What if you invested in Netflix in 2020?
NFLX · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Netflix in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,574(+157.4%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,574 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $81.
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Growth of $1,000
Netflix vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2020 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Netflix starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $34.51 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $53.24 | $1,543 | +54.3% |
| 2022 | $42.71 | $1,238 | -19.8% |
| 2023 | $35.39 | $1,025 | -17.2% |
| 2024 | $56.41 | $1,635 | +59.4% |
| 2025 | $97.68 | $2,830 | +73.2% |
| 2026 | $83.49 | $2,419 | -14.5% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Netflix (NFLX) in 2020 is worth $2,493 today. That is a +149.3% gain, a little over 2.5x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 15.1% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $2,574 instead, beating Netflix by around $81. The index compounded at about 15.7% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2025 at +73.2%, and the worst was 2022 at -19.8%. At its lowest point the position was down about 34% 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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