“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a five year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Netflix Inc (NASD: NFLX)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2018.
| Start date: | 05/07/2018 |
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| End date: | 05/04/2023 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $326.26 | ||||
| End price/share: | $320.78 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 30.65 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 30.65 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | -1.68% | ||||
| Average annual return: | -0.34% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $9,831.34 | ||||
As we can see, the five year investment result worked out poorly, with an annualized rate of return of -0.34%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $9,831.34 today (as of 05/04/2023). On a total return basis, that’s a result of -1.68% (something to think about: how might NFLX shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“The stock market is a device to transfer money from the impatient to the patient.” — Warren Buffett
