Confluent (CFLT) Competitors

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CFLT or CLDR?

78.1% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Cloudera shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Cloudera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CFLT or CLDR?

Confluent presently has a consensus target price of $29.97, indicating a potential upside of 34.13%. Given Confluent's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Confluent is more favorable than Cloudera.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Confluent	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Cloudera	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CFLT or CLDR?

Confluent has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudera has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CFLT or CLDR more profitable?

Cloudera has a net margin of -15.73% compared to Confluent's net margin of -42.70%. Cloudera's return on equity of -2.59% beat Confluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Confluent	-42.70%	-37.78%	-12.81%
Cloudera	-15.73%	-2.59%	-1.31%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CFLT or CLDR?

Cloudera received 172 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Cloudera an outperform vote while only 49.76% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Confluent	Outperform Votes 103 49.76%	Underperform Votes 104 50.24%
Cloudera	Outperform Votes 275 59.52%	Underperform Votes 187 40.48%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CFLT or CLDR?

Cloudera has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Cloudera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Confluent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Confluent	$865.59M	8.20	-$442.75M	-$1.25	-17.87
Cloudera	$869.26M	5.45	-$162.73M	-$0.16	-99.94

Does the media prefer CFLT or CLDR?

In the previous week, Confluent had 7 more articles in the media than Cloudera. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Confluent and 2 mentions for Cloudera. Cloudera's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Confluent's score of 0.72 indicating that Cloudera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Confluent	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cloudera	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cloudera beats Confluent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.