Cloudflare (NET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cloudflare, Inc. provides cloud-based services that help businesses and other organizations protect, connect and improve the performance of websites, applications and networks. Its global network delivers services including content delivery, domain name system management, and protection against distributed denial-of-service attacks and other cyber threats.

The company also offers web application security, bot management and Zero Trust services for securing access to applications and internal networks. Its developer platform includes tools for building and running applications, alongside storage and networking services.

Founded in 2009, Cloudflare serves customers around the world across a range of industries and organization sizes. Co-founder Matthew Prince is the company’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $265.00 to $286.97
• 50-Day Range: $243.79 to $360.32
• 52-Week Range: $158.83 to $370.35
• Volume: 9.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.21 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $95.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $332.82
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cloudflare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cloudflare scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 150th out of 584 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cloudflare has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.59, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 26 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cloudflare has a consensus price target of $332.82, representing about 23.6% upside from its current price of $269.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cloudflare has been the subject of 28 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 733.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cloudflare are expected to grow by 733.33% in the coming year, from $0.03 to $0.25 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cloudflare is -464.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cloudflare is -464.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cloudflare has a PEG Ratio of 206.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cloudflare has a P/B Ratio of 64.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.53% of the float of Cloudflare has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cloudflare has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.89, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cloudflare has recently increased by 4.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Cloudflare does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Cloudflare does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

Cloudflare has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 78 news articles for Cloudflare this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 34 people have searched for NET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -41% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

39 people have added Cloudflare to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cloudflare insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $80,926,805.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.66% of the stock of Cloudflare is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.68% of the stock of Cloudflare is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/05/2026
• Today: 11/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Services & Infrastructure
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NET
• CIK: 1477333
• Web: www.cloudflare.com
• Phone: 888-993-5273
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,156
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cloudflare: $332.82
• High Price Target: $430.00
• Low Price Target: $140.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.59
• Research Coverage: 37 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.58)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 1,076.80
• P/E Growth: 210.9
• Net Income: -$102.27 million
• Net Margins: -8.21%
• Pretax Margin: -7.88%
• Return on Equity: -3.88%
• Return on Assets: -0.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.22
• Current Ratio: 1.82
• Quick Ratio: 1.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.17 billion
• Price / Sales: 43.89
• Cash Flow: $0.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 601.32
• Book Value: $4.15 per share
• Price / Book: 64.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 353,470,000
• Free Float: 315,787,000
• Market Cap: $95.15 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.37