Netflix reports third-quarter results next week, and its shares have fallen 40% over the past year as momentum and expectations both remain low. The company's own guidance calls for revenue growth of 11.7%, its weakest in three years, and revenue growth is expected to slow for a third consecutive quarter. The author notes the stock has fallen after each of its last five quarterly reports, with an early spring rally as the main exception. The article also points out that Netflix has recovered from past plunges, including an 83% drop after the Qwikster fiasco in 2011 and a 77% peak-to-trough fall in 2022 that it made back within two years. The author finds the recent chart troubling, but says the longer-term record is more encouraging.
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