Cloudflare Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

NET Stock  USD 188.71  2.32  1.24%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Cloudflare is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Cloudflare given historical horizon and risk tolerance. When we issue a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Cloudflare, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.Check out Cloudflare Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell CloudflareBuy Cloudflare
Strong Hold

Market Performance

WeakestDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Cloudflare has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.04), Jensen Alpha of (0.28), Total Risk Alpha of (0.67) and Treynor Ratio of (0.31)
Macroaxis provides advice on Cloudflare to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Cloudflare. Our investment recommendation engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Cloudflare is not overpriced, please confirm all Cloudflare fundamentals, including its price to sales, book value per share, retained earnings, as well as the relationship between the cash and equivalents and target price . Given that Cloudflare has a price to earning of (23.01) X, we suggest you to validate Cloudflare market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Cloudflare Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Cloudflare generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Cloudflare has high historical volatility and very poor performance
The company reported the last year's revenue of 1.67 B. Reported Net Loss for the year was (78.8 M) with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 1.51 B.
Over 91.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from cnbc.com: Jim Cramers top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday

Cloudflare Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Cloudflare's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Cloudflare's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Cloudflare daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Cloudflare price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Cloudflare returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Cloudflare.
Mean Return
-0.19
Value At Risk
-3.96
Potential Upside
3.33
Standard Deviation
3.01
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Cloudflare historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Cloudflare Stock Institutional Investors

The Cloudflare's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Cloudflare's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Amvescap Plc.2025-06-30
3.9 M
Franklin Resources Inc2025-06-30
3.5 M
American Century Companies Inc2025-06-30
M
Legal & General Group Plc2025-06-30
2.9 M
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc2025-06-30
2.8 M
Norges Bank2025-06-30
2.8 M
Ing Investment Management Llc2025-06-30
2.6 M
Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co Llc2025-06-30
M
1832 Asset Management L.p2025-06-30
1.9 M
Capital World Investors2025-06-30
40.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
31.5 M
Note, although Cloudflare's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Cloudflare Cash Flow Accounts

202120222023202420252026 (projected)
Investments(596.0M)(235.7M)(104.5M)(330.2M)(297.2M)(312.1M)
Change In Cash202.8M(105.8M)(124.0M)63.0M56.7M59.5M
Net Borrowings(192K)494.9M836.8M(16.6M)(207.6M)0.0
Free Cash Flow(43.1M)(39.8M)119.5M195.4M224.7M235.9M
Depreciation66.6M102.3M135.8M209.5M240.9M253.0M
Other Non Cash Items156.1M91.3M131.0M18.1M20.8M19.7M
Capital Expenditures107.7M163.4M134.9M185.0M212.8M223.4M
Net Income(260.3M)(193.4M)(183.9M)(78.8M)(70.9M)(74.5M)
End Period Cash Flow321.0M215.2M91.2M154.2M177.3M136.6M
Change To Netincome39.5M53.6M179.5M208.1M239.3M251.3M

Cloudflare Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Cloudflare or Software sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Cloudflare's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Cloudflare stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.28
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.66
σ
Overall volatility
3.03
Ir
Information ratio -0.1

Cloudflare Volatility Alert

Cloudflare exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 1.24 and kurtosis of 6.48. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Cloudflare's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Cloudflare's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Cloudflare Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Cloudflare's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Cloudflare's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Cloudflare and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Cloudflare or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Cloudflare's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Cloudflare by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Cloudflare to competition
FundamentalsCloudflarePeer Average
Return On Equity-0.0888-0.31
Return On Asset-0.0271-0.14
Profit Margin(0.05) %(1.27) %
Operating Margin(0.07) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation65.56 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding315.25 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.68 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions90.62 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted9.12 M4.71 M
Price To Earning(23.01) X28.72 X
Price To Book49.07 X9.51 X
Price To Sales32.83 X11.42 X
Revenue1.67 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.51 B27.38 B
EBITDA62.05 M3.9 B
Net Income(78.8 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents147.69 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share4.98 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.46 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity2.64 %48.70 %
Current Ratio5.35 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share3.85 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations380.43 M971.22 M
Short Ratio4.79 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(0.30) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.35 X4.89 X
Target Price237.88
Number Of Employees4.84 K18.84 K
Beta1.97-0.15
Market Capitalization66.1 B19.03 B
Total Asset3.3 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings(1.1 B)9.33 B
Working Capital1.48 B1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 2520 shares by Graham-cumming John of Cloudflare at 44.72 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Cloudflare Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Cloudflare . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

Cloudflare Target Price Consensus

Cloudflare target price is determined by taking all analyst projections and averaging them out. There is no one specific way to measure analysts' performance other than comparing it to past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Cloudflare's target price projections below should be used in combination with other traditional price prediction techniques such as stock price forecasting, investor sentiment analysis, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
   34  Buy
Most Cloudflare analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to help potential investors understand Cloudflare stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching the public financial statements of Cloudflare, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to those companies' conference calls.
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Cloudflare Target Price Projection

Cloudflare's current and average target prices are 188.71 and 237.88, respectively. The current price of Cloudflare is the price at which Cloudflare is currently trading. On the other hand, Cloudflare's target price is what analysts think the stock is worth or could sell for in the future. The more significant the discrepancy between the two prices, the more it stimulates investors to act.

Current Price

Cloudflare Market Quote on 15th of January 2026

Low Price185.35Odds
High Price189.74Odds

188.71

Target Price

Analyst Consensus On Cloudflare Target Price

Low Estimate216.47Odds
High Estimate264.05Odds

237.881

Historical Lowest Forecast  216.47 Target Price  237.88 Highest Forecast  264.05
Note that most analysts generally publish their price targets in research reports on specific companies, along with recommendations for the company's stock.Although price targets are often quoted in the financial news media, there could be a delay between the publication of the latest analyst outlook on Cloudflare and the information provided on this page.

Cloudflare Analyst Ratings

Cloudflare's analyst stock recommendations are determined by taking an average estimate of all analysts we track and classifying them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell, or Sell. Ratings generally communicate what analysts sense about Cloudflare stock, and they use a lot of effort and time to analyze it and arrive at a rating. That suggests that analyst recommendations are the outcome of an objective and thorough examination of Cloudflare's financials, market performance, and future outlook by experienced professionals. Cloudflare's historical ratings below, therefore, can serve as a valuable tool for investors.

Analyst Consensus Breakdown

Average Consensus Estimates

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