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Netflix free cash flow NFLX

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2002.

Last 12 months, to Jun 30, 2026
$11.2B
Latest quarter, Q2 FY26
$1.5B
−33% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2025
$9.5B
+37% on the year before

Netflix's free cash flow was $11.2B over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, up 31% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q2 FY26, it was $1.5B, down 33% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2025 it grew 37% a year on average.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2025$9.5B+37%
FY2024$6.9B−0%
FY2023$6.9B+328%
FY2022$1.6Bn/a
FY2021−$132M−107%
FY2020$1.9Bn/a
FY2019−$3.1Bn/a
FY2018−$2.9Bn/a
FY2017−$2Bn/a
FY2016−$1.6Bn/a
FY2015−$840.7Mn/a
FY2014−$53.2M−222%
FY2013$43.7Mn/a
FY2012−$18.7M−107%
FY2011$268M+10%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q2 FY26$1.5B−33%$11.2B
Q1 FY26$5.1B+91%$11.9B
Q4 FY25$1.9B+36%$9.5B
Q3 FY25$2.7B+21%$9B
Q2 FY25$2.3B+87%$8.5B
Q1 FY25$2.7B+25%$7.4B
Q4 FY24$1.4B−13%$6.9B
Q3 FY24$2.2B+16%$7.1B
Q2 FY24$1.2B−9%$6.8B
Q1 FY24$2.1B+1%$6.9B
Q4 FY23$1.6B+376%$6.9B
Q3 FY23$1.9B+300%$5.7B

Against its peers

Companies in Entertainment nearest Netflix's size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
NFLXNetflixn/m
DISWalt Disney4.3%
LYVLive Nation Entertainment3.4%
TKOTKO5.1%
FOXAFox5.3%
Peer median4.7%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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