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NET vs. AMZN, CRWD, DDOG, META, NVDA, PANW, ZS, FSLY, SNOW, and SHOP

Should you be buying Cloudflare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cloudflare include Amazon.com (AMZN), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Datadog (DDOG), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Zscaler (ZS), Fastly (FSLY), Snowflake (SNOW), and Shopify (SHOP).

Cloudflare vs. Its Competitors

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cloudflare$1.88B38.25-$78.80M-$0.34-607.31
Amazon.com$670.04B3.70$59.25B$6.5635.41

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 215 more articles in the media than Cloudflare. MarketBeat recorded 245 mentions for Amazon.com and 30 mentions for Cloudflare. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.06 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cloudflare
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
180 Very Positive mention(s)
20 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cloudflare currently has a consensus target price of $191.28, indicating a potential downside of 7.36%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Cloudflare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cloudflare
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cloudflare has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -6.22%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cloudflare-6.22% -8.42% -2.52%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

82.7% of Cloudflare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Cloudflare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Cloudflare on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NET and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NET vs. The Competition

MetricCloudflareINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.96B$19.47B$30.03B$21.22B
Dividend YieldN/A3.40%3.16%3.49%
P/E Ratio-607.3178.24417.8929.24
Price / Sales38.2564.311,647.5546.30
Price / Cash450.7187.5034.3218.29
Price / Book58.0017.409.125.27
Net Income-$78.80M$352.59M$808.33M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-3.18%-2.85%-1.53%-0.57%
1 Month Performance-0.94%-0.44%1.91%4.99%
1 Year Performance164.59%64.18%24,042.19%14.10%

Cloudflare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NET
Cloudflare
3.8702 of 5 stars
$208.65
+1.4%
$191.28
-8.3%
+163.9%$72.73B$1.88B-613.804,263Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8425 of 5 stars
$228.70
-0.1%
$262.87
+14.9%
+28.2%$2.44T$637.96B34.861,556,000Trending News
Gap Up
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.7678 of 5 stars
$421.44
+0.2%
$459.86
+9.1%
+55.0%$104.98B$3.95B-610.4310,118Analyst Revision
DDOG
Datadog
4.8491 of 5 stars
$128.56
-2.0%
$153.10
+19.1%
+18.9%$44.81B$2.68B367.116,500Positive News
Insider Trade
META
Meta Platforms
3.8227 of 5 stars
$754.77
0.0%
$822.41
+9.0%
+44.0%$1.90T$178.80B27.3274,067Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9159 of 5 stars
$181.18
+1.8%
$194.31
+7.2%
+58.0%$4.42T$130.50B58.4236,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.6671 of 5 stars
$184.54
-0.7%
$211.52
+14.6%
+7.9%$122.98B$9.22B114.9115,289Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ZS
Zscaler
4.3777 of 5 stars
$270.22
-0.8%
$297.12
+10.0%
+40.1%$42.08B$2.55B-1,039.527,348Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
FSLY
Fastly
3.403 of 5 stars
$7.28
-3.0%
$8.69
+19.4%
+24.3%$1.07B$543.68M-7.051,100Insider Trade
SNOW
Snowflake
4.6497 of 5 stars
$195.39
-0.7%
$230.22
+17.8%
+107.6%$65.19B$3.63B-46.387,834Gap Down
SHOP
Shopify
4.3967 of 5 stars
$140.97
-0.8%
$148.51
+5.3%
+96.8%$183.15B$10.01B90.9211,600Positive News

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