NFLX Oversold Heading Into Earnings Report
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will announce its earnings after the close today. The stock is oversold with a PowerRatings of 8. NFLX is a volatile stock with a 100-day volatility that is almost four times greater than the volatility of PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ) and the earnings report could be a catalyst for a large move. NFLX has beaten analysts’ expectations in each of the past seven quarters and the stock price has moved up an average of 16.8% in the week after the earnings release.
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All data is as of the end of day on 1/21/2014.