Cathie Wood's Ark Is Now Completely Out Of Netflix

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Tuesday sold the remaining shares that it held in Netflix Inc NFLX to fully cut its exposure in the streaming video-on-demand company.

The popular investment management firm sold the balance 103 shares — estimated to be worth $47,084 — in Netflix on the day shares of the company closed 7% higher at $457.13 a share.

Netflix stock is down 23.5% year-to-date; shares plummeted earlier this month after fourth quarter results missed subscriber growth expectations slightly, and the company guided to much lower growth in the first quarter. 

See Also: Cathie Wood Nearly Exits Netflix Stake, Also Sells $4M Shares In Rival Disney

Citigroup on Monday upgraded the stock to Buy and company filings showed Co-CEO Reed Hastings bought more than 50,000 Netflix shares worth about $20 million. The purchase follows Pershing Square's Bill Ackman revealing that he bought more than 3.1 million shares of the streaming giant, making Pershing Square a top-20 shareholder in the company.

See Also: Why Netflix Shares Are Rising Today

Here are some other key Ark Invest trades on Tuesday:

  • Bought 66,500 shares— estimated to be worth $974,225 — in Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD. Shares of the crypto-linked company closed 3.5% higher at $14.65 a share on Tuesday.
  • Bought 46,916 shares— estimated to be worth $5.98 million — in Block Inc SQ. The stock closed 4.35% higher at $127.6 a share.
  • Sold 149,609 shares— estimated to be worth $2.12 million — in Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR, on the day shares closed 3.6% higher at $14.2 a share.

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