By Lisa Richwine and Vibhuti Sharma (Reuters) – Netflix Inc <NFLX.O> reported revenue and a first-quarter forecast slightly below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, sending shares of the world’s largest streaming service down 4 percent in after-hours trading. The company released its massively popular dystopian movie “Bird Box” late in the fourth quarter, which helped attract a record 8.8 million new paid streaming customers in the period, but investors appear to have factored that into their valuation, pushing Netflix shares up more than 50 percent since late December.”Results won’t push its stock higher from here, with most of the good news already priced in after a massive rally earlier this month,” said Investing.com senior analyst Haris Anwar. Netflix reported revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter that ended in December, slightly below the $4.21 billion that Wall Street analysts had forecast, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. It forecast first-quarter revenue of $4.49 billion, slightly behind analysts’ average estimate of $4.61 billion. It sees net income of $253 million for the first quarter, well below analysts’ average estimate of $371 million. Investors may have been hoping for more after Netflix announced a price hike for U.S. subscribers earlier this week,… Read full this story
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