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Fueling upside in the main indexes was a positive reaction to Netflix's fourth-quarter results. The company reported year-over-year Q4 revenue growth of 12.5% to $8.8 billion, while earnings per share surged to $2.11 from last year's 12 cents. The top-line results came in higher than analysts were expecting, though the bottom-line figure fell short of estimates.
"We thought NFLX might tread water in the first half of 2024 with operating income margins set, paid sharing dwindling and ads scaling," says Wells Fargo analyst Steve Cahall. But the company's "fourth-quarter outperformance indicates there's a lot of growth and margin still ahead."
Today's upside for META stock comes after Raymond James analyst Josh Beck named it a "top pick," citing "a growing narrative around one of the most compelling generative artificial intelligence (AI) monetization themes across tech unfolding that could scale to $25 billion to $60 billion of incremental revenue."
This morning's PMI data "exceeded forecasts, but tomorrow's gross domestic product (GDP) report and Friday's personal consumption and expenditures (PCE) inflation print are likely to be more impactful on investor sentiment," says Jos Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers. "However, against this backdrop, market participants are expecting the first Fed cut to arrive in May vs March, with robust data serving to extend the journey across the monetary policy bridge."
With over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis."}), " -0-11/js/authorBio.js"); } else console.error('%c FTE ','background: #9306F9; color: #ffffff','no lazy slice hydration function available'); Karee VenemaSocial Links NavigationSenior Investing Editor, Kiplinger.comWith over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.
Standard and Poor's has replaced the New York Times with the growing Internet movie retailer Netflix on the S&P 500, the economic index made up of the economy's most powerful publicly traded companies.
Netflix will move from the S&P 400, the index used for middle-sized stocks. Getting a place on the S&P 500 usually boosts a company's stock because investment funds that track the index will have to buy shares.
The New York Times, like other media companies, has gone through layoffs and a drop in advertising revenue. The paper has turned to digital revenue and will begin charging online customers starting next year.
Netflix's business has continued to grow from primarily a mail delivery video service to online streaming. The news of the stock market shift comes soon after Netflix signed a licensing deal with Disney-ABC Television to stream shows and movies on its website. (Disney is the parent company of ABC News.)
\"It is ironic that the grand old lady of newspapers, all the news that's fit to print, is being dropped to Netflix,\" said Edward Atorino, a media analyst from Benchmark Company. \"It's not a nail in the coffin but it does indicate a further rise in interest and value in new media versus old media.\"
Along with the New York Times, Office Depot and Eastman Kodak Company were booted from the index. Cablevision, Newfield Exploration Co. and another high tech company, F5 Networks Inc. will also join the S&P 500.
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