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Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) financials

NYSE · Technology · Software - Infrastructure · 5,156 employees · CEO Matthew Prince

Price
$280.70 -9.54%
Market cap
$100B
Enterprise value
$102B
Last report
Q2 '26 filed 2026-08-06
Next report
2026-11-05 EPS est. $0.34
Revenue (TTM)$2.51B+33.5% vs a year agoLast 4 quarters; bars = each quarter
Operating margin (TTM)-14.1%-4.2 pp vs a year agoOperating income -$354M
Net income (TTM)-$206M-76.2% vs a year agoAfter tax, incl. non-operating gains
Free cash flow (TTM)$379M+111.3% vs a year agoCapex $319M
Diluted EPS (TTM)-$0.58-72.9% vs a year agoSum of the last 4 quarters
Net cash$633M+27.3% vs a year agoCash + short-term investments - debt

Valuation & key figures

Market cap
$100B
EV $102B
Revenue
$2.51B
Trailing 12 months
Revenue growth
+32%
FY2026 consensus
Profit margin
-8.2%
Net income / revenue, TTM
P/E
-481.4×
Forward 222.5× (FY2026)
P/S
39.8×
Price / sales, TTM
EV / EBITDA
2,632.6×
TTM
Free cash flow
$379M
Trailing 12 months
Net income
-$206M
Trailing 12 months
Revenue estimate
$2.87B
FY2026 consensus
Earnings
2026-11-05
Revenue est. $737M
Dividend
–
No dividend

Key takeaways

Computed from the reported numbers - every statement carries the figure it rests on.

  • Last report (2026-08-06): revenue beat by 4.7%, EPS beat by 8.0%Revenue $696M vs $665M expected (+4.7%); EPS $0.29 vs $0.27 (+8.0%).
  • Revenue growth accelerating: 35.9% year on yearQ2 '26 revenue $696M, against an average of 31.4% over the four quarters before.
  • Operating margin -14.1% (TTM), -4.2 pp on a year agoOperating income grew -90.5% while revenue grew 33.5%.
  • Capex 12.7% of revenue (a year ago 15.9%)$319M invested in the last 4 quarters (+6.7% on a year earlier). Free cash flow $379M.
  • Returned $29.5M to shareholders = 7.8% of free cash flowBuybacks $29.5M (a year earlier $0), dividends $0, stock-based pay $508M (TTM).
  • Diluted share count up 2.0% in a year354M diluted shares in Q2 '26, 347M a year earlier.
  • Net cash $633MCash + short-term investments $4.16B, debt incl. leases $3.53B; a year ago net cash $498M.

Last quarter: Q2 '26

Quarter ended 2026-06-30. Compared with the same quarter a year earlier and with the analyst consensus before the report.

Quarter vs a year ago

Q2 '26Year agoChange
Revenue$696M$512M+35.9%
Gross margin71.8%74.9%-3.1 pp
Operating income-$206M-$67.3M-205.8%
Operating margin-29.6%-13.1%-16.4 pp
Net income-$170M-$50.4M-237.0%
Diluted EPS-$0.48-$0.15-230.6%
Operating cash flow$118M$99.8M+17.8%
Capex$61.2M$66.5M-8.0%
Free cash flow$56.4M$33.3M+69.4%
R&D$159M$135M+18.5%
Stock-based compensation$160M$122M+30.6%

Reported vs consensus

2026-08-06
ActualConsensusvs consensus
Revenue$696M$665M+4.7%
EPS (as estimated)$0.29$0.27+8.0%

From the report of 2026-08-06 for Q2 '26: revenue and the EPS analysts estimate (often adjusted), so it can differ from the EPS of the statements above.

EPS vs consensus

last 8 reports

Revenue

Where the money comes from - by business line and by region, quarter by quarter.

Revenue, operating income and growth

quarterly

Revenue by business line

stacked, quarterly
SegmentQ2 '26y/yShareTTMTTM y/y12 quarters
Reportable Segment$696M+35.9%100.0%$2.51B–

Revenue by region

share of total
SegmentQ2 '26y/yShareTTMTTM y/y12 quarters
United States$354M+40.7%50.9%$1.26B+34.7%
EMEA$187M+30.4%26.9%$684M+29.7%
Asia Pacific$99.4M+32.3%14.3%$379M+39.5%
Other Geographical Regions$55.1M+31.8%7.9%$192M+29.0%

Margins & cost structure

How much of each unit of revenue is left at each level - and where the costs go.

Margins

quarterly

Costs as % of revenue

quarterly

Cash flow & capital allocation

Cash generated, what it is spent on, and what reaches shareholders.

Operating cash flow, capex, free cash flow

quarterly

Uses of cash vs operating cash flow

fiscal years

Last 4 quarters

cash flow statement
Operating cash flow
$697M
Capex
-$319M
Buybacks
-$29.5M
Dividends
$0
Acquisitions
-$126M
Net debt issued
-$64.9M
Stock-based compensation
$508M
Free cash flow
$379M
Returned to shareholders / FCF
7.8%

Share count and EPS

quarterly, diluted

Balance sheet

Liquidity, investments and debt at each quarter end.

Cash, investments and debt

quarter ends

Valuation & returns

Today's multiples against the company's own last five fiscal years; analyst targets and ratings.

Multiples and returns

TTM vs 5 fiscal years
Now5y averageWhere today sits in the 5-year range
P/E (TTM)-481.4×––
EV / EBITDA2,632.6×644.5× 2 of 5 years613.7× – 675.3×
EV / Sales40.5×31.8×16.5× – 64.1×
Price / FCF264.0×210.8× 3 of 5 years188.2× – 232.5×
Price / Book61.4×38.5×23.6× – 50.3×
FCF yield0.4%0.2%-0.3% – 0.5%
Return on invested capital-6.8%-6.7%-9.0% – -4.1%
Return on equity-13.9%-20.3%-31.9% – -7.0%

Analysts

Consensus target $336.29 (+19.8%)
range $160.00 – $430.00 · rating Buy

Strong buy0
Buy29
Hold10
Sell2
Strong sell0

Outlook

Analyst consensus for the coming fiscal years and what it implies at today's price.

Consensus estimates

Fiscal yearRevenueGrowthEPSGrowthP/E at today's priceAnalysts (EPS)
FY2026$2.87B+32.3%$1.26+535.0%222.5×18
FY2027$3.68B+28.4%$1.68+32.8%167.5×18
FY2028$4.68B+27.1%$2.30+37.1%122.2×6
FY2029$5.7B+21.7%$3.36+46.5%83.5×3
FY2030$6.99B+22.7%$4.31+28.1%65.1×2

Financial statements

Every line of the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement - 12 quarters and 10 fiscal years, as values, as % of revenue or as growth.

Every reported line

All 236 figures Cloudflare, Inc. tagged in its recent 10-Q / 10-K filings, with the official SEC label and definition - including the notes (leases, taxes, buybacks, employees, ...).

Line (SEC label)Latest quarterYear agoy/yLatest FYPrior FYy/y
Accounts Payable, Current$127M$95.7M+32.8%$84.1M$106M-20.5%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current$423M$308M+37.5%$382M$317M+20.8%
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current$7.9M$7.3M+8.2%$7.08M$8.17M-13.3%
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff$1.9M$5.5M-65.5%$16.1M$7.25M+121.9%
Accounts Receivable, Credit Loss Expense (Reversal)$3.66M$4.54M-19.5%$15M$10M+49.3%
Accretion (Amortization) of Discounts and Premiums, Investments$5.87M$5.62M+4.6%$29.9M$42.1M-29.0%
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment$475M$353M+34.4%$379M$280M+35.4%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax-$10.2M$16.6M-161.5%$12.3M-$4.25M+388.2%
Additional Paid in Capital$3.03B$2.41B+25.4%$2.65B$2.15B+23.2%
Advertising Expense–––$95.2M$78.6M+21.1%
Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs$2.44M$1.2M+103.4%$7.07M$3.96M+78.6%
Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts$2.44M2025-09-30$990K+146.6%$4.52M2023-12-31$4.66M-3.0%
Amortization of Intangible Assets$7.4M$3.7M+100.0%$15M$12.7M+18.1%
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount29.5M34.2M-13.8%30.9M27.3M+13.4%
AOCI, Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Adjustment, after Tax-$6.6M$3.5M-288.6%$7M$2.6M+169.2%
APIC, Share-based Payment Arrangement, Increase for Cost Recognition$163M$125M+30.1%$463M$350M+32.2%
Assets$6.47B$5.56B+16.4%$6.04B$3.3B+82.9%
Assets, Current$4.78B$4.41B+8.5%$4.64B$2.27B+104.7%
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid$50.5M$5.06M+898.1%$26.4M$57.2M-54.0%
Capitalized Contract Cost, Amortization$32.5M$24.2M+34.5%$102M$77.8M+30.6%
Capitalized Contract Cost, Impairment Loss$0$0–$0$0–
Capitalized Contract Cost, Net, Noncurrent$241M$184M+30.8%$219M$172M+27.5%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value$1.66B$1.52B+9.6%$944M$148M+538.9%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents$1.68B$1.53B+9.9%$954M$154M+518.9%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect$732M$1.31B-44.3%$800M$63M+1,170.3%
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance160M146M+9.8%142M117M+21.7%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent-$174M-$37.5M-365.5%-$85.8M-$85M-0.8%
Contract with Customer, Asset, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current$27.2M$21.3M+27.8%$23.5M$16.6M+42.0%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current$812M$547M+48.6%$684M$478M+43.2%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent$40.3M$35.8M+12.4%$41.1M$22.1M+86.0%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized$174M$115M+52.0%$468M$353M+32.3%
Contractual Obligation$255M2025-12-31$301M-15.4%$255M$301M-15.4%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, after Year Five$3.87M2025-12-31$6.95M-44.3%$3.87M$6.95M-44.3%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, Year Five$11.9M2025-12-31$8.55M+39.5%$11.9M$8.55M+39.5%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, Year Four$21M2025-12-31$17.9M+17.3%$21M$17.9M+17.3%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, Year One$102M2025-12-31$121M-16.1%$102M$121M-16.1%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, Year Three$40.5M2025-12-31$38M+6.8%$40.5M$38M+6.8%
Contractual Obligation, to be Paid, Year Two$75.9M2025-12-31$109M-30.1%$75.9M$109M-30.1%
Convertible Debt, Current$1.29B––$1.29B$0–
Convertible Debt, Noncurrent$1.98B$3.26B-39.4%$1.97B$1.29B+53.4%
Cost of Revenue$197M$129M+52.7%$553M$379M+45.9%
Current Federal Tax Expense (Benefit)–––$3.01M$1.68M+79.2%
Current Foreign Tax Expense (Benefit)–––$4.91M$4M+22.9%
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)–––$8.23M$5.82M+41.4%
Current State and Local Tax Expense (Benefit)–––$308K$142K+116.9%
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, Year One$1.73B$1.49B+15.9%$1.98B$1.14B+73.4%
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Current$2.5B$2.44B+2.4%$3.16B$1.71B+84.9%
Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit)–––-$1.5M-$1.21M-24.7%
Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense (Benefit)–––$3.4M$3.55M-4.3%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit)-$6.21M-$324K-1,817.6%$1.33M$2.11M-36.9%
Deferred State and Local Income Tax Expense (Benefit)–––-$563K-$235K-139.6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross$967M2025-12-31$729M+32.8%$967M$729M+32.8%
Deferred Tax Assets, in Process Research and Development$189M2025-12-31$110M+72.6%$189M$110M+72.6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance$145M2025-12-31$97.9M+48.2%$145M$97.9M+48.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards$519M2025-12-31$443M+17.3%$519M$443M+17.3%
Deferred Tax Assets, Other$10.1M2025-12-31$1.54M+557.9%$10.1M$1.54M+557.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards$92.5M2025-12-31$74.9M+23.6%$92.5M$74.9M+23.6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Compensation and Benefits, Share-based Compensation Cost$43.7M2025-12-31$42.1M+3.9%$43.7M$42.1M+3.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Reserves and Accruals$6.55M2025-12-31$5.81M+12.7%$6.55M$5.81M+12.7%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance$822M2025-12-31$631M+30.4%$822M$631M+30.4%

Source: SEC companyfacts (XBRL of every 10-Q / 10-K). Cash-flow quarters are derived from the year-to-date figures the 10-Q tags. Segment breakdowns are tagged with dimensions and are shown in the segment section instead.

Sources

Statements, segment revenue, metrics, estimates: Financial Modeling Prep. Segment profits and every reported line: SEC EDGAR (XBRL). Filings read: 10-Q 2026-06-30, 10-Q 2026-03-31, 10-K 2025-12-31, 10-Q 2025-09-30, 10-Q 2025-06-30, 10-Q 2025-03-31, 10-K 2024-12-31, 10-Q 2024-09-30, 10-Q 2024-06-30

Data as of 2026-11-01