Form 8-K

8-K — NETFLIX INC

Accession: 0001065280-26-000211

Filed: 2026-07-16

Period: 2026-07-16

CIK: 0001065280

SIC: 7841 (SERVICES-VIDEO TAPE RENTAL)

Item: Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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NETFLIX INC0001065280false00010652802026-07-162026-07-16

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 16, 2026

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NETFLIX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware 001-35727 77-0467272

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation) (Commission

File Number) (I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

121 Albright Way, Los Gatos, California

95032

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 540-3700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share NFLX NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 16, 2026, Netflix, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The Letter to Shareholders, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, includes reference to the non-GAAP financial information. A reconciliation to the GAAP equivalent of non-GAAP measures is contained in tabular form in Exhibit 99.1. We are not able to reconcile forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures because we are unable to predict without unreasonable effort the exact amount or timing of the reconciling items, including property and equipment, and the impact of changes in currency exchange rates. The variability of these items could have a significant impact on our future GAAP financial results.

The information contained in this Item 2.02 and the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 are “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit

99.1

Letter to Shareholders dated July 16, 2026

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NETFLIX, INC.

Date: July 16, 2026

/s/ Spencer Neumann

Spencer Neumann

Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

July 16, 2026

Fellow shareholders,

•Our financial performance remains solid and we’re on track to meet our objectives for the year:

◦Q2 revenue grew 13% year over year (+12% on a FX-neutral basis1) to $12.6B, and operating margin was 33%. Both were in-line with our guidance.

◦For 2026, we’ve narrowed our forecasted revenue range to $51.0-$51.4B and continue to forecast an operating margin of 31.5%, both consistent with our prior guidance.

•We’re delivering increasing value to our members; engagement is healthy, reflecting the quality, quantity, and variety of our offering:

◦Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You is our most viewed new original series debut in 2026 and Swapped is on its way to becoming our second most viewed original animated film ever.

◦View hours grew +2% in H1’26 vs. +1.5% growth in 2025, despite the competitive impact of the Winter Olympics and the World Cup this year.

◦To better satisfy members, we’re continuing to expand the variety of our entertainment offering with video podcasts, creators like Danny Go! and Salish & Jordan Matter, and cloud TV games.

•The results of our recent price changes are consistent with prior changes and our expectations.

•We are leveraging AI to provide a more personalized, immersive and interactive experience for members, enhance ads capabilities for brands, and improve the quality of our series and films.

•The entertainment industry remains dynamic and competitive. We aim to stay ahead by executing against our three areas of focus: delivering more entertainment value, leveraging technology to improve every aspect of our service, and improving monetization.

Our summary results, and forecast for Q3, are below.

(in millions except per share data) Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Forecast

Revenue $ 11,079 $ 11,510 $ 12,051 $ 12,250 $ 12,560 $ 12,860

Y/Y % Growth 15.9 % 17.2 % 17.6 % 16.2 % 13.4 % 11.7 %

Operating Income $ 3,775 $ 3,248 $ 2,957 $ 3,957 $ 4,193 $ 4,268

Operating Margin 34.1 % 28.2 % 24.5 % 32.3 % 33.4 % 33.2 %

Net Income $ 3,125 $ 2,547 $ 2,419 $ 5,283 $ 3,401 $ 3,452

Diluted EPS $ 0.72 $ 0.59 $ 0.56 $ 1.23 $ 0.80 $ 0.82

Net cash provided by operating activities $ 2,423 $ 2,825 $ 2,112 $ 5,290 $ 1,744

Free Cash Flow $ 2,267 $ 2,660 $ 1,872 $ 5,094 $ 1,525

Shares (FD) 4,349 4,340 4,317 4,298 4,261

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1 Excluding the year over year effect of foreign exchange rate movements and the impact of hedging gains/losses realized as revenues. Assumes foreign exchange rates remained constant with foreign exchange rates from each of the corresponding months of the prior-year period.

Q2 Results and Forecast

Q2 revenue of $12.6B was in-line with forecast and grew 13% year over year (+12% on a foreign exchange (F/X) neutral basis), driven primarily by membership growth, pricing and increased ad revenue. We delivered double digit revenue growth in all regions, surpassing the quarterly revenue mark of $4.0B in EMEA and $1.5B in both LATAM and APAC. In UCAN, Q2 revenue growth of 10% reflects only a partial quarter impact from our recent price change, which has gone well and as expected.

Operating income in Q2 was $4.2B, up 11% year over year, and operating margin was 33.4% versus 34.1% in Q2’25. Q2 operating income and margin were slightly ahead of forecast due to the timing of expenses. As we noted in previous letters, operating income in Q2 grew slower than revenue because our content amortization growth is higher in the first half of the year; we continue to expect content amortization to grow slower in the second half of the year and to increase ~10% for 2026. Diluted EPS for the quarter amounted to $0.80 vs. $0.72 in Q2’25 (+11% year over year), slightly above our forecast.

As a reminder, the guidance we provide is our actual internal forecast at the time we report and we strive for accuracy. Our primary financial metrics are revenue for growth and operating margin for profitability. Our goal is to sustain healthy revenue growth, expand operating profit and margin, and deliver growing free cash flow.

For Q3, we expect revenue growth of 12% (or 11% F/X neutral) driven by growth in memberships, pricing, and ad revenue. We project an operating margin of 33.2% compared with 28.2% in the year ago quarter.

Our 2026 outlook is consistent with our prior forecast: we are narrowing our revenue forecast to $51.0-$51.4B, which represents 13%-14% growth (~12% F/X neutral), driven by growth in memberships and pricing, and a projected rough doubling of our ads revenue to approximately $3 billion. We continue to anticipate an operating margin of 31.5% for 2026 both on a reported basis and based on F/X rates as of January 1, 2026 vs. 29.5% in 2025. Our forecast implies annual operating income growth of 20%+ for 2026.

Our Focus

As we outlined in our last letter, we have three main areas of focus:

First, delivering more entertainment value.

We want to win the most valuable moments of truth and thrill our members. We’ve used “engagement” as a shorthand for the value we deliver members. But, as we’ve developed an increasingly sophisticated understanding of how consumers ascribe value to our service, we know not all hours are equal. Time spent is just one aspect of strong engagement - quality and variety also matter. The key is to improve across all of those dimensions: quality, variety, and quantity.

Quality is defined by how much our members enjoy and love a title. We work every day to raise the bar on our core series and film offering, which we have successfully done since we launched streaming in 2007. Animation is a good example of how patient and focused execution can pay off. We started original animation in 2018, kept improving, and last year produced a true breakout global phenomenon with KPop Demon Hunters. It became our first title to surpass over 52 consecutive weeks in the Global

Top 10. We built on that momentum in Q2 with Swapped* (137M views2) which is loved by our members and on its way to becoming our second most viewed4 original animated film ever.

In addition to a high-quality slate, we also need a wide variety of programming because we serve a massive audience (approaching 1B people) with broad and diverse tastes, moods and needs. Different types of content impact our business differently – some drive more acquisition, some primarily aid retention, and some make the service feel indispensable. For example, in 2026, we expect live programming to account for just over 5% of our content spend but only ~1% of view hours. Yet, live event programming accounted for six of the top 10 new member sign-up days over the last five years (and we've only been doing live events since 2023).

Quantity of engagement is also important and, as detailed in our bi-annual What We Watched5 report, in the first half of 2026, our members watched more than 97 billion hours, up 2% year over year. This was slightly faster than the 1.5% growth in 2025, despite the competitive impact of the Winter Olympics and the World Cup this year. Non-English content again drove more than a third of all viewing this half, with standout titles from Korea, Japan, Spain, and India.

Our Q2 slate delivered a host of titles that our members loved and were broadly viewed, including Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You* (87M views) - our biggest new original series debut in 2026 so far, Legends* from the UK (20M views), K-drama Teach You a Lesson* (55M views) - which is on track to become our second-most viewed Korean show globally6, Berlin and The Lady with an Ermine* (28M views) from Spain, The Polygamist* (24M views) from South Africa, Flunked* (11M views) from France, and Rosario Tijeras S5* (6M views) from Mexico. We also continued to strengthen our film slate, delivering hits across multiple genres, like action with Apex* (131M views) starring Charlize Theron, rom-coms with Office Romance* (63M views) featuring Jennifer Lopez and Voicemails for Isabelle* (71M views), drama with the Emmy nominated feature, Remarkably Bright Creatures* (53M views) starring Sally Field, and documentaries with Maternal Instinct* (54M views) and The Crash* (67M views).

Beyond series and films, we continually evolve and expand our entertainment offering to better meet the needs of members and strengthen our engagement.

•For instance, approximately half of our viewing occurs in the evening, but our recently launched video podcasts over-index on viewing during the day and on mobile devices, an indicator that this engagement is incremental. We recently added Jay Shetty’s On Purpose and Allegedly, as well as announced podcasts featuring Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, Lele Pons and Martha Stewart through our partnership with iHeartMedia.

•We have a history of working with the most talented storytellers from around the world and, increasingly, that includes top creators from open content platforms. We’ve had success with creators including Danny Go!, Ms. Rachel, Mark Rober, and Salish & Jordan Matter, and recently announced collaborations with the Stokes Twins, Alan Chikin Chow, Nick DiGiovanni, and Mythical. Ms. Rachel has spent 27 weeks in the Global Top 10 since debuting on Netflix last year and, more recently, Salish & Jordan Matter and Danny Go! have spent eight and seven weeks, respectively, in the Global Top 10 since coming to Netflix in April. We also announced partnerships7 with leading publishers including Condé Nast, Hearst, and People, to bring their lifestyle content to members in the US and several other countries beginning in August.

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2 A view is defined as hours viewed divided by runtime for each title. Views for a title are based on the first 91 days since the release of each episode (less than 91 days denoted with an asterisk and data is from launch date through July 12, 2026). We publish our top titles based on views each week at Netflix Top 103.

3 https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10

4 Based on expected 91 day views.

5 https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-the-first-half-of-2026

6 Based on expected 91 day views (behind Squid Game).

7 https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/digital-publisher-videos

•To deepen our local programming in France, last month we launched a partnership with leading local French broadcaster TF1. Netflix members in France are now able to experience TF1 programming as part of their subscription at no additional cost. This fully integrated experience includes TF1’s linear channels as well as TF1+’s on-demand content, including a wide array of scripted, unscripted and major live sports programming. While still early, we’re pleased with the initial performance. Our French members are discovering and engaging with this content (with view hours of TF1 content growing each week), a TF1 title, Secret Story has already reached our Top 10 list in France, and we’re gratified to see our partner8 is also seeing strong early results.

•Our cloud-based TV games are gaining traction. In June, we had our two most successful cloud game debuts, with the releases of FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition and Unhinged. And Netflix Playground, our app for kids games, has experienced 3x growth in daily players since its launch in April, and has fueled growth in our kids mobile games engagement, which is up 600% year over year9. While off a small base, these early signals give us increasing confidence that we are building a foundation with exciting future growth potential.

Overall, our engagement remains healthy and as with all things we do, we’re working hard to improve every day. We have an exciting Q3 slate including new films like 72 HOURS with Kevin Hart, The Last House with Greta Lee & Wagner Moura, The Whisper Man with Robert DeNiro, and Call My Agent! from France, and series such as The Hawk with Will Ferrell, the fifth and final season of Outer Banks, Little House on the Prairie, the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, The Gentlemen S2 from the UK, The East Palace from Korea, The Doll from Poland, and Lovesick from Mexico. We’ll continue to build out our live programming – we have two Major League Baseball events (Home Run Derby and Field of Dreams game) in Q3, as well as the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight later this year. We also recently announced an expanded agreement with the NFL, securing a premium slate of games that includes a week-one matchup in Q3, as well as a Thanksgiving Eve game and NFL Christmas Gameday in Q4, and a final week contest in Q1 of next year.

Second, leveraging technology to improve every aspect of our service and our business.

To support our growing content offering, we continue to evolve our product to create more personalized, immersive, and interactive experiences for our members. We are leveraging LLMs to improve title discovery and to better understand member preferences. We’re also enhancing search for our members with new voice search functionality and AI-powered natural language search.

Across the production lifecycle, from concept and pre-visualization through post and delivery, GenAI utilization by our creative partners is scaling quickly. In 2026, GenAI workflows have been used in roughly 300 of our titles, with the largest concentration of work in post-production. We are increasingly leveraging these tools to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost than traditional methods. In some cases, productions would have had to leave out key shots and sequences in the absence of GenAI technology. For example, Glory (India), Brasil 70: A Saga do Tri (Brazil), and The American Experiment (US) utilized GenAI tools to create highly complex sequences (e.g., enhanced crowds, historical battle sequences, and worldbuilding establishing shots).

In our ads business, we continue to invest in developing a premium ad experience which delivers highly engaged and attentive audiences to advertisers. In Q2, we expanded our AI-powered tools across the full advertising lifecycle, from planning and creative production to campaign management, optimization, and reporting. We're also automating more of the workflow around how advertisers transact with us by extending programmatic access to Pause Ads and live inventory this summer. This reduces the manual effort that has historically limited access for smaller buyers, opening Netflix to a broader range of advertisers over time. These investments enhance the value of our existing inventory and lay the groundwork for the next phase of growth in our ads business.

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8 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tf1-netflix-deal-record-streaming-figures-france-1236642951/

9 Game play hours are not included in our What We Watched report.

Third, improving monetization.

Building out our ads business continues to be a top priority and we remain on track to deliver approximately $3 billion in ads revenue in 2026. Our US upfront negotiations are in advanced stages, and we expect commitments to close in the next few weeks. We are seeing strong interest in our Live events lineup — Women's World Cup, an expanded NFL slate, WWE, MLB events and more — alongside continued demand for our unparalleled breadth of entertainment titles. The growth in our ads business is being fueled by the strength and variety of our slate combined with our investments in AI powered tools and workflows, the Netflix Ads Suite and broader programmatic capabilities.

We offer a wide range of plans and feature sets at accessible price points to provide the best value for members. As we expand and improve our entertainment offering, we occasionally adjust prices so that we can reinvest in our service. Our first half price changes, in markets like the US, Mexico and Spain, have gone well with the impact consistent with prior price changes and our expectations.

We are constantly testing, assessing, and improving the membership lifecycle. Over the years, investments in our product capabilities (e.g. TV and mobile UI) have given us greater flexibility to evaluate the best ways to attract and retain members in different markets. We’ve tested a variety of methods, including a low cost first month in Japan to coincide with the WBC, and an “upgrade on us” offer in various countries around the world. As part of this test and learn strategy, last week we began re-testing free trials for non-rejoining new members in a number of markets around the world (excluding the US and UK).

Evolving Our View Hours Disclosure

Engagement is important to our business. But as discussed above, engagement is not just the quantity of view hours, but also refers to the quality and variety of our offering. To make this clearer, we’re making a change to our view hours disclosure.

After today’s What We Watched report, which covers the first half of 2026, we will shift to publishing this report annually in the first quarter, beginning in 2027. The goal of separating the publication of the report from our earnings results is to keep the focus on our primary financial metrics – revenue and operating profit. With this change, we will still report industry-leading title-by-title and total view hours data (including our weekly Top 10 lists for movies and series in more than 90 countries).

Cash Flow and Capital Structure

Net cash generated from operating activities was $1.7B vs $2.4B in the prior year period. Free cash flow (FCF)10 in Q2’26 totaled $1.5B vs. $2.3B in Q2’25. This included higher cash tax payments due in part to the Warner Bros. termination fee. For the full year, we continue to expect FCF of approximately $12.5B, and an annual cash content spend to amortization ratio of ~1.1x.

Our capital allocation approach is unchanged. We prioritize reinvestment in the business, both organically and through selective M&A, while maintaining a healthy balance sheet and ample liquidity, and then returning excess cash to shareholders via share repurchases. In April, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $25B of our stock on top of the $6.8B of capacity we had remaining as of the end of Q1. In Q2, we bought back $4.7B of stock, our largest quarter of share repurchases, and we currently have $27.1B of capacity left in our remaining authorizations. We ended the quarter with gross debt of $14.4B and cash and cash equivalents of $9.1B. We have $1B of debt maturing later this year, which we plan to refinance.

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10 Defined as cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property and equipment.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

We recently published our 2025 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report11. Key updates for 2025 include how we continue to decarbonize our operations, including the productions of our films, series and games; invest in our people and the next generation of talent around the world, while contributing to local economies; and maintain our corporate governance structure to support healthy growth and create long-term shareholder value.

During Q2, we launched The Netflix Effect12 — a comprehensive look at the impact our films and series have had on economies, industries and culture over the last decade. Netflix is deeply embedded and invested in the creative industries around the world, producing TV series and films in more than 50 countries, and contributing more than $325 billion in gross value to the global economy.

Reference

For quick reference, our past investor letters can be found here13.

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11 https://s22.q4cdn.com/959853165/files/doc_downloads/2026/6/2025-Netflix-Environmental-Social-Governance-Report.pdf

12 https://thenetflixeffect.com/

13 https://ir.netflix.net/financials/quarterly-earnings/default.aspx

Regional Breakdown

(in millions) Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26

UCAN:

Revenue $ 4,929 $ 5,072 $ 5,339 $ 5,245 $ 5,432

Y/Y % Growth 15 % 17 % 18 % 14 % 10 %

F/X Neutral Y/Y % Growth 15 % 17 % 18 % 14 % 10 %

EMEA:

Revenue $ 3,538 $ 3,699 $ 3,873 $ 3,998 $ 4,034

Y/Y % Growth 18 % 18 % 18 % 17 % 14 %

F/X Neutral Y/Y % Growth 16 % 15 % 15 % 12 % 11 %

LATAM:

Revenue $ 1,307 $ 1,371 $ 1,418 $ 1,497 $ 1,584

Y/Y % Growth 9 % 10 % 15 % 19 % 21 %

F/X Neutral Y/Y % Growth 23 % 20 % 20 % 18 % 16 %

APAC:

Revenue $ 1,305 $ 1,369 $ 1,421 $ 1,509 $ 1,510

Y/Y % Growth 24 % 21 % 17 % 20 % 16 %

F/X Neutral Y/Y % Growth 23 % 20 % 19 % 19 % 18 %

F/X Neutral revenue growth excludes the year over year effect of foreign exchange rate movements and the impact of hedging gains/losses realized as revenues. Assumes foreign exchange rates remained constant with foreign exchange rates from each of the corresponding months of the prior-year period.

July 16, 2026 Earnings Interview, 1:45pm PT

Our live video interview will be on youtube/netflixir14 at 1:45pm PT today. Co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos, CFO Spence Neumann and VP of Finance & Capital Markets Spencer Wang, will all be on the video to answer questions submitted by sellside analysts.

IR Contact:

PR Contact:

Lowell Singer Comms@netflix.com

VP, Investor Relations 415 254-4462

818 434-2141

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14 https://www.youtube.com/netflixir

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

This shareholder letter and its attachments include reference to the non-GAAP financial measures of F/X neutral revenue and adjusted operating profit and margin, free cash flow and net debt. Management believes that free cash flow is an important liquidity metric because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available to repay debt obligations, make strategic acquisitions and investments and for certain other activities like stock repurchases. Management believes that F/X neutral revenue and adjusted operating profit and margin allow investors to compare our projected results to our actual results absent year-over-year and intra-year currency fluctuations. Management believes net debt is a useful measure of the company's liquidity, capital structure, and leverage. However, these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, net income, operating income (profit), operating margin, diluted earnings per share and net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, or other financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliation to the GAAP equivalent of these non-GAAP measures are contained in tabular form on the attached unaudited financial statements and in the F/X neutral operating margin disclosure above. We are not able to reconcile forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures because we are unable to predict without unreasonable effort the exact amount or timing of the reconciling items, including property and equipment, and the impact of changes in currency exchange rates. The variability of these items could have a significant impact on our future GAAP financial results.

Forward-Looking Statements

This shareholder letter contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding our expected results for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2026 and fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; priorities for 2026; adoption and growth of streaming entertainment; growth strategy and outlook; market opportunity; competitive landscape and position; expectations regarding series, films, games, live programming and video podcasts; partnerships; engagement; slate strength; pricing and plans strategy; ad-supported tier and its prospects; advertising, including our ad-tech platform; product strategy; use of artificial intelligence technologies in content production and product development; frequency of our engagement disclosures; impact of foreign exchange rates and hedging activities; stock repurchases; advertising revenue; revenue and revenue growth; membership growth; operating income, operating margin, net income, earnings per share, capital allocation, debt refinancing, free cash flow, content spend and content amortization. The forward-looking statements in this letter are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ, including, without limitation: our ability to attract new members and engage and retain existing members; our ability to compete effectively, including for consumer engagement with different modes of entertainment; failing to improve the variety and quality of entertainment offerings; adoption of the ads plan and paid sharing; maintenance and expansion of device platforms for streaming; fluctuations in consumer usage of our service; service disruptions; production risks; macroeconomic conditions; content slate and timing of content releases. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 23, 2026. The Company provides internal forecast numbers. Investors should anticipate that actual performance will vary from these forecast numbers based on risks and uncertainties discussed above and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this shareholder letter.

Netflix, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 March 31,

2026 June 30,

2025 June 30,

2026 June 30,

2025

Revenues $ 12,559,938 $ 12,249,757 $ 11,079,166 $ 24,809,695 $ 21,621,967

Cost of revenues

6,036,965 5,888,238 5,325,311 11,925,203 10,588,458

Sales and marketing 823,838 842,217 713,265 1,666,055 1,401,635

Technology and development

1,007,675 959,696 824,683 1,967,371 1,647,506

General and administrative

498,850 602,609 441,213 1,101,459 862,675

Operating income 4,192,610 3,956,997 3,774,694 8,149,607 7,121,693

Other income (expense):

Interest expense (175,685) (262,077) (182,649) (437,762) (366,821)

Interest and other income (expense) 51,661 2,852,166 39,630 2,903,827 90,529

Income before income taxes 4,068,586 6,547,086 3,631,675 10,615,672 6,845,401

Provision for income taxes (667,172) (1,264,295) (506,262) (1,931,467) (829,637)

Net income $ 3,401,414 $ 5,282,791 $ 3,125,413 $ 8,684,205 $ 6,015,764

Earnings per share*:

Basic $ 0.81 $ 1.25 $ 0.74 $ 2.06 $ 1.41

Diluted $ 0.80 $ 1.23 $ 0.72 $ 2.03 $ 1.38

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding*:

Basic 4,189,303 4,222,787 4,252,112 4,205,952 4,262,347

Diluted 4,261,300 4,298,437 4,348,825 4,279,776 4,359,167

* Share and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the ten-for-one forward stock split which was effected on November 14, 2025.

Netflix, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

As of

June 30,

2026 December 31,

2025

(unaudited)

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,099,232 $ 9,033,681

Short-term investments 28,678 28,678

Other current assets 4,725,393 3,957,832

Total current assets 13,853,303 13,020,191

Content assets, net 33,837,573 32,778,392

Property and equipment, net 2,398,848 2,004,350

Other non-current assets 8,360,717 7,794,060

Total assets $ 58,450,441 $ 55,596,993

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:

Current content liabilities $ 3,866,522 $ 4,084,854

Accounts payable 814,551 900,612

Accrued expenses and other liabilities 3,172,611 3,220,869

Deferred revenue 1,797,456 1,775,730

Short-term debt 2,483,758 998,865

Total current liabilities 12,134,898 10,980,930

Non-current content liabilities 1,625,600 1,579,476

Long-term debt 11,825,548 13,463,971

Other non-current liabilities 2,712,343 2,957,128

Total liabilities 28,298,389 28,981,505

Stockholders' equity:

Common stock 7,670,503 7,286,410

Treasury stock at cost (28,387,657) (22,372,658)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (97,117) (580,382)

Retained earnings 50,966,323 42,282,118

Total stockholders' equity 30,152,052 26,615,488

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 58,450,441 $ 55,596,993

Supplemental Information

Total streaming content obligations* $ 25,106,705 $ 24,039,228

* Total streaming content obligations are comprised of content liabilities included in "Current content liabilities" and "Non-current content liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and obligations that are not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as they did not yet meet the criteria for recognition.

Netflix, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 March 31,

2026 June 30,

2025 June 30,

2026 June 30,

2025

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income $ 3,401,414 $ 5,282,791 $ 3,125,413 $ 8,684,205 $ 6,015,764

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Additions to content assets (4,927,523) (4,846,917) (3,835,813) (9,774,440) (7,385,470)

Change in content liabilities (181,794) 45,216 (214,052) (136,578) (625,305)

Amortization of content assets 4,311,309 4,217,900 3,832,074 8,529,209 7,655,186

Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and intangibles 100,530 98,575 80,013 199,105 160,080

Stock-based compensation expense 131,312 140,405 80,862 271,717 152,839

Foreign currency remeasurement loss (gain) on debt (8,813) (10,110) 55,238 (18,923) 83,785

Other non-cash items 141,356 198,227 120,139 339,583 234,869

Deferred income taxes 81,260 58,819 (135,755) 140,079 (299,683)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Other current assets 111,713 (704,640) (176,683) (592,927) (308,050)

Accounts payable (157,397) 154 11,046 (157,243) (265,380)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (1,249,793) 1,295,904 (267,235) 46,111 39,178

Deferred revenue 54,008 (32,282) 118,635 21,726 207,548

Other non-current assets and liabilities (63,770) (453,837) (370,624) (517,607) (452,904)

Net cash provided by operating activities 1,743,812 5,290,205 2,423,258 7,034,017 5,212,457

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of property and equipment (218,644) (196,130) (155,889) (414,774) (284,166)

Acquisitions — (585,744) — (585,744) —

Purchases of investments — — (1,650) — (157,665)

Proceeds from maturities and sales of investments — — 962,413 — 1,732,367

Other investing activities — — (36,190) — (36,190)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (218,644) (781,874) 768,684 (1,000,518) 1,254,346

Cash flows from financing activities:

Repayments of debt — — (1,033,450) — (1,833,450)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock 59,980 49,310 169,066 109,290 520,668

Repurchases of common stock (4,714,403) (1,270,588) (1,654,327) (5,984,991) (5,190,723)

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (6,631) (29,230) (6,114) (35,861) (33,984)

Other financing activities (8,573) 19,694 21,957 11,121 6,305

Net cash used in financing activities (4,669,627) (1,230,814) (2,502,868) (5,900,441) (6,531,184)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (19,628) (49,838) 287,471 (69,466) 437,617

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (3,164,087) 3,227,679 976,545 63,592 373,236

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 12,266,873 9,039,194 7,204,028 9,039,194 7,807,337

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 9,102,786 $ 12,266,873 $ 8,180,573 $ 9,102,786 $ 8,180,573

Netflix, Inc.

Non-GAAP Information

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except percentages)

Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended

June 30,

2026 March 31,

2026 June 30,

2025 June 30,

2026 June 30,

2025

Non-GAAP free cash flow reconciliation:

Net cash provided by operating activities $ 1,743,812 $ 5,290,205 $ 2,423,258 $ 7,034,017 $ 5,212,457

Purchases of property and equipment (218,644) (196,130) (155,889) (414,774) (284,166)

Non-GAAP free cash flow $ 1,525,168 $ 5,094,075 $ 2,267,369 $ 6,619,243 $ 4,928,291

Non-GAAP Constant Currency Information

The tables below provide a non-GAAP reconciliation of reported and constant currency revenue growth by region for the quarters ended June 30, 2025, September 30, 2025, December 31, 2025, March 31, 2026, and June 30, 2026. The regions presented in the tables below include United States and Canada ("UCAN"), Europe, Middle East, and Africa ("EMEA"), Latin America ("LATAM"), and Asia-Pacific ("APAC").

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Change

June 30,

2025 June 30,

2024 Q2'25 vs. Q2'24

As Reported Constant Currency Adjustment Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Constant Currency Revenues As Reported Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Revenues

Less Hedging Impact Reported Change Constant Currency Change

UCAN $ 4,929,003 $ 8,036 $ (6,431) $ 4,930,608 $ 4,295,560 $ (3,183) $ 4,292,377 15 % 15 %

EMEA 3,538,175 (122,664) 42,049 3,457,560 3,007,772 (15,344) 2,992,428 18 % 16 %

LATAM 1,306,735 161,306 14,033 1,482,074 1,204,145 (1,759) 1,202,386 9 % 23 %

APAC 1,305,253 (16,166) (12,266) 1,276,821 1,051,833 (13,015) 1,038,818 24 % 23 %

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Change

September 30,

2025 September 30,

2024 Q3'25 vs. Q3'24

As Reported Constant Currency Adjustment Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Constant Currency Revenues As Reported Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Revenues

Less Hedging Impact Reported Change Constant Currency Change

UCAN $ 5,071,781 $ 1,816 $ (2,196) $ 5,071,401 $ 4,322,476 $ (3,265) $ 4,319,211 17 % 17 %

EMEA 3,699,052 (199,597) 113,580 3,613,035 3,133,466 (1,857) 3,131,609 18 % 15 %

LATAM 1,370,913 53,678 26,300 1,450,891 1,240,892 (34,654) 1,206,238 10 % 20 %

APAC 1,368,561 (14,750) (8,319) 1,345,492 1,127,869 (8,408) 1,119,461 21 % 20 %

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Change

December 31,

2025 December 31,

2024 Q4'25 vs. Q4'24

As Reported Constant Currency Adjustment Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Constant Currency Revenues As Reported Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Revenues

Less Hedging Impact Reported Change Constant Currency Change

UCAN $ 5,339,270 $ 3,801 $ (6,612) $ 5,336,459 $ 4,517,018 $ (5,564) $ 4,511,454 18 % 18 %

EMEA 3,872,743 (198,888) 87,364 3,761,219 3,287,604 (12,789) 3,274,815 18 % 15 %

LATAM 1,417,939 (1,052) 27,711 1,444,598 1,229,771 (28,307) 1,201,464 15 % 20 %

APAC 1,420,810 28,413 (19,274) 1,429,949 1,212,120 (7,107) 1,205,013 17 % 19 %

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Change

March 31,

2026 March 31,

2025 Q1'26 vs. Q1'25

As Reported Constant Currency Adjustment Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Constant Currency Revenues As Reported Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Revenues

Less Hedging Impact Reported Change Constant Currency Change

UCAN $ 5,245,298 $ (20,306) $ (463) $ 5,224,529 $ 4,617,098 $ (14,552) $ 4,602,546 14 % 14 %

EMEA 3,998,419 (418,871) 113,651 3,693,199 3,404,676 (105,225) 3,299,451 17 % 12 %

LATAM 1,497,058 (60,512) 31,286 1,467,832 1,261,934 (13,936) 1,247,998 19 % 18 %

APAC 1,508,982 (40,823) (11,957) 1,456,202 1,259,093 (31,083) 1,228,010 20 % 19 %

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Change

June 30,

2026 June 30,

2025 Q2'26 vs. Q2'25

As Reported Constant Currency Adjustment Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Constant Currency Revenues As Reported Hedging (Gains) Losses Included in Revenues Revenues

Less Hedging Impact Reported Change Constant Currency Change

UCAN $ 5,431,667 $ (4,883) $ (3,284) $ 5,423,500 $ 4,929,003 $ (6,431) $ 4,922,572 10 % 10 %

EMEA 4,033,515 (130,725) 58,490 3,961,280 3,538,175 42,049 3,580,224 14 % 11 %

LATAM 1,584,290 (67,459) 11,494 1,528,325 1,306,735 14,033 1,320,768 21 % 16 %

APAC 1,510,466 28,880 (19,070) 1,520,276 1,305,253 (12,266) 1,292,987 16 % 18 %

Total Revenues $ 12,559,938 $ (174,187) $ 47,630 $ 12,433,381 $ 11,079,166 $ 37,385 $ 11,116,551 13 % 12 %

Non-GAAP F/X Neutral Operating Margin

To provide additional transparency around our operating margin, we disclose each quarter our year-to-date (YTD) operating margin based on F/X rates at the beginning of each year. This will allow investors to see how our operating margin is tracking against our target (which was set in January of 2026 based on F/X rates at that time), absent intra-year fluctuations in F/X.

YTD 2026

As Reported

Revenue $ 24,809,695

Operating Expenses 16,660,088

Operating Profit $ 8,149,607

Operating Margin 32.8 %

FX Impact

Revenue $ 87,127

Operating Expenses 20,139

Operating Profit $ 66,988

Adjusted*

Revenue $ 24,722,568

Operating Expenses 16,639,949

Operating Profit $ 8,082,619

Operating Margin 32.7 %

* Based on F/X rates at the beginning of each year including our F/X hedges at that time. Note: Excludes F/X impact on content amortization, as titles are amortized at a historical blended rate based on timing of spend. YTD 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Non-GAAP Net Debt

As of

June 30,

2026

Non-GAAP Net Debt reconciliation:

Total debt $ 14,309,306

Add: Debt issuance costs and original issue discount 48,985

Add: Fair value hedging adjustment 13,809

Less: Cash and cash equivalents (9,099,232)

Less: Short-term investments (28,678)

Net debt $ 5,244,190

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