Stock Analysis on Net

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios 
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Netflix Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Turnover Ratios
Payables turnover 32.06 34.06 32.75 26.38 37.07 31.96 33.26 28.54 33.93 36.53 28.76 20.70 25.28 25.56 29.17 23.28 26.93 30.91 24.14 18.45
Working capital turnover 26.43 55.26 31.89 13.41 11.35 14.73 23.67 29.95 91.06 84.84 20.95 15.57 12.30 12.78 12.62 24.13
Average No. Days
Average payables payment period 11 11 11 14 10 11 11 13 11 10 13 18 14 14 13 16 14 12 15 20

Based on: 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), 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).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Netflix Inc. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period.

Payables Turnover

Netflix Inc., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cost of revenues 5,119,884 5,174,143 4,977,073 5,307,485 4,930,788 4,673,470 4,803,625 5,404,160 4,788,665 4,690,755 4,284,705 5,239,575 4,206,589 4,018,008 3,868,511 4,165,160 3,867,751 3,643,707 3,599,701 3,466,023 3,097,919 3,005,657 2,870,614
Accounts payable 641,953 598,557 607,348 747,412 534,429 615,374 591,987 671,513 560,156 504,278 617,202 837,483 643,059 622,931 532,942 656,183 541,298 446,668 545,488 674,347 444,129 442,194 439,496
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 32.06 34.06 32.75 26.38 37.07 31.96 33.26 28.54 33.93 36.53 28.76 20.70 25.28 25.56 29.17 23.28 26.93 30.91 24.14 18.45
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 20.32 22.98 22.01 17.79 22.59 24.29 30.41 24.61 19.65 27.29 33.89 18.38 22.54 20.72 18.72 15.16 18.14 18.73 18.26 12.93
Comcast Corp. 3.16 3.04 3.10 2.96 2.97 3.00 3.01 3.05 3.13 3.23 3.16 3.09 3.16 3.10 3.03 2.91 3.00 3.14 3.43 3.18
Meta Platforms Inc. 3.79 8.78 7.00 5.35 6.08 8.44 6.90 5.06 6.01 5.82 7.25 5.55 9.80 20.49 20.92 12.54 13.54 15.15 16.18 9.37

Based on: 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), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Cost of revenuesQ3 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ2 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ1 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts payable
= (5,119,884 + 5,174,143 + 4,977,073 + 5,307,485) ÷ 641,953 = 32.06

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Netflix Inc. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Working Capital Turnover

Netflix Inc., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current assets 12,129,099 9,615,553 9,921,313 9,918,133 10,779,474 11,506,336 10,482,623 9,266,473 8,816,903 7,840,778 8,098,015 8,069,825 9,415,787 9,604,276 10,107,508 9,761,580 9,826,480 8,564,139 6,447,781 6,178,504 5,327,758 5,877,157 4,168,907
Less: Current liabilities 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 6,855,696 7,257,900 6,933,984 6,857,807
Working capital 1,421,973 (524,446) 632,096 1,057,478 2,440,756 2,830,531 2,166,553 1,335,499 1,050,979 340,756 358,359 (419,141) 1,366,541 1,771,388 2,145,738 1,955,795 1,886,685 937,721 (1,405,944) (677,192) (1,930,142) (1,056,827) (2,688,900)
 
Revenues 9,824,703 9,559,310 9,370,440 8,832,825 8,541,668 8,187,301 8,161,503 7,852,053 7,925,589 7,970,141 7,867,767 7,709,318 7,483,467 7,341,777 7,163,282 6,644,442 6,435,637 6,148,286 5,767,691 5,467,434 5,244,905 4,923,116 4,520,992
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 26.43 55.26 31.89 13.41 11.35 14.73 23.67 29.95 91.06 84.84 20.95 15.57 12.30 12.78 12.62 24.13
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 4.43 3.90 3.60 3.43 3.30 3.18 3.06 2.96 2.82 2.51 2.33 2.08 1.96 1.84 1.69 1.55 1.48 1.58 1.56 1.51
Comcast Corp. 165.10
Meta Platforms Inc. 2.71 3.03 3.02 2.53 2.65 3.04 4.33 3.59 3.32 3.54 3.13 2.59 1.95 1.59 1.46 1.42 1.47 1.32 1.35 1.38
Walt Disney Co. 54.74 45.26 420.20 3,308.88 112.96 41.96 25.38 26.13 9.70 9.36 7.30 7.58 6.70

Based on: 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), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2024 + RevenuesQ2 2024 + RevenuesQ1 2024 + RevenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Working capital
= (9,824,703 + 9,559,310 + 9,370,440 + 8,832,825) ÷ 1,421,973 = 26.43

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Average Payables Payment Period

Netflix Inc., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 32.06 34.06 32.75 26.38 37.07 31.96 33.26 28.54 33.93 36.53 28.76 20.70 25.28 25.56 29.17 23.28 26.93 30.91 24.14 18.45
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 11 11 11 14 10 11 11 13 11 10 13 18 14 14 13 16 14 12 15 20
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Alphabet Inc. 18 16 17 21 16 15 12 15 19 13 11 20 16 18 20 24 20 19 20 28
Comcast Corp. 115 120 118 123 123 122 121 120 117 113 116 118 115 118 121 125 121 116 106 115
Meta Platforms Inc. 96 42 52 68 60 43 53 72 61 63 50 66 37 18 17 29 27 24 23 39

Based on: 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), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 32.06 = 11

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period.