for anyone watching netflix the streaming services’ recent moves to cut costs could mean fewer films lowerbudget shows and depending on your subscription more ads for anyone buying a tesla its moves to cut prices will make it easier on customers but harder on profitseeking investors with both companies reporting results this week wall street will get a look at who still wants a tesla amid growing competition and what kind of growth and viewership anyone can expect from netflix as it recalibrates its streaming ambitions and focuses more on profitability following years of rapid growth netflix inc nflx  which reports firstquarter results on tuesday is trying to crack down on shared accounts and analysts polled by factset see subscriptions coming in well below the average however bofa analyst jessica reif ehrlich said that firstquarter results would likely “mark the low point” of the year “reflecting the initial impact of password sharing efforts in select markets” netflix will report as shareholders’ growing influence over the streaming universe raises questions over what shows and films get streamed and for how long as wall street tries to wring more bottomline gains from an industry that boomed before and during the pandemic but burned cash and got crowded in the process netflix along with walt disney co dis  have laid off employees while warner brothers discovery inc wbd fuses its streaming holdings together “we expect netflix to continue reining in spending particularly by seeking alternatives to its past practices” wedbush analysts alicia reese and michael pachter wrote in a research note on thursday “the company appears to us to be producing fewer feature length films which we have always viewed as a poor investment and appears focused on lower cost television content” “we are equally encouraged that netflix is looking at lowcost content like workout videos which we believe will present a lot of value to subscribers at very low cost” they added later the analysts said that they felt netflix was well positioned as other streamers rethink their approach to expansion and financials and they said netflix “should be valued as an immensely profitable slowgrowth company” they also said that netflix’s decision to launch a cheaper adsupported option was a “great decision” after growth stalled in the us and canada and the company’s business in europe the middle east and africa reaches the saturation point for tesla inc tsla  which reports results on wednesday the focus for investors will be on pricecutting and its impact on margins still potter an analyst at piper sandler has said tesla is on a “warpath” and “maintaining its aggressive approach to pricing” and said investors “should expect relentless price cuts to continue” base prices for tesla’s model s and model x have fallen by around 5000 marketwatch has noted as the electricvehicle maker tries to stimulate demand the company is also selling a more affordable model y suv “tesla concerns on pricing and a race to the bottom persisted as general sentiment on the stock is souring given recent price cuts after a brief period of stabilization” td cowen analyst jeffrey osborne said in a note tesla will report as the biden administration tries to take a harder stance on auto pollution the epa recently proposed new emissions restrictions intended to hasten electricvehicle usage by incrementally curtailing tailpipe emissions each year for vehicle model years 2027 through 2032 however some analysts said the measures would push prices higher for regular and electric vehicles the firstquarter earnings reporting season will pick up steam in the week ahead with 60 sp 500 companies including six from the dow jones industrial average djia  reporting quarterly results according to factset those companies will report as wall street analysts remain pessimistic about results for the quarter and the prospect of another socalled “earnings recession” in which profits contract for at least two straight quarters “as of today the sp 500 is reporting a yearoveryear decline in earnings of 65 for the first quarter which would mark the largest earnings decline reported by the index since q2 2020 316 and the second straight quarter the index has reported a decline in earnings” factset senior earnings analyst john butters said in a report on friday after investors cheered jpmorgan chase  co’s jpm quarterly results on friday despite silicon valley bank’s collapse and broader recession anxieties other banking giants like bank of america corp bac  goldman sachs group inc gs and morgan stanley ms report during the week ahead so does johnson  johnson jnj  after it agreed to pay as much as 89 billion to settle scores of lawsuits alleging that its talc baby powder was linked to cancer charles schwab corp schw  united airlines holdings inc ual and att inc t also report during the week the calls to put on your calendar supplychain update anyone shipping rates have fallen labor tensions have risen railroad safety is under scrutiny elsewhere in that industry hedge funders are applying pressure memories of 2021’s supplychain meltdown are still fresh after it led to shipping delays and put the lowwork labor that fuels much of that distribution network under a spotlight at any rate trucking and logistics company jb hunt transportation services inc jbht reports on monday while railroad giant csx corp csx reports on thursday both companies report after a dropoff in demand for goods last year as inflation remolded consumers’ buying habits they also report after rail workers threatened to strike over what they said were inadequate sicktime policies more recently a group representing the terminal operators at the ports of los angeles and long beach alleged that dockworkers were disrupting daily operations at the two massive import gateways as the workers’ union and the terminal operators try to work out a contract the quarterly financial reports and earnings calls will offer a look at what the year ahead has in store creditcard transactions chargeoffs creditcard providers discover financial services dfs and american express co axp report wednesday and thursday respectively the companies will report after discover took a hit in january after it forecast creditcard net chargeoffs a measure of debt a company doesn’t think it’ll get back that were worse than what wall street expected similar to the results from the big banks the results from american express and discover will tells us how much consumers are still spending and whether more are falling behind on their bills as recession anxieties prevail