Seasonality
NFLX seasonality — Netflix
Over the last 11 years, NFLX's strongest month on average has been January (+9.2%) and its weakest September (-2.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +9.18% | +11.62% | 70% | +40.8% | -29.1% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.84% | +3.35% | 80% | +15.3% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.14% | +0.32% | 50% | +7.2% | -5.0% | 10 |
| Apr | -2.14% | +0.70% | 50% | +21.4% | -49.2% | 10 |
| May | +4.88% | +5.20% | 60% | +19.8% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.26% | +6.09% | 70% | +11.4% | -17.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.95% | -1.18% | 40% | +28.6% | -13.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +4.14% | +6.27% | 60% | +13.0% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.31% | +0.18% | 50% | +7.2% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.68% | +6.99% | 60% | +24.0% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.24% | +3.14% | 56% | +17.3% | -7.0% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.45% | +1.42% | 60% | +10.2% | -12.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NFLX
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -10.9 | 15.3 | -0.1 | -2.6 | -8.1 | -17.0 | 0.4 | 13.0 | -14.2 | -10.8 | 2.1 | -32.4% | |
| 2025 | 9.6 | 0.4 | -4.9 | 21.4 | 6.7 | 10.9 | -13.4 | 4.2 | -0.8 | -6.7 | -3.9 | -12.8 | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 15.9 | 6.9 | 0.7 | -9.3 | 16.5 | 5.2 | -6.9 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 17.3 | 0.5 | +83.1% |
| 2023 | 20.0 | -9.0 | 7.2 | -4.5 | 19.8 | 11.4 | -0.3 | -1.2 | -12.9 | 9.0 | 15.1 | 2.7 | +65.1% |
| 2022 | -29.1 | -7.6 | -5.0 | -49.2 | 3.7 | -11.4 | 28.6 | -0.6 | 5.3 | 24.0 | 4.7 | -3.5 | -51.0% |
| 2021 | -1.5 | 1.2 | -3.2 | -1.6 | -2.1 | 5.0 | -2.0 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 13.1 | -7.0 | -6.2 | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 11.8 | -0.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | -5.6 | -4.9 | 3.1 | 10.2 | +67.1% |
| 2019 | 26.8 | 5.5 | -0.4 | 3.9 | -7.4 | 7.0 | -12.1 | -9.1 | -8.9 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 2.8 | +20.9% |
| 2018 | 40.8 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 11.3 | -13.8 | 9.0 | 1.8 | -19.3 | -5.2 | -6.5 | +39.4% |
| 2017 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 7.1 | -8.4 | 21.6 | -3.8 | 3.8 | 8.3 | -4.5 | 2.3 | +55.1% |
| 2016 | 5.8 |