“Bernstein’s Toni Sacconaghi today reiterates an Outperform rating on Apple, in a client note put out with his colleague Carlos Kirjner, who follows Netflix, in which both gentlemen argue that Apple should not spend billions buying Netflix, for a few reasons,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.
“Sacconaghi and Kirjner make no reference to any specific rumors on the matter. Instead, they note that ‘Apple acquiring Netflix is a dream-scenario for many Netflix bulls, and a possibility often raised by investors,'” Ray reports. “‘There is no question that Apple can do it – its market cap is over 13 times Netflix’s $45 billion EV, and Apple has nearly $150 billion in net cash on its balance sheet,’ the authors observe.”
Ray reports, “‘The question is really whether or not Apple will acquire Netflix’ [the analysts write]. ‘Overall, we do not see a compelling rationale for Apple to acquire Netflix.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: As as we wrote back in May:
What is unique about Netflix? A handful of TV series are not worth $40 billion. Apple is perfectly capable of taking on Netflix without having to buy them, deal with integrating their employees, etc.
Until Apple actually buys Netflix, we’ll keep saying that Apple will buy Netflix for the same reason they bought Palm.
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With Netflix you get a collection of servers, media contracts, and a brand name. All of this can easily be duplicated by someone more competent than Eddie (Mis) Cue who pissed away $3 Billion on a me too music rental service run by a company known for shitty headphones and less than hones business dealings.
Beats has made more profit than Netflix has ever made…..
Perhaps, but Netflix provides ten times the value compared to Beats.
Hey DavGreg
I’m listening to some Beats in ear thingies that my wifey got and never used.
They are exceptionally good.
Totally with you on your views about Eddy I’m sorry to say. He’s a great guy but not the right man for job any more than I would be.
As much as I dislike Beats headphones, the fact is that they had over 64% market share in headphones that sold for over $100. Apple has already earned more in revenue from Beats in the past two years than what it cost to purchase them. Give it one more year, and the headphone business itself will have turned a net profit on the $3 billion investment.
Netflix is on the wane.
As soon as Apple were to buy Netflix, the value of Netflix would immediately drop to half its current value. Anything Apple touches will quickly lose value as investors bail. The big investors don’t want anything that Tim Cook is in charge of.
You are completely delusional !!!!
He’s a Democrat?
I don’t think you understand what the word “buy” means.
Just to be clear… If Apple buys Netflix, the investors in Netflix would no longer be investors in Netflix as it will have been sold to Apple.
macnificent…, I was with you until you pulled the Tim Cook hate manoeuvre. Setting that 🐂💩 aside…
Apple represents the 21st century media business system, which the decrepit geezers at the MPAA and the RIAA despise. These dunderheads already have troubles dealing with the likes of Netflix. Bringing Apple into the picture would result in aneurisms. We’re still waiting for the olde guard of media to retire or drop dead before there’s practical positive change.
If the $50 billion comes from the cash stashed in Ireland, it’ll be money well laundered.
Wow, that’s really racist!
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Although I believe buying Netflix is a waste of money, then what can Apple do to boost its share price? Nothing seems to be working. Not dividends, stock buybacks or iPhone sales. Apple isn’t coming up with anything to boost revenue, so shareholders are simply confused about what Apple should do. The rest of the major tech companies don’t seem to be having much of a problem getting investors to put money into their companies. Only Apple remains a slug. Everything Apple does has no positive effect on the share price. So, what’s the answer? Should Apple simply do nothing?
I’m sure Apple could duplicate Netflix if it wanted to but I think that’s very unlikely. I doubt Apple wants to even try to put Netflix out of business. Amazon would have no problem with that, though. I watch a lot of science shows on Amazon with Amazon Prime Video. Apple has nothing like that for $99 a year. Not that it matters. I mostly watch anything I want for free with Kodi and bunches of video add-ons.
Apple could only duplicate Netflix in their wildest dreams.
When it comes to cloud services, Apples is so far behind, it isn’t funny.
An interesting thought:
Q: Who’s Netflix going to turn to when they want to sell copies of their in-house programs? (For collectors…)
A: Apple.