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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2025
Sep. 30, 2024
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net income $ 2,546,916 $ 2,363,509 $ 8,562,680 $ 6,843,024
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Additions to content assets (4,653,935) (4,016,396) (12,039,405) (11,794,215)
Change in content liabilities 24,262 (83,585) (601,043) (639,598)
Amortization of content assets 4,002,744 3,699,521 11,657,930 11,140,016
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and intangibles 87,326 80,914 247,406 249,375
Stock-based compensation expense 80,986 65,650 233,825 210,761
Foreign currency remeasurement loss (gain) on debt (1,707) 104,809 82,078 (68,684)
Other non-cash items 142,293 128,082 377,162 363,851
Deferred income taxes 20,539 (200,982) (279,144) (517,446)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Other current assets (169,597) 54,956 (477,647) 64,046
Accounts payable 139,451 30,597 (125,929) (134,026)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 707,151 179,011 746,329 316,490
Deferred revenue (3,686) 39,328 203,862 70,079
Other non-current assets and liabilities (97,569) (124,313) (550,473) (279,203)
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,825,174 2,321,101 8,037,631 5,824,470
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Purchases of property and equipment (164,719) (126,863) (448,885) (280,864)
Purchases of investments (3,850) (1,742,246) (161,515) (1,742,246)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of investments 176,250 0 1,908,617 0
Other investing activities 36,190 0 0 0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 43,871 (1,869,109) 1,298,217 (2,023,110)
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of debt 0 1,794,460 0 1,794,460
Repayments of debt 0 0 (1,833,450) (400,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 70,215 143,244 590,883 530,875
Repurchases of common stock (1,856,885) (1,700,000) (7,047,608) (5,299,998)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (6,196) (2,024) (40,180) (5,732)
Other financing activities 55,837 (9,084) 62,142 (15,334)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (1,737,029) 226,596 (8,268,213) (3,395,729)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (21,721) 153,452 415,896 (65,061)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,110,295 832,040 1,483,531 340,570
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 8,180,573 6,627,045 7,807,337 7,118,515
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 9,290,868 $ 7,459,085 $ 9,290,868 $ 7,459,085