---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065280-21-000249"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFLX"
cik: "0001065280"
company_name: "NETFLIX INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:58:53.555252+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Netflix Q2 2021: revenue $7.3B (+19% YoY), EPS $2.97; 1.54M net adds slight beat; Q3 guidance 3.5M adds

## Summary
- Revenue $7.34B (+19.4% YoY); operating income $1.85B (25.2% margin); EPS $2.97 vs $1.59 YoY.
- Paid memberships 209.18M; net adds 1.54M (above 1.0M forecast); UCAN down 0.43M, APAC two-thirds of adds.
- Q3 forecast: revenue $7.48B (+16.2% YoY), diluted EPS $2.55, 3.5M paid net adds.
- Free cash flow -$175M in Q2; full-year 2021 FCF expected to be approximately break-even.
- Expanding into gaming as new content category; mobile-only plan launched in 78 additional countries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065280-21-000249
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFLX
- cik: 0001065280
- company_name: NETFLIX INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000106528021000249/0001065280-21-000249-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000106528021000249/nflx-20210720.htm

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