netflix NFLX RSS feeds to track how you are using your membership. The site monitors your usage data and can tell you things like how much you spend...
Netflix Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Netflix, Inc. NFLX Q2 2008 Earnings Call
Amazon Ups the Stakes in Streaming Video
Amazon unveiled its new "video on demand" service today, just three days after Netflix and Microsoft announced that they'd make 10,000 movies available for streaming via the Xbox 360, confirming that an all-out war is underway for the next big shift in movie/TV viewing habits. Amazon's program...
Xbox 360 & Netflix Team Up in Streaming Deal
Deals are a dime a dozen in the new media world, but every now and then, one comes along that seems to provide a window on the future. Today's announcement that Microsoft will team up with Netflix to allow subscribers to stream 10,000 movies and TV shows via their Xbox...
Maghound Sniffing for Long Tail
In the 21st century economy there are long tails and then there are, well, shorter tails. This "insight," if you can call it that, occurred to me today when, after four years of effort, Time Inc. announced today that its Netflix-like service for magazines, called Maghound, will...
Netflix to Charge More for Blu-ray Content
Online movie distributor Netflix plans to start charging subscribers who rent Blu-ray movie titles a monthly premium. Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy gave the news Monday during the company's quarterly earnings call: "As you are aware, purchasing Blu-ray DVDs costs more both at retail and wholesale than standard definition DVDs,...
Netflix Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Netflix Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers: Kirby, Oriental Financial, CBRL Group, Netflix and ManTech International
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the latest list of top performing Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") stocks. The stocks on the prestigious list with the highest returns last week were Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), Oriental Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: OFG), CBRL Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and ManTech...
Netflix: Keeping Snail Mail Relevant
Since Blockbuster backed down and Wal-Mart wimped out, Netflix has made a comeback as the supreme DVD service. But will the new brawl be with Apple and Tivo over the downloadable movie market?
Zacks Buy List Highlights: FLIR Systems, Corning Incorporated, Netflix and Trina Solar Ltd
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
February's Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers: Compass Minerals, Walter Industries, Netflix, Mosaic and Apache
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of top performing Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy stocks for the month of February. The stocks on the prestigious list with the highest returns last month were Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), Walter Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WLT), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), The Mosaic Company (NYSE:...
Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: Activision, Electronic Arts, Netflix, Perfect World and Take-Two Interactive
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks featured in this week's analysis includes Activision (Nasdaq: ATVI), Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Perfect World (Nasdaq: PWRD) and Take-Two Interactive (Nasdaq: TTWO). To see the Zacks Industry Rank and the trend in earnings estimates revisions for more...
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- Incorporated: 1997
- CEO: Mr. Reed Hastings
- Employees: 1,542
Netflix is an online movie rental subscription service in the U.S., providing approximately 7.5 million subscribers access to approximately 90,000 digital versatile disc (DVD) titles plus a growing library of more than 6,000 choices that can be watched instantly on their personal computers. Co. offers nine subscription plans, starting at $4.99 a month. Subscribers select titles at Co.'s website aided by its recommendation service, receive them on DVD by U.S. mail and return them to Co. at their convenience using its prepaid mailers. After a DVD has been returned, Co. mails the next available DVD in a subscriber's queue. It also offers certain titles through its instant-watching feature.
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NetFlix Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Reed Hastings
Chairman
Mr. Jay C. Hoag
Mr. A. George Battle
Mr. Timothy M. Haley
Mr. Michael N. Schuh
Mr. Gregory S. Stanger
Mr. Richard N. Barton
Mr. Charles H. Giancarlo
Contact Information
970 Univeristy Avenue
Los Gatos, CA
408 540-3700
NAICS Code
Video Tape and Disc Rental: 532230
