The important headings stated in the investor letter of Netflix, which announced its financials for the 4th quarter and full year for 2022 on January 19, 2023, are as follows:
– Q4 2022 revenue exceeded operating profit and membership growth projections. They continue to lead the industry in flow engagement, revenue and profit.
– They successfully launched their new, lower-priced ad-supported plan in November, and they're pretty happy with it. They added that as they achieved early results, they had much more to do.
- Achieved the top operating margin targets for the full year 2022 and expect to increase operating margins in 2023 versus 2022. Operating income of $5.6bn, net cash of $2bn from operating activities and free cash flow of $1.6bn.
– In 2023, assuming there is no material fluctuation in FX, they expect a free cash flow of at least $3 bn.
– Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters are now co-CEOs of Netflix and Reed Hastings completes the processes with the President as Executive.