Netflix Stock Has Been Cut in Half Since Its 2025 Peak. History Says What Came After Its Last 5 Drops Like This.
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It has happened just five times before. Did buying at the halfway mark pay off?
Directly affected
- NFLX Netflix-6.5% 30d
Named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR+0.4% 6d
Communication Services Select Sector SPDR holds the communications sector that Netflix belongs to, so it often moves with news about it.
- CNK Cinemark Holdings+17.5% 16d
Cinemark Holdings is a large communications company like Netflix; big names in a sector often move together.
- VZ Verizon Communications-1.1% 14d
Verizon Communications is a large communications company like Netflix; big names in a sector often move together.
- TMUS T-Mobile US-7.3% 30d
T-Mobile US is a large communications company like Netflix; big names in a sector often move together.
- T At&T-14.1% 30d
At&T is a large communications company like Netflix; big names in a sector often move together.
- SPOT Spotify Technology S.A+20.7% 19d
Spotify Technology S.A is a large communications company like Netflix; big names in a sector often move together.
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFLX | +2.83% | +3.86% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| XLC | -1.27% | -0.06% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| CNK | +0.27% | +1.27% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| VZ | -0.60% | +0.45% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| TMUS | -0.77% | +1.28% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| T | -1.71% | +0.27% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| SPOT | -0.58% | -0.65% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
Netflix Stock Has Been Cut in Half Since Its 2025 Peak. History Says What Came After Its Last 5 Drops Like This. Yahoo Finance
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| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNK | three days earlier | +1.27% | final price |
| CNK | five days earlier | +0.27% | final price |
| NFLX | three days earlier | +3.86% | final price |
| NFLX | five days earlier | +2.83% | final price |
| SPOT | three days earlier | -0.65% | final price |
| SPOT | five days earlier | -0.58% | final price |
| T | three days earlier | +0.27% | final price |
| T | five days earlier | -1.71% | final price |
| TMUS | three days earlier | +1.28% | final price |
| TMUS | five days earlier | -0.77% | final price |
| VZ | three days earlier | +0.45% | final price |
| VZ | five days earlier | -0.60% | final price |
| XLC | three days earlier | -0.06% | final price |
| XLC | five days earlier | -1.27% | final price |
Trades by members of Congress and officials in the stocks in this story
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Netflix (NFLX) (held by a dependent child), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 21 Oct 2026. That is 24 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Netflix (NFLX) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 21 Oct 2026. That is 24 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Netflix (NFLX) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 7 Oct 2026. That is 38 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Verizon Communications (VZ) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 7 Oct 2026. That is 38 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Pete Sessions sold Verizon Communications (VZ) (held by a spouse), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 2 Oct 2026. That is 43 days before publication. Filed 27 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Verizon Communications (VZ) (held by a spouse), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 25 Sep 2026. That is 50 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Donald J Trump, an executive branch official, bought T-Mobile US (TMUS), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 28 Aug 2026. That is 78 days before publication. Filed 8 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Donald J Trump, an executive branch official, sold T-Mobile US (TMUS), worth $500,001 - $1,000,000 on 21 Aug 2026. That is 85 days before publication. Filed 8 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. David J. Taylor bought At&T (T), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 15 Oct 2026. That is 30 days before publication. Filed 29 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought At&T (T) (held by a dependent child), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 13 Oct 2026. That is 32 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. David J. Taylor bought At&T (T), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 9 Oct 2026. That is 36 days before publication. Filed 15 Oct 2026. View the filing.
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