Pershing Square Activist Presentation Deck
Netflix Investment Highlights
Subscription-based business model with enormous future growth potential
Leading beneficiary of decade-long secular growth in streaming video and decline in linear TV
222 million NFLX subscribers represent 1/4th of ~800 to 900 million addressable households
Industry-leading content investments create powerful competitive moat
▪ Focus on scaling original and local language content uniquely positions NFLX to succeed globally
▪ Incumbent media competition hamstrung by legacy business practices and internet-native peers
constrained by limited original content production
Pricing power derived from superior value proposition relative to alternatives
Vastly better consumer experience vs. linear TV: commercial-free, on-demand, binge-able
■ Netflix Monthly ARPU of ~$15 vs Pay TV Monthly ARPU of >$80 in the U.S.
Substantial future margin expansion due to economies of scale
▪ Ability to leverage content and technology spend over a rapidly growing subscriber base
▪ EBIT margins expanded by >1,000 bps since 2018; company is targeting an average annual
increase of 300 bps per year over any few-year period
■ Improving free cash flow profile allows for growth investments and capital return
High-performing organization led by a world-class management team
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