Stock Analysis on Net

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity 
Quarterly Data

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Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.

Netflix Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

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Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Current content liabilities 4,091,770 4,128,905 4,393,681 4,489,971 4,391,437 4,436,021 4,466,470 4,259,582 4,440,412 4,344,580 4,480,150 4,225,890 4,174,966 4,066,289 4,292,967 4,110,962 4,197,874 4,297,957 4,429,536 4,599,654 4,664,733 4,761,585
Accounts payable 632,718 614,489 899,909 641,953 598,557 607,348 747,412 534,429 615,374 591,987 671,513 560,156 504,278 617,202 837,483 643,059 622,931 532,942 656,183 541,298 446,668 545,488
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 2,489,486 2,359,518 2,156,544 2,241,758 1,876,244 1,977,428 1,803,960 1,838,908 1,908,714 1,718,069 1,514,650 1,803,555 1,596,035 1,817,117 1,449,351 1,413,120 1,125,591 1,291,812 1,102,196 1,259,124 986,595 1,061,090
Deferred revenue 1,728,361 1,609,726 1,520,813 1,513,048 1,473,720 1,469,484 1,442,969 1,306,185 1,311,918 1,262,271 1,264,661 1,176,323 1,224,743 1,239,048 1,209,342 1,182,632 1,187,364 1,140,271 1,117,992 1,040,202 1,029,261 986,753
Short-term debt 1,005,881 1,784,453 1,820,396 1,800,041 798,936 399,844 399,614 399,387 399,163 699,823 699,473 699,128 698,788 499,878 499,517 499,161 498,809
Current liabilities 8,942,335 9,718,519 10,755,400 10,707,126 10,139,999 9,289,217 8,860,655 8,338,718 8,675,805 8,316,070 7,930,974 7,765,924 7,500,022 7,739,656 8,488,966 8,049,246 7,832,888 7,961,770 7,805,785 7,939,795 7,626,418 7,853,725
Non-current content liabilities 1,606,404 1,696,662 1,780,806 1,918,089 2,028,782 2,370,692 2,578,173 2,668,472 2,849,387 2,908,029 3,081,277 2,955,368 2,989,961 2,945,221 3,094,213 2,301,026 2,265,286 2,465,626 2,618,084 2,926,574 3,208,164 3,206,051
Long-term debt 14,453,206 14,011,037 13,798,351 14,160,932 12,180,024 13,217,038 14,143,417 13,900,754 14,070,151 14,037,965 14,353,076 13,888,117 14,233,303 14,534,561 14,693,072 14,793,691 14,926,889 14,860,552 15,809,095 15,547,616 15,294,998 14,170,692
Other non-current liabilities 3,145,820 2,633,353 2,552,250 2,774,961 2,637,397 2,585,364 2,561,434 2,486,215 2,389,915 2,400,085 2,452,040 2,424,637 2,551,675 2,567,427 2,459,164 2,281,277 2,082,035 1,950,986 1,982,155 1,875,235 1,710,948 1,420,148
Non-current liabilities 19,205,430 18,341,052 18,131,407 18,853,982 16,846,203 18,173,094 19,283,024 19,055,441 19,309,453 19,346,079 19,886,393 19,268,122 19,774,939 20,047,209 20,246,449 19,375,994 19,274,210 19,277,164 20,409,334 20,349,425 20,214,110 18,796,891
Total liabilities 28,147,765 28,059,571 28,886,807 29,561,108 26,986,202 27,462,311 28,143,679 27,394,159 27,985,258 27,662,149 27,817,367 27,034,046 27,274,961 27,786,865 28,735,415 27,425,240 27,107,098 27,238,934 28,215,119 28,289,220 27,840,528 26,650,616
Common stock, $0.001 par value 6,932,828 6,677,469 6,252,126 5,887,903 5,680,061 5,489,850 5,145,172 5,011,427 4,874,208 4,762,395 4,637,601 4,473,962 4,316,870 4,155,580 4,024,561 3,852,531 3,721,246 3,600,084 3,447,698 3,303,482 3,127,813 2,935,532
Treasury stock at cost (18,392,942) (16,754,929) (13,171,638) (12,254,855) (10,547,055) (8,934,056) (6,922,200) (4,399,677) (1,876,753) (1,228,920) (824,190) (824,190) (824,190) (824,190) (824,190) (600,022) (500,022)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (904,668) (85,735) 362,162 (344,622) (89,114) (111,879) (223,945) (155,571) (139,266) (191,695) (217,306) (247,643) (144,476) (74,170) (40,495) (19,835) 9,775 4,137 44,398 (1,147) (34,072) (47,054)
Retained earnings 37,316,681 34,191,268 31,300,917 29,432,310 27,068,801 24,921,495 22,589,286 21,651,448 19,974,026 18,486,416 17,181,296 17,126,012 15,727,770 14,286,819 12,689,372 12,081,943 10,632,872 9,279,859 7,573,144 7,030,988 6,241,012 5,520,816
Stockholders’ equity 24,951,899 24,028,073 24,743,567 22,720,736 22,112,693 21,365,410 20,588,313 22,107,627 22,832,215 21,828,196 20,777,401 20,528,141 19,075,974 17,544,039 15,849,248 15,314,617 13,863,871 12,884,080 11,065,240 10,333,323 9,334,753 8,409,294
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 53,099,664 52,087,644 53,630,374 52,281,844 49,098,895 48,827,721 48,731,992 49,501,786 50,817,473 49,490,345 48,594,768 47,562,187 46,350,935 45,330,904 44,584,663 42,739,857 40,970,969 40,123,014 39,280,359 38,622,543 37,175,281 35,059,910

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).


Current content liabilities
The current content liabilities exhibit a generally declining trend from March 2020 to June 2025, decreasing from approximately $4.76 billion to around $4.09 billion. This suggests a gradual reduction in short-term obligations related to content costs.
Accounts payable
Accounts payable fluctuate over the periods, initially decreasing in mid-2020, then increasing to reach a peak near $899.9 million in March 2025, indicating variability in obligations to suppliers and increasing payables towards the later periods.
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
There is a noticeable upward trend in accrued expenses and other liabilities, rising from around $1.06 billion in early 2020 to approximately $2.49 billion by mid-2025, suggesting growing accrued and miscellaneous payables over time.
Deferred revenue
Deferred revenue steadily increases from about $987 million in March 2020 to approximately $1.73 billion in June 2025. This consistent growth may reflect increasing customer prepayments or subscription billing patterns.
Short-term debt
Short-term debt remains relatively stable around $500 million through 2020, then shows discontinuities with missing data through early 2022, reappearing later significantly increased, peaking near $1.82 billion in September 2024 before declining to about $1 billion in March 2025, indicating more aggressive short-term borrowing in the later years.
Current liabilities
Current liabilities show some volatility, initially peaking near $8.49 billion in late 2021, followed by fluctuations around $8 billion, then a drop to about $8.94 billion in mid-2025. Overall, current liabilities remain substantial but do not exhibit a consistent directional trend.
Non-current content liabilities
Non-current content liabilities decline steadily from roughly $3.21 billion in early 2020 to about $1.61 billion by mid-2025, indicating a reduction in long-term content-related obligations.
Long-term debt
Long-term debt remains at high levels throughout the periods, fluctuating between approximately $13.2 billion and $16 billion, with some decrease around 2023 and subsequent partial recovery, reflecting significant but somewhat stable long-term borrowing.
Other non-current liabilities
Other non-current liabilities rise gradually from $1.42 billion in early 2020 to over $3.14 billion by mid-2025, indicating increasing longer-term obligations apart from debt and content liabilities.
Non-current liabilities
Non-current liabilities overall fluctuate between $16.0 billion and $20.3 billion, showing some decline towards 2025 but remaining substantial, with no clear consistent growth or reduction trend.
Total liabilities
Total liabilities peak near $29.56 billion in late 2024, with earlier steady increases from $26.65 billion in March 2020. The data shows some declining trends thereafter, ending around $28.15 billion in mid-2025. This indicates overall elevated but slightly fluctuating debt and obligations levels.
Common stock
Common stock values steadily increase from approximately $2.94 billion in early 2020 to nearly $6.93 billion by mid-2025, consistent with ongoing equity issuance or retained equity growth.
Treasury stock at cost
Treasury stock reflects growing negative amounts from mid-2021 onwards, increasing in magnitude from around -$500 million to nearly -$18.4 billion by mid-2025. This indicates significant repurchases of company stock over the period.
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
This item exhibits considerable volatility and swings between positive and negative values, with a notable negative spike near -$904 million in mid-2025, reflecting fluctuating gains or losses from non-operating activities such as foreign currency translation or hedging.
Retained earnings
Retained earnings display steady growth from $5.52 billion in March 2020 to approximately $37.32 billion by mid-2025, indicating consistent accumulation of earnings over the periods.
Stockholders’ equity
Stockholders’ equity generally increases from about $8.41 billion to around $24.95 billion by mid-2025, despite some declines in 2023 and early 2024, reflecting overall equity growth driven primarily by retained earnings and common stock issuance net of treasury stock effects.
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
The total capitalization rises from approximately $35.06 billion in early 2020 to a peak near $53.63 billion in early 2025. This represents an expansion of the company's financial base, with some fluctuation near the end of the period but overall substantial growth.