Netflix's Warner push pits scale against near-term shareholder comfort [Wealth Professional (Canada)]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Source: Wealth Professional
Netflix's latest results highlight the tension of a core business that continues to perform well and a strategic swing that could reshape both its balance sheet and risk profile. In its fourth-quarter shareholder letter, released after the closing bell Tuesday, Netflix said revenue rose 18% from a year earlier, with diluted earnings per share climbing to $0.56 from $0.43, meaning it met or exceeded all its full-year 2025 financial goals. Those numbers reflect the company's own disclosures to shareholders. By contrast, much of the market anxiety is driven by information coming from outside Netflix. According to Reuters, shares fell more than 4% in after-hours US trading after the earnings release, and also slipped in European trading, despite the revenue and earnings beat. That reaction highlights how investors are discounting not the quarter that just ended, but the path ahead. Netflix itself has guided 2026 revenue to a range of $50.7 billion to $51.7 billion, implying lower
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