Credit: Another new video platform? Fire up the popcorn! Image source: Getty Images.What happened
Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) closed 6.2% lower on Wednesday, hamstrung by a reputable analyst firm's report on a competing service offering from mighty Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) .
So what
In a research report on Apple's video-service plans, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty estimated that an as-yet unannounced Apple Video service could collect revenues in the neighborhood of $500 million next year and $4.4 billion in 2025. The report hardly moved Cupertino's trillion-dollar market cap, but Netflix investors ducked for cover.
Another new video platform? Fire up the popcorn! Image source: Getty Images.
Now what
For comparative purposes, Netflix's top-line sales have reached nearly $4 billion per quarter. Huberty is not arguing that Apple is about to kill Netflix, but her report does outline a rapidly growingglobal marketfor streaming video services.
There's plenty of room for several successful players in that expanding space, and I don't think Netflix's management is sweating bullets over Huberty's report. I see no reason for Netflix investors to throw in the towel, either. Today's share price drop is a classic overreaction to a well-reasoned market analysis that doesn't really change anything .
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