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Netflix's Performance Continues to Decline

2016 - 02 - 19

We have always held a pessimistic view on the future of Netflix. This article on Seeking Alpha provides a similar insight.

我們對Netflix的未來,向來不抱期待。讀者如果好奇,可以先看Seeking Alpha的這篇文章;

Netflix: What Your Buyside Analyst Won’t Tell You

此篇重點,我們摘譯如下;
1. 在FANG四強中,Netflix的表現已難和其他三強相比。(FANG,包括Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google)
2. Netflix 持續成長並反映其估值的機會,幾乎為零。
3. 從Netflix的股權價格,已可看出形成泡沫的各種徵象。

Reed Hastings 把影視串流成為熱門產業,有其貢獻,但生意手段欠佳。以此模式經營 streaming platform,後續發展受限,亦難以取得資金來源。

以下我們提供幾個思考面向:

1.這幾年「文創」概念火熱,台灣很多VC也一窩蜂跟投影視內容製作,直接從源頭找內容製作,投資成效並不高,若以此方式來投資,也沒有必要建立streaming platform。

2.投資影視內容之製作,關鍵在於精深敏銳的藝術暨商業嗅覺,一般VC無此方面專業,注定失敗。

3.單純經營streaming platform 沒有明天?就算使用者繼續不斷成長,Hastings,一邊提高單位售價、一邊降低成本,是否能建立門檻?

IT技術?

自2016年1月起,Netflix沒有AWS就完全無法運作。2015,全球在公有雲上的支出是美金700億(從財報看AWS,它約占10%);IDC估計到2019會暴增到1410億。(Netflix Shifts All IT to Amazon’s Public Cloud)

內容取勝?

NFLX 這部分自製與授權成本逐年攀升,且Netflix掉了Epix的授權,MGM, Lion’s Gate and Paramount的電影都沒了,飢餓遊戲與變形金剛-絕跡重生(Transformer),也沒保住。

現金流?

財務上,它的長期與短期負債逐年暴增、自由現金流不斷遽降。

從這三方面看,Netflix的未來實在不樂觀。

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