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Mar 31, 2022
Netflix Q1 2022 Earnings Report
Revenue growth slowed considerably due to household penetration and competition, while operating margin was held at around 20%.
Key Takeaways
Netflix's revenue growth slowed in Q1 2022, impacted by household penetration, account sharing, and competition. The company reported revenue of $7.868 billion and EPS of $3.53. While working to reaccelerate revenue growth, Netflix is holding its operating margin at around 20%.
Revenue growth has slowed considerably due to high household penetration and competition.
Netflix is focusing on improving service and monetizing multi-household sharing to reaccelerate revenue growth.
Operating margin will be held at around 20% while working to reaccelerate revenue growth.
Netflix is doubling down on story development and creative excellence.
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For Q2 2022, Netflix forecasts paid net additions of -2.0 million and revenue growth of approximately 10% year over year. They still target a 19%-20% operating margin for the full year 2022.
Positive Outlook
- Continued improvement in broadband and smart TV penetration globally.
- Large future growth potential with over half of the world’s broadband homes not yet subscribing to Netflix.
- Focus on improving content quality and recommendations to reaccelerate viewing and revenue growth.
- Efforts to monetize sharing represent a large short- to mid-term opportunity.
- Commitment to steadily growing operating margin once revenue growth is re-accelerated.
Challenges Ahead
- Slower revenue growth than desired.
- COVID boost to streaming obscured the picture until recently.
- Account sharing is making it harder to grow membership in many markets.
- Increased competition for viewing with linear TV and other streaming services.
- Macro factors, including sluggish economic growth and geopolitical events, are having an impact.
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