Netflix Stock Slides as $72 Billion Warner Bros. Deal, Harry Potter Rights and Insider Sales Collide With ‘Undervalued’ Narrative
Netflix agreed on Dec. 5 to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming business for $72 billion, its largest deal to date. Netflix shares closed at $103.22 on Dec. 4, down 0.71%, hitting a seven-month low as investors weighed antitrust risk, insider selling by Reed Hastings, and the company’s $437 billion market cap. Trading volume surged to 51.3 million shares. The deal values Warner Bros. Discovery at a 121% premium.