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Netflix's Profit Is at a Record and Its Stock Sits 35% Below Its High. Time to Buy the Stock?

The streaming giant has never earned more, and the market has cut its multiple by more than a third. One side has the better case.

Netflix's Profit Is at a Record and Its Stock Sits 35% Below Its High. Time to Buy the Stock?

Published August 29, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Here's an odd pair of facts. Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has never made more money than it is making right now -- net income over the past four reported quarters totals about $13.65 billion, comfortably above the record $10.98 billion the company earned in all of 2025. And yet the stock has fallen about 35% from its 52-week high of $126.71, trading near $82 as of this writing -- and that's after a bounce from about $72 early this month.

Profits are at an all-time high, and shares down by more than a third.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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