Netflix, Inc.

NasdaqGS:NFLX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$385.6b

Netflix Valuation

Is NFLX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NFLX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NFLX ($909.05) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($781.28)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NFLX is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NFLX?

Key metric: As NFLX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NFLX. This is calculated by dividing NFLX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NFLX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio49.9x
EarningsUS$7.78b
Market CapUS$385.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NFLX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NFLX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average72.5x
DIS Walt Disney
40.8x19.6%US$201.7b
SPOT Spotify Technology
127.3x29.8%US$91.8b
FWON.K Formula One Group
84.3x18.0%US$23.3b
WMG Warner Music Group
37.6x20.7%US$15.9b
NFLX Netflix
49.9x15.9%US$385.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NFLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.9x) compared to the peer average (72.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NFLX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Entertainment Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DDI DoubleDown Interactive
4.7x0.3%US$523.78m
IH iHuman
5xn/aUS$92.17m
RDBX Redbox Entertainment
1.2x-121.8%US$76.65m
GMM Global Mofy AI
0.5xn/aUS$9.58m
NFLX 49.9xIndustry Avg. 17.4xNo. of Companies8PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NFLX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.9x) compared to the US Entertainment industry average (17.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NFLX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NFLX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio49.9x
Fair PE Ratio32.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NFLX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NFLX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$909.05
US$832.51
-8.4%
17.5%US$1,100.00US$550.00n/a40
Dec ’25US$886.81
US$792.94
-10.6%
16.1%US$1,100.00US$550.00n/a41
Nov ’25US$756.10
US$760.82
+0.6%
12.2%US$925.00US$550.00n/a41
Oct ’25US$706.13
US$698.48
-1.1%
11.4%US$900.00US$500.00n/a41
Sep ’25US$701.35
US$694.24
-1.0%
11.5%US$900.00US$500.00n/a39
Aug ’25US$624.85
US$689.37
+10.3%
10.6%US$800.00US$500.00n/a39
Jul ’25US$673.61
US$649.98
-3.5%
11.5%US$800.00US$440.00n/a41
Jun ’25US$641.62
US$642.89
+0.2%
12.2%US$800.00US$440.00n/a42
May ’25US$551.71
US$640.74
+16.1%
12.2%US$800.00US$440.00n/a43
Apr ’25US$614.31
US$606.54
-1.3%
12.9%US$740.00US$425.00n/a41
Mar ’25US$619.34
US$580.55
-6.3%
12.7%US$740.00US$335.00n/a42
Feb ’25US$567.51
US$568.06
+0.1%
12.4%US$700.00US$335.00n/a42
Jan ’25US$486.88
US$471.43
-3.2%
12.4%US$600.00US$335.00n/a39
Dec ’24US$465.74
US$465.43
-0.07%
12.6%US$600.00US$335.00US$886.8139
Nov ’24US$420.19
US$458.59
+9.1%
12.9%US$600.00US$335.00US$756.1039
Oct ’24US$377.60
US$464.73
+23.1%
14.7%US$600.00US$325.00US$706.1337
Sep ’24US$439.88
US$458.37
+4.2%
15.3%US$600.00US$293.00US$701.3538
Aug ’24US$438.62
US$461.50
+5.2%
16.0%US$600.00US$293.00US$624.8536
Jul ’24US$440.49
US$400.32
-9.1%
18.3%US$535.00US$230.00US$673.6137
Jun ’24US$403.13
US$368.97
-8.5%
16.1%US$470.00US$215.00US$641.6236
May ’24US$324.12
US$362.35
+11.8%
15.6%US$440.00US$215.00US$551.7137
Apr ’24US$345.48
US$357.51
+3.5%
16.3%US$440.00US$215.00US$614.3137
Mar ’24US$313.48
US$357.11
+13.9%
16.4%US$440.00US$215.00US$619.3437
Feb ’24US$361.99
US$356.43
-1.5%
16.2%US$440.00US$215.00US$567.5137
Jan ’24US$294.88
US$303.25
+2.8%
17.9%US$405.00US$200.00US$486.8836
Dec ’23US$316.95
US$293.33
-7.5%
18.1%US$375.00US$162.00US$465.7436

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 22:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Netflix, Inc. is covered by 99 analysts. 44 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Hannah KleivenArete Research Services LLP
Andrew Charles BealeArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company