Huge revenue increase NetFlix expected

According the analysts past year's revenue will be around 6,78 billion dollars. This is hugely more then the 2014's revenue of 4,38 billion dollars. The analyst's consensus for 2015 is a net profit of 87,33 million dollars.

Over this year the majority of the analysts, asked by press agency Thomson Reuters, expect a profit per share of 20 cents. So based on these estimates the price/earnings-ratio equals 518,25.

The analysts don’t expect the company to pay any dividends. The average dividend return of the sector is 0,08 percent.

2009 worst year for NetFlix

The matrix above shows NetFlix's historical returns expressed in the different entry years in the left axis.

The year 2009 was with a price loss of 31 percent the worst year investors. 2015 was with a return of 260 percent by far the best year since 2008. Who bought the share in 2008 (price at that time 25,15 dollars) now has a price gain of 312 percent.

The stock now trades at 103,65 dollars. This equals 58 times the 2014's earnings per share.

The graph above shows the developments of NetFlix's stock price (blue) and revenue (red) for the period 2008 till 2015 (the analyst's expectations. It seems that the internet company's revenue hardly is connected with the stock price: the correlation equals 0,14.

Highlights internet sector

NetFlix's book value/price equals 0,22. The internet company now trades with a CAPE of 67.58. The stock now trades at 103,65 dollars. This equals 58 times the 2014's earnings per share.

The NetFlix stock is covered by 16 analysts. The average target price for NetFlix is at 96,19 dollars. This is 7,2 percent lower then the current stock price of 103,65 dollars. The stocks Akamai, Facebook and Scout24 in the sector internet sector have the most buy recommendations.

The last 3 recommendations for the internet sector are given by Dolmen (buy, without target price), Cowen and Company (buy, 154,00 dollars) and Nomura Securities (buy, 125,00 dollars).