Citi analyst Jason Bazinet raised the firm’s price target on Netflix to $400 from $395 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Netflix recently cut prices by 50% across 100 smaller markets, which represent 6% of its subscribers, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes "such dramatic" price reductions across so many markets "confused the Street." Citi thinks the price cuts are linked to password sharing enforcement and could boost Netflix’s aggregate revenue by 1%. It says the "far more interesting question" is what Netflix will do in the 90 markets that do not have an advertising tier and have not received a large price cut. Netflix can either not enforce password sharing rules, launch an ad tier, or expand the price cuts, according to Citi. The firm updated its model to reflect the price reductions and updated current rates.
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