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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought Netflix in 2007?

In January 2007 Netflix was still a DVD-by-mail business that had just launched a curious feature called 'Watch Instantly' to stream movies over the internet. The red envelopes were the present; the streaming toggle nobody used was, quietly, the whole future.

$100 on 2007-01-03, worth today

US$21,137

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Netflix bought at 2007's open (US$0.380) is worth US$21,137211×.

total return · dividends reinvested · USD

How much would $100 of Netflix bought in 2007 be worth today?

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
US$100US$21,137211×
US$1,000US$211,365211×
US$10,000US$2.1M211×

Lump sum on the year's first trading day, total return (dividends reinvested, splits adjusted), valued at the latest close. Past performance isn't a promise — it's a taunt.

What did Netflix do in 2007?

Opened

US$0.380

2007-01-03

Peaked

US$0.410

2007-12-26

Bottomed

US$0.230

2007-07-24

Closed

US$0.380

2007-12-31

Levels are dividend-adjusted, so historical figures look lower than the headline price of the day — that's the total-return lens, and it's the honest one.

Would steady buying have beaten going all in?

US$101,500 deployed as $100 a week from 2007-01-03, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.

All in on day oneUS$21.5M
Steady weekly buysUS$4.4M
Sold dips, rebought ralliesUS$4.9M
Traded it perfectlyUS$472.5M

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