If you’d thrown $1,000 at Netflix in 2015, you’d be sitting on about $10,000 today.
Back in 2015, Netflix (NFLX) was still shaking off its DVD-by-mail image and betting big on streaming and original content. Fast-forward a decade, and it’s gone from a scrappy disruptor to an industry heavyweight, with a stock price over $1,000.
While legacy media giants like Disney, Warner Brothers and Paramount have struggled to adapt, Netflix rewrote the rules — and then played the game better than anyone else.
Let’s break down exactly how much $1,000 invested in Netflix in 2015 would be worth today — and why the streaming giant’s story is far from over.
What a $1,000 Netflix investment 10 years ago would be worth today
Let’s take a quick time machine trip back to July 27, 2015 — right after the last stock spit. Netflix stock was…