Confluent (CFLT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT) is a leading provider of an event streaming platform built on Apache Kafka. The company’s flagship offerings include Confluent Platform—a self-managed software solution—and Confluent Cloud, a fully managed service designed to simplify real-time data processing across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. These products enable enterprises to collect, process and distribute high volumes of data in real time, supporting use cases such as fraud detection, supply chain optimization and personalized customer experiences.

Founded in 2014 by Apache Kafka co-creators Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao, Confluent has driven the commercialization of Kafka technologies and extended the platform with tools for data integration, stream processing and enterprise-grade security. Key innovations include ksqlDB for real-time analytics, Schema Registry for data governance and a library of prebuilt connectors to integrate seamlessly with popular data sources and sinks.

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Confluent serves a global customer base across financial services, retail, healthcare and technology sectors. Under the leadership of CEO and co-founder Jay Kreps, supported by a management team with deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud computing, Confluent continues to expand its international footprint and partner ecosystem to address the growing demand for scalable, real-time data solutions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $30.67 to $31.00
• 50-Day Range: $30.33 to $30.99
• 52-Week Range: $15.64 to $31.00
• Volume: 18.39 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.08 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $28.74
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Confluent Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Confluent scored higher than 10% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 597th out of 627 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Confluent has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.10, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 26 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Confluent has a consensus price target of $28.74, representing about 7.3% downside from its current price of $30.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Confluent has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Confluent are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.83) to ($0.76) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Confluent is -36.03, 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 Confluent is -36.03, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Confluent has a P/B Ratio of 9.48. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CFLT.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Confluent does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CFLT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Confluent to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Confluent insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $919,977.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.20% of the stock of Confluent is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.09% of the stock of Confluent is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/11/2026
• Today: 6/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CFLT
• CIK: 1699838
• Web: www.confluent.io
• Phone: 800-439-3207
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,241
• Year Founded: 2014

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Confluent: $28.74
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.10
• Research Coverage: 30 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.86)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$295.27 million
• Net Margins: -25.31%
• Pretax Margin: -25.77%
• Return on Equity: -22.66%
• Return on Assets: -8.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.94
• Current Ratio: 3.83
• Quick Ratio: 3.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.17 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.50
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $3.27 per share
• Price / Book: 9.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 357,645,000
• Free Float: 324,742,000
• Market Cap: $11.08 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.95