What if you invested in Netflix in 2005?
NFLX · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Netflix in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. Netflix beat the market by $514,102.
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Growth of $1,000
Netflix vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2005 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Netflix starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $0.16 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $0.39 | $2,396 | +139.6% |
| 2007 | $0.33 | $1,983 | -17.2% |
| 2008 | $0.36 | $2,187 | +10.3% |
| 2009 | $0.52 | $3,143 | +43.7% |
| 2010 | $0.89 | $5,413 | +72.2% |
| 2011 | $3.06 | $18,616 | +243.9% |
| 2012 | $1.72 | $10,452 | -43.9% |
| 2013 | $2.36 | $14,369 | +37.5% |
| 2014 | $5.85 | $35,594 | +147.7% |
| 2015 | $6.31 | $38,417 | +7.9% |
| 2016 | $9.18 | $55,903 | +45.5% |
| 2017 | $14.07 | $85,649 | +53.2% |
| 2018 | $27.03 | $164,530 | +92.1% |
| 2019 | $33.95 | $206,652 | +25.6% |
| 2020 | $34.51 | $210,054 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | $53.24 | $324,063 | +54.3% |
| 2022 | $42.71 | $259,998 | -19.8% |
| 2023 | $35.39 | $215,393 | -17.2% |
| 2024 | $56.41 | $343,371 | +59.4% |
| 2025 | $97.68 | $594,549 | +73.2% |
| 2026 | $83.49 | $508,199 | -14.5% |
What this return means
Netflix (NFLX) is one of the biggest winners on the site. That is a +52,257% total return, or roughly 524x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 33.8% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 21.5 years. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $9,466 instead, leaving Netflix ahead by around $514,102. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2011 at +243.9%, and the worst was 2012 at -43.9%. At its lowest point the position was down about 44% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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