Netflix — Oct 21, 2025 release
Fiscal 2025 third-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001065280-25-000404
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Ad formats testable
“dozens of ad formats”
Period
FY2026
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
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Revenue for Q4 FY2025
“$ 11,960”
Y/Y % Growth for Q4 FY2025
“16.7 %”
Operating Income for Q4 FY2025
“$ 2,860”
Net Income for Q4 FY2025
“$ 2,355”
Diluted EPS for Q4 FY2025
“$ 5.45”
Operating margin for Q4 FY2025
“23.9%, a two percentage point year over year improvement”
Revenue for FY2025
“$45.1B”
Revenue for FY2025
“$45.1B in revenue (16% growth, 17% on an F/X neutral basis)”
Operating margin for FY2025
“29% (both reported and based on F/X rates as of 1/1/25)”
Operating Margin (F/X neutral) for FY2025
“29%”
Ad formats testable for FY2026
“dozens of ad formats”
Ads revenue growth for FY2025
“more than double”
Free cash flow for FY2025
“approximately $9B (+/- a few hundred million dollars)”
Remaining share repurchase authorization for the long term
“$10.1B remaining under our existing share repurchase authorization”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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In Q4, we are using AI to test new ad formats, to generate the most relevant ad creative and placement for members, and for faster development of media plans. With these advancements, we’ll be able to test, iterate, and innovate on dozens of ad formats by 2026. Monetization We’ve come a long way in building our advertising business in less than three years. In that time, we’ve gone from zero members on our ads plan to achieving sufficient scale in all 12 of our ads markets (and we’ll continue to grow from here), building out our ad sales and operations teams, and enhancing our capabilities for advertisers including launching our own first party ad tech stack (Netflix Ads Suite). We have a solid foundation and are increasingly confident in the outlook for our ads business. We are now on track to more than double our ads revenue in 2025 (still off a relatively small base) and we successfully concluded our US upfront with commitments more than doubling this year. With the Netflix Ads Suite fully deployed across all our ads markets for a full quarter, we now have greater opportunities for innovation like enhanced targeting and for integrating additional demand sources. For instance, we recently announced we will integrate Amazon’s DSP globally and AJA’s DSP in Japan into our programmatic offering, with availability beginning in Q4’25. These efforts should help create a better, more relevant experience for our members and help advert
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