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Netflix Raises Prices, Lowers Investor Confidence

Netflix has reached a new low as it broke its 52-week low, erasing 12 months of considerable growth. This news happening after massive losses of users after Netflix announced in July that it was raising the price of its most popular subscription plan by 60%. A move Netflix officials say is necessary to maintain the entertainment subscription services offered by the company amidst higher costs and changes in the broader state of the economy. Despite being the largest single entity consumer of internet Bandwidth in the world, Netflix has had its ups and downs over the past year. Two financial firms, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs, have lowered their expectations of Netflix for the near future. Goldman Sachs has reevaluated the stock to be $270 per share, from earlier estimations of $330 per share.
Likewise, Barclays Capital has evaluated Netflix stock to be $260 down from a more optimistic $285. Rounding out the poor financial news is Caris & Company's downgrading shares of Netflix from above average to simply average. Financial institutions have become very worried about the struggling corporation after its reports of subscriber loss in Q3.

All of Netflix's financial problems began when it announced last week that it would lose one million subscribers in the Third Quarter of 2011, with a potential further loss for the Fourth Quarter. Analysts have been at odds over whether Netflix has made the correct decision in its sharp price hikes in its most popular plans, some analysts believe that the customers who remain with Netflix will do so despite the increase, and will ultimately prove to be a profitable decision for Netflix. In stark.....

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