Financing Cash Flow
Netflix Financing Cash Flow increased by 40.8% to -$1.23B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 69.4%, from -$4.03B to -$1.23B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows a downward trend with a 73.2% CAGR.
Analysis
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
cf_net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$480.27M | -$81.56M | -$136.02M | -$686.32M | $11.25M | $4.11M | $0.00 | -$374.07M | -$649.35M | -$2.48B | -$2.45B | -$2.13B | -$1.49B | $226.60M | -$678.70M | -$4.03B | -$2.50B | -$1.74B | -$2.08B | -$1.23B |
| QoQ Change | — | +83.0% | -66.8% | -404.6% | +101.6% | -63.4% | -100.0% | — | -73.6% | -281.2% | +0.9% | +13.0% | +30.2% | +115.2% | -399.5% | -493.5% | +37.9% | +30.6% | -19.6% | +40.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +102.3% | +105.0% | +100.0% | +45.5% | <-999% | <-999% | — | -470.2% | -129.4% | +109.2% | +72.3% | -88.9% | -68.0% | -866.6% | -206.1% | +69.4% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Netflix's financing cash flow?
- Netflix (NFLX) reported financing cash flow of -$1.23B in Q1 2026.
- How has Netflix's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Netflix's financing cash flow increased by 69.4% year-over-year, from -$4.03B to -$1.23B.
- What is the long-term trend for Netflix's financing cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Netflix's financing cash flow has grown at a 73.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$1.15B to -$10.35B.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.