Company Analysis

Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)

Nasdaq: NFLX · Services-Video Tape Rental · Los Gatos, CA · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade7.9
◀ Past 8.9● Present 7.7▶ Future 7.4

The grade of Netflix, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.9/10
◀ Past8.925% of the headline
● Present7.735% of the headline
▶ Future7.440% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
9.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 94th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $45 billion in fiscal 2025, up 19.9% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.9%top 6% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 86% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 62 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 90th percentile among 3 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Netflix, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 86% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 62 sales (43 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 41%: 41¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Netflix, Inc. earned about 41 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 7% of its family
  • return on equitytop 12% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
9.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 7% of 8 in its family; net margin 24.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $45 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 7% by size; a net margin of 24.3% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of 12.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$45.18Btop 7% of its family
  • net margin24.3%top 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.6%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Peters, Gregory K (Co-CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-02-02, 3.8 years (bottom 42% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.6 years (bottom 42%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 42%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 42% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.6 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.8 yearsbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9.0 billion against debt of $13 billion leaves -8% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 20.9% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 48.5% (top 25%); research spending of 7.5% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-8.0%top 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue20.9%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin48.5%top 25% of its family
  • research spending against revenue7.5%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.6% a year over the last three filed years against 19.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 19% of its family); the newest year grew 15.9% (top 6%); research spending grew 7.7% a year (top 17%); capital spending grew 19.1% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Netflix, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-7.3 points a yearbottom 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.9%top 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.7%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending19.1%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 23% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Netflix, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $45 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.3% above the $43 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $11 billion against a prior three-year average of $6.2 billion (top 31%); a net margin of 24.3% against 17.5% before (top 31%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.3%top 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+77%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.8 pointstop 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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