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NET vs. SHOP, APP, CRWD, INFY, NTES, SNOW, TEAM, RBLX, TTD, and EA

Should you be buying Cloudflare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cloudflare include Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Infosys (INFY), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Atlassian (TEAM), Roblox (RBLX), Trade Desk (TTD), and Electronic Arts (EA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Cloudflare vs.

Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shopify$9.38B14.69$2.02B$1.2386.53
Cloudflare$1.77B30.66-$78.80M-$0.23-683.74

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -4.72%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shopify22.74% 12.00% 9.79%
Cloudflare -4.72%-5.52%-1.67%

69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Shopify has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudflare has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Shopify had 20 more articles in the media than Cloudflare. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Shopify and 26 mentions for Cloudflare. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Shopify's score of 1.03 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shopify
32 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cloudflare
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Shopify received 1224 more outperform votes than Cloudflare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 49.64% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShopifyOutperform Votes
1430
66.30%
Underperform Votes
727
33.70%
CloudflareOutperform Votes
206
49.64%
Underperform Votes
209
50.36%

Shopify presently has a consensus price target of $115.37, indicating a potential upside of 8.40%. Cloudflare has a consensus price target of $141.79, indicating a potential downside of 9.84%. Given Shopify's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Shopify is more favorable than Cloudflare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Cloudflare
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Summary

Shopify beats Cloudflare on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NET vs. The Competition

MetricCloudflarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.27B$26.64B$25.22B$19.69B
Dividend YieldN/A1.77%2.89%3.84%
P/E Ratio-714.82121.9745.0935.11
Price / Sales30.6622.092,233.7834.10
Price / Cash581.4086.0634.7817.51
Price / Book69.589.386.794.78
Net Income-$78.80M$436.62M$737.99M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.57%-0.26%0.61%0.90%
1 Month Performance45.87%19.34%14.67%11.10%
1 Year Performance107.96%18.75%52,433.43%5.28%

Cloudflare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NET
Cloudflare
3.9318 of 5 stars
$157.26
-0.2%
$141.79
-9.8%
+108.0%$54.27B$1.77B-714.823,220Gap Up
SHOP
Shopify
3.8439 of 5 stars
$105.30
+14.7%
$115.37
+9.6%
+80.6%$136.40B$8.88B67.9611,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
APP
AppLovin
3.9781 of 5 stars
$351.11
+6.9%
$433.85
+23.6%
+329.3%$119.44B$5.14B77.391,710
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1857 of 5 stars
$428.28
+4.3%
$403.20
-5.9%
+26.8%$106.11B$3.95B839.404,960Trending News
Gap Up
INFY
Infosys
3.0987 of 5 stars
$18.70
+6.9%
$17.48
-6.5%
+6.4%$77.44B$19.28B23.66339,500Trending News
NTES
NetEase
4.2803 of 5 stars
$106.98
+3.4%
$115.14
+7.6%
+15.5%$67.76B$105.30B16.7932,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
4.1465 of 5 stars
$180.91
+3.9%
$200.28
+10.7%
+11.0%$59.74B$3.63B-53.383,990Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8813 of 5 stars
$223.65
+7.8%
$285.29
+27.6%
+19.3%$58.57B$4.96B-166.828,810Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
RBLX
Roblox
2.5348 of 5 stars
$74.35
+3.4%
$67.91
-8.7%
+143.1%$46.87B$3.84B-51.312,130Positive News
Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
4.2614 of 5 stars
$80.07
+12.7%
$98.88
+23.5%
-21.0%$39.70B$2.44B102.592,770Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EA
Electronic Arts
4.3575 of 5 stars
$149.23
-2.7%
$161.83
+8.4%
+18.4%$38.93B$7.46B38.0112,900

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This page (NYSE:NET) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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