Netflix stock prices have just rebounded to their peak from before a 2022 crash. 

Answer: $10,260.08 (as of September 2024)

That comes out to an average 26% annual rate of return!

Questions:

• How would you describe the trend in Netflix stock prices over time?
• What factors might have caused significant changes to Netflix’s stock price?
• Do you think as an investor it would have been easy to buy Netflix stock 10 years ago and hold it over this time period? Explain your answer.
• Who do you think are Netflix’s competitors today?

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Behind the numbers (Yahoo Finance):

"A $1000 investment made in August 2014 would be worth $10,277.96, or a 927.80% gain, as of August 19, 2024, according to our calculations. Investors should note that this return excludes dividends but includes price increases. Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 184.10% and gold's return of 86.07% over the same time frame.

Analysts are anticipating more upside for NFLX. Netflix added 8.05 million paid subscribers globally in second-quarter 2024, with a rise of 1% in average revenue per subscription."

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