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MetricNFLXNETFLIX INCDISWalt Disney CoLYVLive Nation Entertainment, Inc.TKOTKO Group Holdings, Inc.Median of the restexcluding NFLX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$67.05▲ 2.01 (3.09%)
$113.13▲ 1.30 (1.16%)
$174.50▲ 0.16 (0.09%)
$177.72▼ 0.22 (0.12%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/108.7/104.7/103.3/104.7/10
Market value$283.10B$214.95B$41.08B$14.36B
Revenue$45.18B$94.42B$25.20B$4.74B
Profit$10.98B$12.40B$496.0M$195.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.15.9%3.4%8.8%-3.1%3.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.48.5%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.29.5%18.6%5.0%17.6%17.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.24.3%13.1%2.0%4.1%4.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.20.9%10.7%1.3%—6.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.41.3%11.3%183.0%5.2%11.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.35.9%9.5%71.8%9.9%9.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.25.78x17.33x82.83x73.50x73.50x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.21.12x10.98x25.95x13.10x13.10x
Price to book10.64x1.96x151.59x3.84x3.84x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.09x0.80x83.55x1.67x1.67x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/85/86/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreydistressdistress

How NFLX compares with the others

  • NFLX's operating margin of 29.5% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (17.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 15.9% against 3.4%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 25.8x against 73.5x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against 1.7x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.