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Netflix — Jan 20, 2026 release

Fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001065280-26-000033
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Free cash flow forecast
“roughly $11B”
Period
FY2026
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
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Revenue forecast for FY2026
“$50.7B-$51.7B”
Operating margin target for FY2026
“31.5%”
Revenue for Q1 FY2026
“$ 12,157”
Y/Y % Growth for Q1 FY2026
“15.3 %”
Operating Income for Q1 FY2026
“$ 3,906”
Operating Margin for Q1 FY2026
“32.1 %”
Net Income for Q1 FY2026
“$ 3,264”
Diluted EPS for Q1 FY2026
“$ 0.76”
Ad revenue growth for FY2026
“a projected rough doubling of ad revenue in 2026 vs. 2025”
Acquisition-related expenses included in mar… for FY2026
“approximately $275M”
Content amortization growth for FY2026
“~10%”
Long-term operating margin goal for the long term
“our intent is to grow our operating margin each year”
Free cash flow forecast for FY2026
“roughly $11B”
Cash content spend to content amortization r… for FY2026
“~1.1x”
Share buybacks for FY2026
“we’ll pause our share buybacks to accumulate cash to help fund the pending acquisition of Warner Bros.”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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FCF was higher than our forecast of $9B (+/- a few hundred million dollars) as the timing of an expected deposit of ~$700M related to our ongoing dispute with the Brazilian tax authorities shifted from 2025 to 2026. For 2026, assuming no material swings in F/X, we expect to generate free cash flow of roughly $11B, which assumes a cash content spend to content amortization ratio of ~1.1x. During the quarter we repurchased 18.9M shares for $2.1B, leaving $8.0B remaining under our existing share repurchase authorization. We ended the quarter with gross debt of $14.5B and cash and cash equivalents of $9.0B. On December 4, we obtained commitments for a $59B senior unsecured bridge facility to support our pending acquisition of Warner Bros. with the intention of replacing the bridge facility commitments with a more permanent and cost effective funding structure prior to closing. On December 19, we entered a $5B senior unsecured revolving credit facility and a $20B senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility, and reduced our outstanding bridge facility commitments by a corresponding amount to $34B. On January 19, 2026, we obtained an increase to our bridge facility commitments of $8.2B to support our change to an all-cash transaction, increasing our aggregate bridge facility commitments to $42.2B. We anticipate reductions to these bridge facility commitments between now and closing through a combination of future bond offerings and cash we expect to accumulate on our balance sheet. Our capit
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