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NET vs. AMZN, CRWD, DDOG, META, NVDA, ZS, FSLY, HUBS, 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), Zscaler (ZS), Fastly (FSLY), HubSpot (HUBS), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 213 more articles in the media than Cloudflare. MarketBeat recorded 262 mentions for Amazon.com and 49 mentions for Cloudflare. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Cloudflare's score of 0.54 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cloudflare
26 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
159 Very Positive mention(s)
39 Positive mention(s)
42 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Cloudflare presently has a consensus price target of $145.92, indicating a potential downside of 23.70%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $245.60, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.98

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -4.62%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cloudflare-4.62% -6.31% -2.10%
Amazon.com 10.14%24.14%10.90%

Cloudflare has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.67B39.70-$78.80M-$0.23-831.54
Amazon.com$637.96B3.71$59.25B$6.1436.34

Summary

Amazon.com beats Cloudflare on 12 of the 16 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$66.30B$18.25B$27.69B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.12%3.71%
P/E Ratio-831.5474.3337.2128.10
Price / Sales39.7071.602,042.4838.27
Price / Cash413.0594.0738.5922.53
Price / Book63.128.687.224.58
Net Income-$78.80M$337.50M$763.57M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-1.76%3.55%2.77%2.79%
1 Month Performance8.46%2.92%6.42%5.46%
1 Year Performance119.99%63.80%51,825.72%15.06%

Cloudflare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NET
Cloudflare
3.7792 of 5 stars
$191.26
+3.0%
$145.92
-23.7%
+126.3%$66.30B$1.67B-831.544,263Positive News
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AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6177 of 5 stars
$219.53
-1.7%
$245.81
+12.0%
+12.9%$2.33T$637.96B35.751,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.404 of 5 stars
$507.20
+1.6%
$453.88
-10.5%
+32.7%$126.42B$3.95B-735.0710,118Trending News
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DDOG
Datadog
4.34 of 5 stars
$134.22
+1.6%
$143.03
+6.6%
+18.3%$46.35B$2.68B291.794,800Trending News
Options Volume
Gap Up
META
Meta Platforms
3.9573 of 5 stars
$735.35
+0.2%
$719.52
-2.2%
+40.6%$1.85T$170.36B28.6874,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8864 of 5 stars
$157.30
-0.3%
$175.78
+11.7%
+24.2%$3.84T$130.50B50.7436,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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ZS
Zscaler
3.8662 of 5 stars
$312.21
-1.0%
$295.50
-5.4%
+58.6%$48.61B$2.55B-1,200.814,980Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
FSLY
Fastly
3.3031 of 5 stars
$7.05
+1.9%
$8.28
+17.4%
-5.1%$1.02B$543.68M-6.471,100
HUBS
HubSpot
4.9528 of 5 stars
$555.72
+0.9%
$766.71
+38.0%
-5.4%$29.31B$2.72B-1,234.937,430Positive News
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SNOW
Snowflake
3.9751 of 5 stars
$223.42
+0.4%
$225.22
+0.8%
+54.8%$74.59B$3.63B-53.073,990Trending News
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SHOP
Shopify
4.0211 of 5 stars
$114.97
+1.2%
$115.66
+0.6%
+76.1%$149.16B$9.38B74.1711,600Positive News

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