Purpose Unlimited Inc. purchased a new position in Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 3,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $721,000.
A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Stance Capital LLC boosted its position in Cloudflare by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Stance Capital LLC now owns 6,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,325,000 after purchasing an additional 650 shares in the last quarter. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Cloudflare in the fourth quarter worth about $2,456,000. Fund Advisors of America Inc FL bought a new position in Cloudflare in the fourth quarter worth about $1,900,000. Spear Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cloudflare during the fourth quarter valued at about $5,844,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in shares of Cloudflare during the fourth quarter valued at about $225,000. Institutional investors own 82.68% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Cloudflare in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Cloudflare from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $230.00 target price (up from $224.00) on shares of Cloudflare in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. New Street Research restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Cloudflare in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Cloudflare in a report on Monday, June 15th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $241.35.
Cloudflare Price Performance
Shares of NYSE NET opened at $223.97 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 1.96. The company has a market cap of $79.17 billion, a PE ratio of -895.88, a P/E/G ratio of 399.24 and a beta of 1.70. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $217.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $202.77. Cloudflare, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $158.83 and a fifty-two week high of $276.82.
Cloudflare (NYSE:NET – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. Cloudflare had a negative net margin of 3.72% and a negative return on equity of 5.65%. The firm had revenue of $639.75 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $620.83 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.16 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 33.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Cloudflare has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.190-1.200 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.270-0.270 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Cloudflare, Inc. will post 0.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Trending Headlines about Cloudflare
Here are the key news stories impacting Cloudflare this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Several recent notes point to a potential technical rebound for Cloudflare, with a hammer chart pattern suggesting support and analysts citing rising earnings estimate revisions as a possible catalyst for a near-term reversal. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Cloudflare’s June 4 acquisition of VoidZero could strengthen its developer platform by bringing high-performance JavaScript tools like Vite and Vitest into its edge network, supporting the long-term growth story. Article Title
- Neutral Sentiment: Citizens maintained a constructive view on Cloudflare after Investor Day, while other recent analyst updates kept the stock in focus and helped support sentiment around its AI and security growth opportunities. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Insider selling has been a recurring headline, including CFO Thomas Seifert’s sale of 10,000 shares and insider Michelle Zatlyn’s larger sale, which can weigh on sentiment even though the transactions were made under pre-arranged trading plans. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Cloudflare is also facing governance concerns after JLens urged shareholders to withhold votes for two directors, creating a headline risk ahead of the June 30 annual meeting. Article Title
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Cloudflare news, Director John Graham-Cumming sold 2,520 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.95, for a total transaction of $594,594.00. Following the sale, the director owned 494,067 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $116,575,108.65. The trade was a 0.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Katrin Suder sold 293 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.92, for a total transaction of $74,105.56. Following the transaction, the director owned 37,430 shares in the company, valued at $9,466,795.60. The trade was a 0.78% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 461,477 shares of company stock worth $98,173,864 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 10.66% of the company’s stock.
Cloudflare Company Profile
Cloudflare, Inc is a global web infrastructure and security company that provides a suite of services designed to improve the performance, reliability and security of internet properties. Its core offerings include a content delivery network (CDN), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, managed DNS, and a web application firewall (WAF). Cloudflare also provides tools for bot management, SSL/TLS, load balancing and rate limiting to help organizations maintain uptime and protect web applications from attack.
In addition to traditional edge and security services, Cloudflare has expanded into edge computing and developer platforms.
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