Can Netflix Survive?

 

Netflix's (NFLX) debt is rising at an exponential rate. And not once since inception has it made a profit. This cannot last.

The above chart is from the Seeking Alpha article Netflix Problem In One Simple Chart.

I condensed the chart so that it better fit on a page and I also added a bézier curve.

The full chart shows Netflix has lost money every quarter since 2012.

I seldom link to Seeking Alpha because they make you register to read articles in one page, otherwise, they make you scroll through stuff one page at a time. In this case, five pages. This kind of user unfriendliness does not promote link sharing. Some people do not like subscribing out of fear there email address will be sold and they will be bombarded with crap.

I am an actual subscriber, yet the site cannot even bother to remember that. It asked me to login or subscribe to keep reading.

I stopped reading on page 2. It does not take five pages to understand that chart.

Netflix is very dependent on the bond market. If the bond market revolts before it can turn a profit, the company will cash in bankruptcy.

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Dick Kaplan 5 years ago Member's comment

I agree Mish. #SeekingAlpha has become the opposite of user friendly. And so much fake news slips pasts it's practically non-existent editorial team, it's hard to know what to trust! All they care about these days is trying to milk it's users for as much money as they can. Sad. It used to be a quality site.