On Jan. 24, 2007, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) released fourth-quarter earnings for the period ended Dec. 31, 2006.

  • While revenues were up 43.6% to $277.2 million, the bottom line fell by 61.1%, to $14.9 million.
  • Netflix recently launched an online video-streaming service, which the company hopes will allow it to remain the movie-rental leader.
  • Net subscriber additions for the quarter were up 51% year over year to 654,000, for a total subscriber base of more than 6.3 million.
  • Netflix is only a two-star stock in CAPS, our new interactive stock database.

(Figures in millions, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Sales

$277.2

$193.0

43.6%

Net Profit

$14.9

$38.2

(61.1%)

EPS

$0.21

$0.57

(63.2%)

Diluted Shares

70,670.0

66,962.0

5.5%



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Margin Checkup

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change*

Gross Margin

38.9%

37.2%

1.7

Operating Margin

6.7%

1.5%

5.2

Net Margin

5.4%

19.8%

(14.4)

*Expressed in percentage points.

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Balance Sheet Highlights

Assets

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Cash + ST Invest.

$400.4

$212.3

88.7%

Net DVD Library

$104.9

$57.0

84.0%



Liabilities

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Accounts Payable

$93.9

$63.5

47.8%

Long-Term Debt

N/A

N/A

N/A



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Cash Flow Highlights

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Cash From Ops.

$87.1

$59.1

47.5%

Capital Expenditures

$11.5

$10.4

10.4%

Free Cash Flow

$75.6

$48.7

55.4%



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  • Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI)
  • Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
  • Movie Gallery (NASDAQ:MOVI)

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