Most-Downgraded StocksMost-DowngradedNASDAQ:CFLT Confluent (CFLT) Stock Price, News & Analysis $19.49 +0.24 (+1.23%) As of 11:24 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Confluent Stock (NASDAQ:CFLT) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Confluent alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$19.14▼$19.6550-Day Range$15.91▼$27.3552-Week Range$15.64▼$37.90Volume788,994 shsAverage Volume6.63 million shsMarket Capitalization$6.72 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend YieldN/APrice Target$27.36Consensus RatingModerate Buy 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.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Confluent Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks66th Percentile Overall ScoreCFLT MarketRank™: Confluent scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 307th out of 665 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 Opinion4.3 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingConfluent has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on 19 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Upside PotentialConfluent has a consensus price target of $27.36, representing about 42.1% upside from its current price of $19.25.Amount of Analyst CoverageConfluent has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Confluent's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.6 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthGrowing Earnings GrowthEarnings for Confluent are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.83) to ($0.76) per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Confluent is -20.48, 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. SectorThe P/E ratio of Confluent is -20.48, 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 RatioConfluent has a P/B Ratio of 6.66. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Confluent's valuation and earnings. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted7.48% of the float of Confluent has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverConfluent has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Confluent has recently increased by 4.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldConfluent does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthConfluent does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted7.48% of the float of Confluent has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverConfluent has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Confluent has recently increased by 4.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. News and Social Media3.4 / 5News Sentiment1.13 News SentimentConfluent has a news sentiment score of 1.13. 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 0.93 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Confluent this week, compared to 16 articles on an average week.Search Interest32 people have searched for CFLT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 3% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows7 people have added Confluent to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 $13,597,695.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 9.20% of the stock of Confluent is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions78.09% of the stock of Confluent is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Confluent's insider trading history. Receive CFLT Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Confluent and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Submit View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. 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CFLT Stock News HeadlinesBan Ryan Norris Mac Sells 1,219 Shares of Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) StockSeptember 25 at 6:21 AM | insidertrades.comConfluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) Director Neha Narkhede Sells 153,200 SharesSeptember 12, 2025 | insidertrades.comShots officially fired…Elon Musk just declared war on the wireless giants with a $17 billion spectrum deal that gives SpaceX the rights to deliver direct-to-cell service nationwide — a move tech analyst Jeff Brown says could shape the backbone of the coming space economy and create fortunes on a scale not seen since the rise of NVIDIA.September 26 at 2:00 AM | Brownstone Research (Ad)Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) CFO Rohan Sivaram Sells 5,000 SharesSeptember 11, 2025 | insidertrades.comEdward Jay Kreps Sells 232,500 Shares of Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) StockSeptember 9, 2025 | insidertrades.comConfluent: A Fantastic 'Growth At A Reasonable Price' InvestmentSeptember 24 at 6:03 PM | seekingalpha.comConfluent (CFLT): Valuation Insight After CTO Appointment and Bold Enterprise AI Platform MovesSeptember 22, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com2 Reasons to Like CFLT and 1 to Stay SkepticalSeptember 20, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines CFLT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have CFLT shares performed this year? Confluent's stock was trading at $27.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CFLT stock has decreased by 31.2% and is now trading at $19.25. How were Confluent's earnings last quarter? Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. The company's quarterly revenue was up 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. Read the conference call transcript. When did Confluent IPO? Confluent (CFLT) raised $713 million in an IPO on Thursday, June 24th 2021. The company issued 23,000,000 shares at a price of $29.00-$33.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and Citigroup served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Cowen, D.A. Davidson, JMP Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Piper Sandler were co-managers. Who are Confluent's major shareholders? Confluent's top institutional shareholders include Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.36%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.83%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.49%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Eric Vishria, Rohan Sivaram, Erica Schultz, Chad Verbowski, Melanie Davis Vinson, Ban Ryan Norris Mac, Edward Jay Kreps, Steffan Tomlinson, Michelangelo Volpi, Kong Phan, Ying Christina Liu, Stephanie Buscemi, Ventures Vii (Jersey) L Index, Neha Narkhede, Jonathan Chadwick, Matthew Craig Miller and Lara Caimi. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Confluent? Shares of CFLT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Confluent own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Confluent investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Arista Networks (ANET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO) and Adobe (ADBE). Company Calendar Last Earnings7/30/2025Today9/26/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)10/29/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorComputer and Technology Industry INTERNET SOFTWARE Sub-IndustryComputer Software Current SymbolNASDAQ:CFLT CIK1699838 Webwww.confluent.io Phone800-439-3207FaxN/AEmployees3,060Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for Confluent$27.36 High Price Target$38.00 Low Price Target$20.00 Potential Upside/Downside+40.4%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.65 Research Coverage31 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)($0.94) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet Income-$345.07 million Net Margins-29.27% Pretax Margin-29.47% Return on Equity-27.34% Return on Assets-10.07% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.03 Current Ratio3.98 Quick Ratio3.98 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$963.64 million Price / Sales6.97 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book Value$2.89 per share Price / Book6.74Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares344,740,000Free Float313,028,000Market Cap$6.72 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.97 Social Links The Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025Discover the 10 Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025 and secure reliable income in uncertain markets. 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