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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Netflix, Inc. · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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We are exposed to market risks related to interest rate changes, which affect the market values of our investments and debt, as well as foreign currency fluctuations.
Interest Rate Risk
As of June 30, 2026, our cash equivalents were generally invested in money market funds and time deposits. Interest earned on such funds fluctuates with the prevailing interest rate.
As of June 30, 2026, we had $14.4 billion of debt, consisting of fixed rate unsecured debt in twelve tranches due between 2026 and 2054. Refer to Note 7 Debt to the consolidated financial statements for details about all issuances. The fair value of our debt will fluctuate with movements of interest rates, increasing in periods of declining rates of interest and declining in periods of increasing rates of interest. The fair value of our debt will also fluctuate based on changes in foreign currency rates, as discussed below.
As of June 30, 2026, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $1,400 million, which we designated as fair value hedges of specifically identified tranches of our fixed-rate Senior Notes. Under these agreements, we pay a floating rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) and receive a fixed rate equal to the contractual coupon of the designated hedged debt, effectively converting $1,400 million of fixed-rate debt to floating-rate debt. Refer to Note 8, Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities, for further information. As a result of these hedging activities, we are exposed to variability in interest expense from changes in SOFR on the hedged notional amount. A 1% increase in SOFR as of June 30, 2026, would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $14 million. For our remaining fixed-rate debt not subject to an interest rate swap, interest expense is contractually fixed and will not be affected by changes in market interest rates; however, the fair value of that debt will continue to fluctuate with changes in market interest rates as noted above.
Foreign Currency Risk
We operate our business globally and transact in multiple currencies. Currencies denominated in other than the U.S. dollar accounted for 57% of revenue and 30% of operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2026. We therefore have foreign currency risk related to these currencies, which are primarily the Euro, British pound, Brazilian real, Mexican peso, Canadian dollar, and Argentine peso.
Accordingly, volatility in exchange rates and, in particular, a weakening of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar may negatively affect our revenue and operating income as expressed in U.S. dollars. Our revenues, on a constant currency basis, would have been approximately $535 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2026 than our reported revenues of $24,810 million. See Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further information regarding our non-GAAP financial measure of constant currency.
We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate fluctuations in forecasted U.S. dollar-equivalent revenues from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These contracts may reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, and we may choose not to hedge certain exposures. We designate these contracts as cash flow hedges of forecasted foreign currency revenue and initially record the gains or losses on these derivative instruments as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and reclassify the amounts into “Revenues” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. If the U.S. dollar weakened by 10% as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the amount recorded in AOCI related to our foreign exchange contracts, before taxes, would have been approximately $2,490 million and $2,296 million lower, respectively. This adverse change in AOCI would be expected to offset a corresponding favorable foreign currency change in the underlying forecasted revenues when recognized in earnings.
We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate fluctuations in forecasted and firmly committed U.S. dollar-equivalent transactions related to the licensing and production of content assets from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These contracts may reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, and we may choose not to hedge certain exposures. We designate these contracts as cash flow hedges and initially record the gains or losses on these derivative instruments as a component of AOCI and reclassify the amounts into “Cost of Revenues” to offset the hedged exposures as they affect earnings, which occurs as the underlying hedged content assets are amortized. If the U.S. dollar strengthened by 10% as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the amount recorded in AOCI related to our foreign exchange contracts, before taxes, would have been approximately $311 million and $237 million lower, respectively. This adverse change in AOCI would be expected to offset a corresponding favorable foreign currency change in the underlying exposures when recognized in earnings.
We use non-derivative instruments to mitigate foreign exchange risk related to our net investments in certain foreign subsidiaries. These non-derivative instruments may reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, and we may choose not to hedge certain exposures. We designate a portion of our foreign currency-denominated Senior Notes in Euros as net investment hedges and the gains or losses on these non-derivative instruments are reported as a component of AOCI and remain in AOCI until the hedged net investment is sold or liquidated, at which point the amounts recognized in AOCI are reclassified into earnings.
We have also experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net income as a result of gains (losses) on the settlement and the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies that are not the functional currency. We enter into foreign
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exchange forward contracts to mitigate the foreign exchange risk on intercompany transactions and monetary assets and liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currencies of the Company and its subsidiaries. These contracts may reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, and we may choose not to hedge certain exposures. Certain contracts are not designated as hedging instruments and the gains or losses on these derivative instruments are recorded in “Interest and other income (expense)” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. We also designate certain contracts as fair value hedges to mitigate the foreign exchange risk on the remeasurement of our foreign-currency denominated debt. The gains or losses on these derivative instruments included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness are recorded in “Interest and other income (expense),” net with the offsetting foreign currency remeasurement gains and losses on the hedged items. If an adverse change in exchange rates of 10% was applied to our monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, income before income taxes would have been approximately $55 million and $1 million lower, respectively, after considering the offsetting impact of the foreign currency exchange contracts and our net investment hedges.