Netflix (NFLX)
Communication Services · Streaming entertainment / video-on-demand platforms · NASDAQ
Netflix is a global streaming entertainment platform offering TV series, films, games, and live content with flexible subscription options, competing to win moments of consumers' leisure time.
What Netflix does
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services offering TV series, films, games, and live programming across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause, and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, with flexible subscription plans including an ad-supported option. The company operates globally with approximately 16,000 full-time employees and generates revenues primarily from monthly membership fees for streaming content services.
Themes: streaming entertainment, content production, subscription services, digital media, global media expansion
Fundamentals
- Price$79.59 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$331.4B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-34.0% 2025-08-21 close $120.62 → 2026-08-21 close $79.59
- P/E23.44 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+28.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+49.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+48.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.47 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+16.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+12.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.61 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-16 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How NFLX compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 79 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 121 covered Communication Services peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NFLX is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
45.0 #1122 of 1,704 scored · #44 of 66 in Communication Services
Trend 55th: the price is 9% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; momentum 51st: MACD momentum is positive; weakest is volume and participation 34th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How Netflix looks technically
Netflix (NFLX) is trading 10.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 175 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago. It is 37.2% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 10.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -10.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $74.54 | $74.54 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $88.85 | $88.85 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 35 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 35 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed five-part downward sequence — the pattern Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — which on that reading would now be due a pullback rather than more of the same; the labelling fails if price closes below 65.095. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible five-wave downward sequence, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 175 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 175 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 21.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 61.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($72.30 to $81.16) — its "stochastic" reading is 82 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 82.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 20 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $126.71 | $126.71 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 37.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -37.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 22.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +22.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 37.2% below its highest point of the past year | 37.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 25 trading days ago | 25 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $134.12 (set on 2025-06-30) | $134.12 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($67.60 to $126.33), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 20% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $103.89 to $105.77. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 20.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 40.7% below its all-time high | -40.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.2% above a support level at $77.86 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-10-21, most recently on 2026-07-02. Since 2024-08-21 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 10 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.03464 (set on 2002-10-10) | $0.03464 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 229644.3% above its all-time low | +229,644% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 38th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.35 between its high and its low — about 3.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.35 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $69.69 and $80.88 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $69.69 – $75.28 – $80.88 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.0% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (10.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.58× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.7% since the prior reading | -0.7% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.04 toward sell |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.6% above the previous close 6 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 74.21 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.6% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-08-05 has been "filled" 12 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 12 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -0.79% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 13.6 percentage points (the stock gained 15.9% while the market gained 2.3%) | +13.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 14.0 percentage points (the stock lost 10.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | -14.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 9.9 percentage points (the stock gained 1.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -9.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 54.5 percentage points (the stock lost 34.0% while the market gained 20.5%) | -54.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 8.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 6% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $84.76 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -6.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 9% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-16 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $72.83 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 27 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +9.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NFLX last closed at $79.59 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 10 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $77.86 | Support | 2.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-21 to 2026-07-02 |
| $82.14 | Resistance | 3.2% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-14 to 2026-01-21 |
| $75.01 | Support | 5.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-01 to 2026-02-23 |
| $85.28 | Resistance | 7.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-27 to 2026-05-11 |
| $90.98 | Resistance | 14.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-21 to 2026-05-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $65.09.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · lagging the market · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.76 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 45 analysts
- Mean price target$93.42 range $70.00 – $135.00; median $92.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NFLX
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.8224 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Intense competition in the global streaming entertainment market.","Risks associated with the production, acquisition, and licensing of original and third-party content.","Potential volatility in foreign exchange rates affecting international operations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NFLX's 10-Q filed 2026-07-17 against the prior one filed 2026-04-17.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added six-month (year-to-date) revenue comparison table showing $24,809,695 for six months ended June 30, 2026 vs. $21,621,967 for six months ended June 30, 2025, representing 15% increase (filed 2026-07-17)
- Added statement that revenues for three and six months ended June 30, 2026 'were impacted by favorable changes in foreign exchange rates, net of hedging' (filed 2026-07-17)
- Added specific hedging gains (losses) data: $(48) million and $(180) million for three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $(37) million and $127 million for three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively (filed 2026-07-17)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to WBD transaction termination fee and its $2.8 billion impact on net income (filed 2026-04-17)
- Removed specific mention of $625 million increase in cost of revenues due to content amortization in the net income explanation (filed 2026-04-17)
- Removed regional revenue breakdown table for United States and Canada showing $5,245,298 vs. $4,617,098 (filed 2026-04-17)
- Reworded:
- Changed reporting period from three months ended March 31, 2026 to three months ended June 30, 2026 (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed revenue comparison from 16% to 13% for three-month period (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed operating income from $3,956,997 thousand to $4,192,610 thousand (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed operating margin from 32.3% to 33.4% (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed net income from $5,282,791 thousand to $3,401,414 thousand (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed explanation of operating margin change from 'increase by approximately one percentage point' to 'decreased by approximately one percentage point' (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed maximum plan pricing from $39 per month to $38 per month as of reporting date (filed 2026-07-17)
- Removed statement that 'Revenues earned from sources other than monthly membership fees were not a material component of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025' and replaced with reference to 'three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025' (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed operating margin driver explanation from 'revenue growth outpacing cost of revenues' to 'technology and development expenses and sales and marketing expenses growing at a faster rate than revenue' (filed 2026-07-17)
- Changed net income increase explanation from primarily driven by WBD termination fee and other items to primarily driven by operating income increase and partially offset by higher tax provision (filed 2026-07-17)
- Notes:
- The older filing (2026-04-17) reports Q1 2026 results (three months ended March 31, 2026), while the newer filing (2026-07-17) reports Q2 2026 results (three months ended June 30, 2026); these are different quarters with different financial results
- Text appears truncated at end of newer filing, cutting off mid-sentence in the revenues by region section
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 10 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 6 sells ($12M) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 10 sells ($48M) — 6 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 19 sells ($92M) — 7 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-06. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NFLX's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 44 matched disclosures for NFLX from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
8 institutional 13F filers reported holding NFLX as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 8
- Reported shares held 794,852,142
- Reported value $76,425,031,981
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 4 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NFLX had 92,202,002 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
NFLX had 2.21% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 1.64 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 92,202,002
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.21%
- Prior settlement (shares) 99,746,573
- Reported change -7.56%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.64
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Walt Disney Company (DIS)
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
- Amazon Prime Video (AMZN)
- Apple TV+ (AAPL)
- Paramount Global (PARA)
- Comcast (CMCSA)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Netflix (NFLX) do?
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services offering TV series, films, games, and live programming across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause, and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, with flexible subscription plans including an ad-supported option. The company operates globally with approximately 16,000 full-time employees and generates revenues primarily from monthly membership fees for streaming content services.
What sector is Netflix (NFLX) in?
Netflix (NFLX) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Streaming entertainment / video-on-demand platforms. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are Netflix's (NFLX) competitors?
Notable peers of Netflix (NFLX) include Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Paramount Global. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in NFLX?
Yes — we hold 44 matched STOCK Act disclosures for NFLX from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Netflix (NFLX) overbought or oversold right now?
Netflix (NFLX) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NFLX come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.