NET Stock Analysis: Cloudflare | NYSE

Software - Infrastructure | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 117.802m USD | 12M Return: 56% | US18915M1071 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Cloud Security, Application Performance, Zero Trust, Developer Platform
Total Rating 66
Safety 65
Buy Signal 1.32
Software - Infrastructure
Industry Rotation: +4.8
Market Cap: 118B
Avg Turnover: 1.06B
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility59.6%
VaR 5th Pctl9.65%
VaR vs Median-1.73%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio1.03
Rel. Str. IBD92
Rel. Str. Peer Group87.4
Character TTM
Beta1.900
Beta Downside1.979
Hurst Exponent0.416
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD45.00%
CAGR/Max DD1.69
CAGR/Mean DD5.44
EPS (Earnings per Share) EPS (Earnings per Share) of NET over the last years for every Quarter: "2021-06": -0.02, "2021-09": -0.3412, "2021-12": -0.2419, "2022-03": 0.01, "2022-06": -0.1954, "2022-09": 0.06, "2022-12": 0.06, "2023-03": 0.08, "2023-06": 0.1, "2023-09": 0.16, "2023-12": 0.15, "2024-03": 0.16, "2024-06": 0.2, "2024-09": 0.2, "2024-12": 0.19, "2025-03": 0.16, "2025-06": 0.21, "2025-09": 0.27, "2025-12": 0.28, "2026-03": 0.25, "2026-06": -0.05,
EPS CAGR: 28.72%
EPS Trend: 87.5%
Last SUE: -1.04
Qual. Beats: -1
Revenue Revenue of NET over the last years for every Quarter: 2021-06: 152.428, 2021-09: 172.347, 2021-12: 193.596, 2022-03: 212.167, 2022-06: 234.517, 2022-09: 253.857, 2022-12: 274.7, 2023-03: 290.175, 2023-06: 308.494, 2023-09: 335.603, 2023-12: 362.473, 2024-03: 378.602, 2024-06: 400.996, 2024-09: 430.082, 2024-12: 459.946, 2025-03: 479.087, 2025-06: 512.316, 2025-09: 562.027, 2025-12: 614.507, 2026-03: 639.755, 2026-06: 696.061,
Rev. CAGR: 29.70%
Rev. Trend: 99.9%
Last SUE: 4.00
Qual. Beats: 13

Warnings

Interest Coverage Ratio Critical

Tailwinds

Supp Ema20
Rs Leader
Idiosyncratic Leader
Confidence

Seasonality 6.9 years of data

Jan -7.8% 17
Feb +8.0% 3
Mar +0.6% 17
Apr -4.9% 20
May +3.9% 2
Jun +5.0% 16
Jul +5.2% 18
Aug -2.6% 11
Sep -3.4% 34
Oct +10.0% 41
Nov +5.2% 0
Dec -2.4% 0

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: NET Cloudflare

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is a global cloud services provider offering security, performance, and networking solutions to businesses across industries including technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and retail, industrial, non-profit, and government. Its portfolio spans application and network security (web application firewall, DDoS mitigation, bot management, SSL/TLS encryption, API security, and Zero Trust products like Cloudflare Access and Secure Web Gateway), application performance services (content delivery, load balancing, DNS, video streaming, and Cloudflare Waiting Room), and SASE networking offerings (Magic WAN, Magic Transit, Magic Firewall, and Cloudflare Network Interconnect). The company also provides a developer platform built on its global network - including Workers, Pages, R2 object storage, Workers AI, Vectorize, and D1 - as well as consumer products such as the 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver and Cloudflare Registrar for domain management.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, and incorporated in 2009, Cloudflare went public on September 13, 2019, and is classified within the GICS Application Software sub-industry. Its business model is built on a global edge network of distributed data centers, which allows it to deliver security and performance services close to end users rather than relying on centralized infrastructure.

Headlines to Watch Out For
  • Large customer count growth above 2,000 drives subscription revenue
  • Workers AI and R2 storage adoption lifts developer segment revenue
  • Convertible note offering funds capacity expansion amid margin pressure
Piotroski VR-10 (Strict) 4.5
Net Income: -206.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.63 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: 85.59% < 20% (prev 188.6%; Δ -103.0% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 697.2m > Net Income -206.3m
Net Debt (-374.4m) to EBITDA (38.7m): -9.68 < 3
Current Ratio: 1.82 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (354.3m) vs 12m ago 1.97% < -2%
Gross Margin: 72.58% > 18% (prev 76.14%; Δ -3.56% > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 41.75% > 50% (prev 33.82%; Δ 7.92% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: -16.29 > 6 (EBIT TTM -186.5m / Interest Expense TTM 11.5m)
Altman Z'' 1.62
A: 0.33 (Total Current Assets 4.78b - Total Current Liabilities 2.63b) / Total Assets 6.47b
B: -0.22 (Retained Earnings -1.40b / Total Assets 6.47b)
C: -0.03 (EBIT TTM -186.5m / Avg Total Assets 6.02b)
D: 0.33 (Book Value of Equity 1.62b / Total Liabilities 4.85b)
Altman-Z'' = 1.62 = BB
Beneish M -2.43
DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 450.1m/328.8m, Revenue 2.51b/1.88b)
GMI: 1.05 (GM 76.14% / 72.58%)
AQI: 1.51 (AQ_t 0.12 / AQ_t-1 0.08)
SGI: 1.34 (Revenue 2.51b / 1.88b)
TATA: -0.14 (NI -206.3m - CFO 697.2m) / TA 6.47b)
Beneish M = -2.43 (Cap -4..+1) = BBB
What is the price of NET shares?

As of August 17, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 315.78 with a total of 3,020,052 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.17%, over one month by +15.90%, over three months by +56.52% and over the past year by +56.04%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 268.20 (which is 15.1% or 2.8 ATR below the current price).

Is NET a buy, sell or hold?

Cloudflare has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.91. Therefore, it is recommended to buy NET.

  • StrongBuy: 14
  • Buy: 6
  • Hold: 12
  • Sell: 1
  • StrongSell: 1

What are the forecasts/targets for the NET price?
Analysts Target Price 330.7 4.7%
Cloudflare (NET) - Fundamental Data Overview as of 15 August 2026
Market Cap USD = 118b (118b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
P/E Forward = 238.0952
P/S = 46.8891
P/B = 68.2676
P/EG = 2.3774
Revenue TTM = 2.51b USD
EBIT TTM = -186.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 38.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.98b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 1.37b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 3.79b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 259.1m
Net Debt = -374.4m USD (calculated: Debt 3.79b - CCE 4.16b)
Enterprise Value = 117b USD (118b + Debt 3.79b - CCE 4.16b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -16.29 (Ebit TTM -186.5m / Interest Expense TTM 11.5m)
EV/FCF = 310.1x (Enterprise Value 117b / FCF TTM 378.6m)
FCF Yield = 0.32% (FCF TTM 378.6m / Enterprise Value 117b)
FCF Margin = 15.07% (FCF TTM 378.6m / Revenue TTM 2.51b)
Net Margin = -8.21% (Net Income TTM -206.3m / Revenue TTM 2.51b)
Gross Margin = 72.58% ((Revenue TTM 2.51b - Cost of Revenue TTM 689.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 71.76% (prev 71.21%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 18.14 (Enterprise Value 117b / Total Assets 6.47b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.30% (Interest Expense 11.5m / Debt 3.79b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -147.4m (EBIT -186.5m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 1.82 (Total Current Assets 4.78b / Total Current Liabilities 2.63b)
Debt / Equity = 2.34 (Debt 3.79b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.62b)
Debt / EBITDA = -9.68 (Net Debt -374.4m / EBITDA 38.7m)
Debt / FCF = -0.99 (Net Debt -374.4m / FCF TTM 378.6m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.49b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -3.43% (Net Income -206.3m / Total Assets 6.47b)
RoE = -13.86% (Net Income TTM -206.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.49b)
RoCE = -5.38% (EBIT -186.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.49b + L.T.Debt 1.98b))
 RoIC = -2.89% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -147.4m / Invested Capital 5.09b)
 WACC = 12.28% (E(118b)/V(122b) * Re(12.67%) + D(3.79b)/V(122b) * Rd(0.30%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 12.67% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 91.61 | Cagr: 2.04%
[DCF] Terminal Value 66.34% ; FCFF base≈298.9m ; Y1≈342.6m ; Y5≈504.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 14.99 (EV 4.46b - Net Debt -374.4m = Equity 4.84b / Shares 322.6m; r=12.28% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 87.52 | EPS CAGR: 28.72% | SUE: -1.04 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 99.94 | Revenue CAGR: 29.70% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 13
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.34 | Chg30d=+6.33% | Revisions=+29% | Analysts=29
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.26 | Chg30d=+5.12% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+35.6% | GrowthRev=+32.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.67 | Chg30d=+5.82% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+32.4% | GrowthRev=+28.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +36% (up=6, down=2)