Stock Analysis on Net

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Netflix Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: 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 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Net income 2,332,209 937,838 1,677,422 1,487,610 1,305,120 55,284 1,398,242 1,440,951 1,597,447 607,429 1,449,071 1,353,013 1,706,715 542,156 789,976 720,196 709,067 586,970 665,244 270,650 344,052
Additions to content assets (3,728,967) (3,529,191) (2,883,839) (3,683,007) (2,458,666) (3,985,192) (4,582,671) (4,687,011) (3,584,164) (5,654,639) (4,666,237) (4,096,750) (3,284,576) (3,320,341) (2,653,886) (2,510,782) (3,294,275) (3,945,542) (3,648,292) (3,325,103) (2,997,746)
Change in content liabilities (189,441) 49,059 (325,989) 46,119 (354,791) 274,364 60,867 191,228 (347,149) 840,392 (29,246) (312,208) (266,040) (528,488) (379,458) (108,432) 258,945 (571,351) (95,548) (12,414) (14,698)
Amortization of content assets 3,670,805 3,754,079 3,573,353 3,410,021 3,459,984 3,944,827 3,653,592 3,261,348 3,166,365 3,741,317 2,963,051 2,806,803 2,719,196 2,982,625 2,733,743 2,607,159 2,483,385 2,579,669 2,279,977 2,231,915 2,124,686
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and intangibles 87,234 86,567 90,660 89,385 90,335 93,387 85,188 83,505 74,602 63,984 70,253 38,434 35,741 31,943 28,589 26,661 28,517 27,818 26,704 25,496 23,561
Stock-based compensation expense 76,345 82,519 79,720 78,030 99,099 153,789 152,062 150,392 119,209 99,329 95,078 101,583 107,230 107,594 106,357 104,210 97,019 100,066 100,262 103,848 101,200
Foreign currency remeasurement (gain) loss on debt (130,801) 239,371 (172,678) 28,952 80,651 461,681 (348,458) (304,513) (161,821) (103,917) (136,488) 63,074 (253,330) 257,983 249,194 119,161 (93,060) 122,100 (171,360) 61,284 (57,600)
Other non-cash items 97,181 154,896 115,688 121,483 120,008 123,688 102,513 205,374 101,968 93,806 102,211 108,103 72,657 73,526 83,851 70,301 65,448 63,893 57,934 60,695 45,708
Deferred income taxes (107,077) (171,128) (86,277) (103,172) (98,782) 75,973 (57,797) (115,820) (68,906) (62,279) 50,967 51,127 159,733 (159,584) (40,277) 223,308 46,619 (188,694) 52,105 35,519 6,627
Other current assets 38,049 (13,198) 103,766 (183,049) (88,522) (398,319) (120,071) 123,399 41,157 (608) (95,145) (52,373) (221,555) (40,362) (22,974) 3,066 (127,353) (195,951) 145 (24,231) (32,076)
Accounts payable (145,265) 213,228 (68,390) 38,332 (89,668) 125,074 53,875 (122,048) (215,444) 185,279 24,836 72,313 (137,313) 107,898 111,677 (112,027) (149,153) 230,847 (7,643) (2,674) (124,467)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 251,782 (194,536) (65,029) 177,831 185,299 (379,629) 212,072 (238,719) 350,763 (95,903) 269,774 (171,430) 177,897 (176,585) 266,027 (105,450) 214,191 (234,036) 260,872 (26,705) 157,647
Deferred revenue 26,515 137,184 (5,733) 49,647 (2,390) 69,409 (48,420) (10,376) 16,743 26,710 (4,732) 47,093 22,279 77,790 10,941 42,508 62,008 9,239 22,729 84,085 47,793
Other non-current assets and liabilities (66,047) (83,674) (40,359) (117,950) (68,937) (170,478) (4,184) 125,040 (167,931) (144,174) (11,014) (72,543) (61,368) (93,827) (19,999) (38,803) (41,446) (47,003) (44,923) (26,119) (4,486)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 105,034 59,004 (75,745) (35,189) (64,218) (753,943) 93,272 (122,704) 25,288 (28,696) 183,719 (176,940) (220,060) (125,086) 345,672 (210,706) (41,753) (236,904) 231,180 4,356 44,411
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (119,687) 725,176 314,893 (47,378) 873,620 388,574 (841,432) (1,338,201) (674,608) (1,010,703) (1,366,692) (1,416,774) (929,449) (679,828) 473,785 320,880 (449,155) (2,048,945) (1,167,038) (814,404) (723,851)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 2,212,522 1,663,014 1,992,315 1,440,232 2,178,740 443,858 556,810 102,750 922,839 (403,274) 82,379 (63,761) 777,266 (137,672) 1,263,761 1,041,076 259,912 (1,461,975) (501,794) (543,754) (379,799)
Purchases of property and equipment (75,714) (81,632) (103,929) (100,972) (62,019) (111,593) (84,960) (90,018) (121,158) (165,979) (167,327) (110,278) (81,001) (148,356) (109,811) (141,741) (98,015) (107,737) (45,333) (39,584) (60,381)
Change in other assets (21,304) (1,000) (4,615) 1,957 (8,840) (260) (288) (99,834) (4,021) (10,452) (19,722)
Acquisitions (563,990) (68,876) (124,521) (788,349)
Purchases of short-term investments (303,228) (201,634) (911,276)
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments 493,228 400,000 501,937
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (75,714) 411,596 296,071 97,737 (263,653) (1,586,859) (84,960) (158,894) (245,679) (954,328) (188,631) (111,278) (85,616) (146,399) (118,651) (142,001) (98,303) (207,571) (49,354) (50,036) (80,103)
Proceeds from issuance of debt 1,009,464 2,226,110 2,243,196
Debt issuance costs (7,559) (17,942) (18,192)
Repayments of debt (400,000) (700,000) (500,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 268,881 51,427 57,818 34,717 26,028 6,705 4,113 11,250 13,678 88,149 18,445 19,749 48,071 33,987 68,665 89,060 43,694 15,633 11,989 21,896 22,972
Repurchases of common stock (2,000,000) (2,500,000) (2,500,100) (645,146) (400,101) (100,000) (500,022)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (1,825) (224,168)
Other financing activities (3,700) (32,826) (38,920)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (2,132,944) (2,452,273) (2,475,108) (649,349) (374,073) 6,705 4,113 11,250 (686,322) (136,019) (81,555) (480,273) (451,929) 33,987 68,665 1,090,965 43,694 2,223,801 11,989 2,246,900 22,972
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (95,790) 139,342 (122,707) 39,626 26,423 166,564 (180,058) (145,198) (11,448) (4,236) (63,843) 23,477 (42,138) 66,674 28,459 11,819 (70,902) 29,810 (29,325) 4,998 (5,014)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (91,926) (238,321) (309,429) 928,246 1,567,437 (969,732) 295,905 (190,092) (20,610) (1,497,857) (251,650) (631,835) 197,583 (183,410) 1,242,234 2,001,859 134,401 584,065 (568,484) 1,658,108 (441,944)

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Netflix Inc. net cash provided by (used in) operating activities decreased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 but then increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 exceeding Q3 2023 level.
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Netflix Inc. net cash (used in) provided by investing activities increased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 but then decreased significantly from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Netflix Inc. net cash provided by (used in) financing activities increased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 and from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024.