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NETFLIX INC: operating cash flow

Operating cash flow for NETFLIX INC. Inspect selected reporting periods, original units and SEC filing links; download the financial history.

All NETFLIX INC financial histories

What this measure means

Cash generated or used by operating activities. Working-capital timing can make this differ substantially from reported income.

Exact concept: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2007-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

Selected filing history

Operating cash flow in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
2025-01-012025-12-3110,149,273,000USD2026-01-2310-K · 0001065280-26-000034
2024-01-012024-12-317,361,364,000USD2026-01-2310-K · 0001065280-26-000034
2023-01-012023-12-317,274,301,000USD2026-01-2310-K · 0001065280-26-000034
2022-01-012022-12-312,026,257,000USD2025-01-2710-K · 0001065280-25-000044
2021-01-012021-12-31392,610,000USD2024-01-2610-K · 0001065280-24-000030
2020-01-012020-12-312,427,077,000USD2023-01-2610-K · 0001065280-23-000035
2019-01-012019-12-31-2,887,322,000USD2022-01-2710-K · 0001065280-22-000036
2018-01-012018-12-31-2,680,479,000USD2021-01-2810-K · 0001065280-21-000040
2017-01-012017-12-31-1,785,948,000USD2020-01-2910-K · 0001065280-20-000040
2016-01-012016-12-31-1,473,984,000USD2019-01-2910-K · 0001065280-19-000043
2015-01-012015-12-31-749,439,000USD2018-02-0510-K/A · 0001628280-18-000941
2014-01-012014-12-3116,483,000USD2017-01-2710-K · 0001628280-17-000496
2013-01-012013-12-3197,831,000USD2016-01-2810-K · 0001065280-16-000047
2012-01-012012-12-3121,586,000USD2015-01-2910-K · 0001065280-15-000006
2011-01-012011-12-31317,712,000USD2014-02-0310-K · 0001065280-14-000006
2010-01-012010-12-31276,401,000USD2013-02-0110-K · 0001065280-13-000008
2009-01-012009-12-31325,063,000USD2012-02-1010-K · 0001193125-12-053009
2008-01-012008-12-31284,037,000USD2011-02-1810-K · 0001193125-11-040217
2007-01-012007-12-31277,424,000USD2010-02-2210-K · 0001193125-10-036181

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Entity
NETFLIX INC / CIK 0001065280
Captured
2026-09-19T11:16:11.489Z
SEC response SHA-256
00f3449073d90dfa3aec4e384de24b70d92d897f90c67d6bca61f23e33d38634

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Latest-filed annual-report facts per unit and reporting period at capture time. Duration facts cover 300 to 400 days. This selection can include restatements and is not a point-in-time backtest dataset. Missing concepts are omitted, never zero-filled. Values retain original units and are not currency converted. Extended concepts require compatible unit shapes and at least three reporting ends with changing values within one unit. Constant or incompatible added histories are omitted.

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Read the published dataset with Python
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0001065280.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))