Geetha Ranganathan
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You know, they can possibly sell CNN.
So they think they can extract a lot of value, which is why we think that Paramount might need to go up to about $34 to fully kind of get on board.
Yeah, what really investors need to hear is, first of all, I think everybody's looking for really good 4Q numbers.
And that should, I think that should absolutely, Netflix would absolutely deliver on that.
But I think the major thing that investors are going to focus on, Ed, is going to be guidance for 2026.
The magic number that ConsenSys is looking at is 13% revenue growth.
Should Netflix guide to anything lower than that?
I think they are going to be in trouble.
I hope the focus really turns, and this is a distraction from this whole drama that we've seen.
But fundamentals-wise, you're absolutely right.
The company has never been in a stronger situation.
We think they will absolutely deliver on their revenue growth expectations of about 17%.
Strong operating margin, strong free cash flow.
They're expecting about $9 billion for the full year.
Yes.
So from a financing standpoint, obviously Netflix right now has about 0.4 times of a net leverage ratio, which is way below media peers like Disney or Comcast, for instance.
But again, this is a company that has an absolutely robust balance sheet.
And as my credit colleague, Steve Flynn, constantly says, I mean, this is a company that throws out billions and billions in free cash flow.
So absolutely no problem.
Yes, their leverage will go up to about