Analysts with Bank of America, one of the nine Wall Street companies to downgrade the streaming platform, said the company’s current plans “reaccelerate growth” show a share of promise, they will likely have no “noticeable impact until ’24, a long time to wait on what is now a ‘show me story.’”
Analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak with Pivotal also wrote on Tuesday that Netflix’s poor performance meant a reduction in “subscriber forecasts” and a substantial pushback in “profitability forecasts.”
With the closing of the second quarter, Netflix is projected to lose 2 million global subscribers. In a letter to shareholders on Tuesday, the company said the company’s content still remains popular but faces stiff competition. It also cited the company cutting off its paid 700,000 membership in Russia for a sharp drop in global subscribers.
“Our revenue growth has slowed considerably,” the company wrote. “Streaming is winning over linear, as we predicted, and Netflix titles are very popular globally. However, our relatively high household penetration — when including the large number of households sharing accounts — combined with competition, is creating revenue growth headwinds.”
