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Netflix v.s Amazon

2016 - 02 - 19

Netflix is going nowhere and there’s very little Hastings can do. Acquisition by Amazon (or others that may structure a similar eco-system) shall be its only way out as long as anti-trust issues are cleared.

在美國,NFLX靠著實體DVD的租賃訂閱還撐住EPS的大半江山;而在國際間,做得愈多賠得愈多。總之,若無意外,今年第四季它的EPS就會變成負值。

NFLX Q4, 2015 Q4, 2014
稅後淨利 [$43 million] [$83 million]
每股盈餘 [$0.10] [$0.19]
自由現金流 [-$276 million] [-$78 million]
內容取得成本 [$10.9B] [$9.5B]

Amazon市值約2800億美金,還在持續攀高中;Netflx只有420億,還在持續下探。

我們的結論是:Netflix前途黯淡,Hastings無力回天。在不違反反托拉斯法的情況下,由Amazon收購可能是其唯一退路。(當然,這得等Netflix的市值跌破200億才有意義,雖然這不符合Bezos傳統上的經營風格)

至於Amazon呢? 從底層AWS開始到Prime所建構之完整生態系,包括高規格到貨免運服務以及視頻/音樂/電子書之整合、再加上獨有的X-Ray(整合IMDb與影片中的相關metadata;除此之外,以Bezos的思路研判,日後應該會在Amazon video裡面推出embedded adaptive commercials plus one-click shopping “隱藏式適配廣告附一鍵購買功能”)

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