Market Gave us a Gift on Netflix: Whitney Tilson

Where others are dropping Netflix shares, hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson is snapping them up.

"When something gets cheaper and the story stays the same we add to it," the managing partner of T2 Partners told CNBC Tuesday. "We don’t look to the market for signals. We do our own analysis. Right now the stock started the year under $70 and it's up 30 percent, one of our biggest winners. The market’s giving us a gift. So thank you, Mr. Market."

Late Monday, Netflix reported earningsthat beat expectations but the stock has since fallen on concerns about slowing second-quarter U.S. subscriptions. Tilson said he bought a lot of Netflix shares in late trading after the earnings when it fell to $85 in order to bring his position back to between 5 percent and 6 percent of his portfolio.

"We didn’t see anything that troubled us in the earnings report," said Tilson, noting the second quarter is "always weak and if you look at the earnings, showing the seasonality. We’re not spooked."

While the Street is concerned about declines in U.S. subscriptions, Netflix's international business has been growing, Tilson said, with 12 percent of the company's subscriptions coming from abroad.

He also said that after projecting a return to profitability later this year, the company now says it will break even in the second quarter, "earlier than anticipated because international subscriptions are growing more than anticipated. That's great news."

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