in brief: Netflix bought off to a tough begin in 2022, however ended the yr on a excessive notice. Netflix generated $7.85 billion in income within the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. It’s solely up 1.9% year-over-year, however it’s higher than going within the flawed path. Diluted earnings per share had been $0.12.
Full-year 2022 income of $31.62 billion, internet earnings of $4.5 billion, and diluted earnings per share of $11.24.
Netflix managed so as to add 7.66 million paid subscribers through the vacation season, bringing complete paid memberships to 230.75 million. Netflix’s low-priced ad-supported tier, which it launched in November, actually performed a task, and the corporate says it is happy with the product’s early outcomes. Unfortunately, simply out of curiosity, Netflix would not disclose what number of of its subscribers join the ad-supported tier, so it is arduous to gauge (as an outsider) how profitable it has been.
Content is king, and Netflix has loads of nice exhibits and films to look at in 2022. Season 4 of “Stranger Things” hit 1 billion hours watched, as did Wednesday’s new episode starring Jenna Ortega. Other hits embrace “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” “The Glass Onion: Mystery of Wilderness Action,” “Purple Heart,” “Harry & Meghan” and “The Adam Project.”
The streaming video large additionally revealed that co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings has transitioned to govt chairman. Joining Ted Sarandos, he’ll proceed as Co-CEO together with Greg Peters, who beforehand served as COO.
Netflix inventory hit a excessive of almost $700 in late 2021, however issues took a flip for the more severe in 2022, with the shares buying and selling round $175 by June. The restoration since final summer season has been pretty regular, and the inventory is at present buying and selling at $337.21 as of this writing. According to at this time’s information, this consists of a rise of almost 7%.
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