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“Content discipline has followed, with cash content spend growing at just a 2% annual rate since 2021 and EBIT margins expanding from 21% to approximately 31.5% today.”

Bill Ackman, Pershing Square letter 12 August 2026 Pershing Square H1 2026 Letter To Shareholders (Seeking Alpha) archived copy

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Netflix cash content spend has grown at about 2% annually since 2021 and EBIT margins have expanded from 21% to approximately 31.5%.

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Bill Ackman, “Netflix cash content spend has grown at about 2% annually since 2021 and EBIT margins have expanded from 21% to approximately 31.5%.” (said 12 August 2026). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_7b081ecccb5a, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_7b081ecccb5a

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