Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) Director Michelangelo Volpi Sells 25,000 Shares of Stock

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) Director Michelangelo Volpi sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.59, for a total transaction of $764,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 155,512 shares in the company, valued at $4,757,112.08. The trade was a 13.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Michelangelo Volpi also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 8th, Michelangelo Volpi sold 17,962 shares of Confluent stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.77, for a total transaction of $534,728.74.
• On Monday, December 8th, Michelangelo Volpi sold 32,038 shares of Confluent stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.77, for a total transaction of $953,771.26.

Confluent Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CFLT opened at $30.66 on Thursday. Confluent, Inc. has a 1 year low of $15.64 and a 1 year high of $34.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -35.65 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.83. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.29.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $314.82 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $308.03 million. Confluent had a negative return on equity of 22.66% and a negative net margin of 25.31%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.09 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that Confluent, Inc. will post -0.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Confluent

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Confluent in the third quarter valued at $26,000. United Community Bank bought a new stake in shares of Confluent in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of Confluent in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. True Wealth Design LLC bought a new position in shares of Confluent during the third quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Confluent in the fourth quarter worth approximately $36,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CFLT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. FBN Securities reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $28.00 target price on shares of Confluent in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $31.00 price target on shares of Confluent in a report on Monday, December 8th. William Blair downgraded shares of Confluent from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Confluent from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $31.00 price target on Confluent in a research note on Monday, December 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $28.71.

Confluent News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Confluent this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Shareholders backed Confluent’s deal with IBM, which reduces execution risk around the transaction and supports the takeover valuation. Confluent Shareholders Back IBM Deal As Valuation And Growth Stay In Focus
• Positive Sentiment: An Evercore note suggests IBM’s free cash flow goal for 2026 appears attainable, which implies IBM should have the financial flexibility to close and integrate acquisitions like Confluent. IBM’s free-cash-flow goal of $15.7B for 2026 appears beatable: Evercore
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data shows zero shares and a 0.0 days-to-cover metric (likely a data glitch or reporting artifact); the published figures are not informative for current short-pressure analysis. (Source: internal short-interest update)
• Negative Sentiment: Director Eric Vishria sold 61,905 shares at about $30.57 (~$1.89M), trimming his stake by ~8.5% — a large director sale that can weigh on sentiment. Eric Vishria Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Co‑founder/director Neha Narkhede sold 80,000 shares at about $30.59 (~$2.45M), reducing her holding by ~73.7% — a sizable reduction that may prompt investor questions about timing and intent. Neha Narkhede Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Director Michelangelo Volpi sold 25,000 shares at about $30.59 (~$764.8k), trimming his stake by ~13.9% — another director sale adding to negative optics. Michelangelo Volpi Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: CRO Ban Ryan Norris Mac reported two small sales (2,113 shares on Feb 18 and 1,655 shares on Feb 13, at ~ $30.61 and $30.54 respectively) — modest in size but part of the cluster of insider selling. Ban Ryan Norris Mac Form 4

About Confluent

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.