Cloudflare (NET)
Information Technology · Cloud Infrastructure & Security · NYSE
Cloudflare operates a massive global cloud platform providing integrated network security, performance, and edge computing services.
What Cloudflare does
Cloudflare provides a cloud-based platform that delivers a range of services for network security, performance, and reliability. Its global network infrastructure is designed to protect Internet properties from cyber threats, improve website and application performance, and provide edge computing capabilities. The company is currently transitioning toward an agentic AI-first operating model.
Themes: Cybersecurity, Cloud infrastructure, Edge computing, Zero Trust architecture, AI infrastructure, Web performance
Fundamentals
- Price$293.14 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$118.0B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+52.1% 2025-08-21 close $192.77 → 2026-08-21 close $293.14
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-8.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+72.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-13.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.02 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+33.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+30.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.68 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How NET compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NET is in 2 of our published Top 10 lists.
Short-term Top 10 — since 18 Aug 2026Information Technology Short-term Top 10 — since 18 Aug 2026
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
66.5 #29 of 1,704 scored · #3 of 261 in Information Technology
Catalysts 77th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 54, analysts have raised their average price target by 0.9% since the prior reading; momentum 67th: over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 34.8 percentage points; weakest is trend 62nd: the price is 3% below the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water.
In this list since 18 Aug 2026 — currently 2nd in the list (3 days)
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 8, score 70.8.
Information Technology Short-term Top 10
In this list since 18 Aug 2026 — currently 1st in the list (3 days)
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 4, score 70.8.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How Cloudflare looks technically
Cloudflare (NET) is trading 33.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 72 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 33.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +33.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $268.01 | $268.01 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $219.19 | $219.19 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 291. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 72 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 72 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with buyers in control | 26.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 52.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($274.03 to $332.22) — its "stochastic" reading is 33 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 32.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $332.22 | $332.22 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -11.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 84.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +84.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 11.8% below its highest point of the past year | 11.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $332.22 (set on 2026-08-13) | $332.22 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($160.19 to $330.83), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 22% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $219.91 to $225.37. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 22.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 11.8% below its all-time high | -11.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 11.5% above a support level at $259.44 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-11-03, most recently on 2026-05-07. Since 2024-08-21 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -11.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $14.50 (set on 2019-10-21) | $14.50 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1921.7% above its all-time low | +1,922% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 78% of it) | 22nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $16.46 between its high and its low — about 5.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $16.46 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $259.14 and $328.07 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $259.14 – $293.61 – $328.07 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (33.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.81× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.9% since the prior reading | +0.9% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 8 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 8 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 4.7% above the previous close 33 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 247.55 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +4.7% |
| Gap filled | a 11.8% gap up opened on 2026-08-07 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 9 sessions to close | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 5.3 percentage points (the stock gained 7.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | +5.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 34.8 percentage points (the stock gained 37.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | +34.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 54.4 percentage points (the stock gained 65.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | +54.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 31.6 percentage points (the stock gained 52.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | +31.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 13% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.8% of the share price. | +13.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 34% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $218.06 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +34.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $303.71 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 12 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NET last closed at $293.14 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $259.44 | Support | 11.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-03 to 2026-05-07 |
| $228.29 | Support | 22.1% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-09-11 to 2026-04-08 |
| $217.04 | Support | 26.0% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-08-07 to 2026-01-27 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $291.00.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $291.45 and $312.98 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $332.22.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-08-21.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · beating the market · Just filled a gap (5%+ closed in the last week) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.88 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 31 analysts
- Mean price target$333.55 range $160.00 – $400.00; median $355.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NET
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.3427 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of net losses and potential inability to achieve or sustain future profitability.","Execution risk related to the company's transition to an agentic AI-first operating model and associated workforce restructuring.","Dependence on a global network infrastructure, co-location facilities, and ISP partnerships that could be disrupted or fail."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 295 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 111 sells ($65M) — 5 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 295 sells ($204M) — 8 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 375 sells ($278M) — 9 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-10. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NET's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 11 matched disclosures for NET from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding NET as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 45,391,196
- Reported value $9,366,019,419
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NET had 8,184,226 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for NET because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,184,226
- Prior settlement (shares) 9,834,475
- Reported change -16.78%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.84
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
- Fastly (FSLY)
- Zscaler (ZS)
- Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
- CrowdStrike (CRWD)
- Amazon Web Services (AMZN)
- Google Cloud (GOOGL)
- Microsoft Azure (MSFT)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Cloudflare (NET) do?
Cloudflare provides a cloud-based platform that delivers a range of services for network security, performance, and reliability. Its global network infrastructure is designed to protect Internet properties from cyber threats, improve website and application performance, and provide edge computing capabilities. The company is currently transitioning toward an agentic AI-first operating model.
What sector is Cloudflare (NET) in?
Cloudflare (NET) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Cloud Infrastructure & Security. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Cloudflare's (NET) competitors?
Notable peers of Cloudflare (NET) include Akamai Technologies, Fastly, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in NET?
Yes — we hold 11 matched STOCK Act disclosures for NET from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Cloudflare (NET) overbought or oversold right now?
Cloudflare (NET) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 52, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NET come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.