Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC Purchases New Shares in Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)

Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 718 shares of the Internet television network's stock, valued at approximately $640,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Netflix in the fourth quarter worth $5,019,087,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Netflix by 123,836.7% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,925,977 shares of the Internet television network's stock worth $1,716,662,000 after purchasing an additional 1,924,423 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its stake in Netflix by 59.3% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,301,098 shares of the Internet television network's stock worth $2,051,016,000 after purchasing an additional 856,307 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its stake in Netflix by 318.9% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 976,924 shares of the Internet television network's stock worth $870,752,000 after purchasing an additional 743,724 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in Netflix by 14.3% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,574,006 shares of the Internet television network's stock worth $4,076,903,000 after purchasing an additional 570,674 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.93% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Ann Mather sold 1,358 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,150.00, for a total value of $1,561,700.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Jeffrey William Karbowski sold 160 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,000.00, for a total value of $160,000.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 132,868 shares of company stock valued at $138,483,256. 1.76% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NFLX has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Guggenheim reissued a "buy" rating and set a $1,150.00 price target (up previously from $1,100.00) on shares of Netflix in a research report on Friday, April 18th. FBN Securities initiated coverage on Netflix in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $1,165.00 price target on the stock. Pivotal Research increased their price target on Netflix from $1,250.00 to $1,350.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Piper Sandler set a $1,150.00 price target on Netflix and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $1,200.00 price target (up previously from $1,150.00) on shares of Netflix in a research report on Friday, April 18th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Netflix has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $1,102.79.

Netflix Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NFLX opened at $1,185.39 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22. The company has a market cap of $504.47 billion, a PE ratio of 59.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.58. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $1,036.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $960.54. Netflix, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $587.04 and a fifty-two week high of $1,211.22.

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 17th. The Internet television network reported $6.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.74 by $0.87. The business had revenue of $10.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.51 billion. Netflix had a return on equity of 38.32% and a net margin of 22.34%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $8.28 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Netflix, Inc. will post 24.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Netflix

Netflix, Inc provides entertainment services. It offers TV series, documentaries, feature films, and games across various genres and languages. The company also provides members the ability to receive streaming content through a host of internet-connected devices, including TVs, digital video players, TV set-top boxes, and mobile devices.

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