Netflix made its IPO in May 2002. At that time, the company offered a correspondence DVD rental service, and this day after the Internet bubble explosion.
Three years later, in July 2005, a Netflix action was worth only $ 2.34. Today, in July 2025, the action described in almost 1,275 dollars. In 20 years, the action has been multiplied by 545. If I had bought for 1,,000 euros in shares, they would bring 545,000 euros today.
The arrival of France and the world explosion
Netflix took his first steps in France on September 15, 2014, at a time when the action was already worth around 65 dollars. Worldwide, the platform had about 50 million subscribers.
If you had broken your brochure A at that time to put 1,000 euros in Netflix, today it will have an orderly sum of 19,600 euros. The value of the action has multiplied by almost 20 in the last 11 years.
Over the years, Netflix has continued to grow.
In mid -July 2015, 1 year later, the action changed around 97 dollars, now multiplied by 13. Therefore, by investing 10 years still 1,000 euros in Netflix, it will have more than 13,000 euros today.
Ten years later, she became a key player in the transmission, with dozens of original productions, world successes such as Strange Things EITHER Squid gameAnd above all, a massive international expansion strategy.
Today, Netflix is the 18th most valued company in the world, with a market capitalization of around 550 billion dollars. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company even aims to cross the symbolic threshold of $ 1. Dollars, joining the very closed club where Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon appear.
Fatally, the multiples become less interesting for investors who would like to give a great blow. The 1,000 euros that you would put today in Netflix would only be worth 1,800 if the valuation really reached $ 1,000 billion.
Financial results that exceed expectations
Between April and June 2025, Netflix registered a turnover of $ 11.08 billion, exceeding the expectations of analysts. Its quarterly gain increased 45%, reaching more than $ 3 billion.
The company has also reviewed its forecasts throughout the year, aimed at a turnover between 44.8 and 45.2 billion dollars.
The reasons for dazzling growth
Netflix explains this performance for solid growth in the number of subscribers, for a significant rebound in advertising income, as well as due to a weakening of the dollar that mechanically inflate international income.
In addition, the platform continues its investments through advertising subscriptions, pointing to the public more sensitive to prices and expanding its user base in emerging markets.
Of course, in terms of market performance, there is much stronger than Netflix. Starting with NVIDIA, the first and only company that has reached $ 4,000 billion in market capitalization.
20 years ago, the action of Jensen Huang’s company was worth 22 cents. It is currently qualifying around 172 dollars. If in mid -July 2005 I would have invested 1,000 euros in Nvidia, its wealth would be currently equivalent to more than 780,000 euros. Unfortunately, time in time does not exist.
Source: BFM TV
