Shares of Netflix (NFLX) are imploding after the company reported its first quarterly loss of subscribers in more than a decade, far underperforming expectations and worrying investors that had been betting that a handful of big tech companies would continue to grow at a rapid clip.
What’s happening: Netflix’s stock dropped 30% when the market opened on Wednesday, instantly wiping more than $45 billion off the value of the company.
Netflix said it shed 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year, when it had been expecting to add 2.5 million.
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