Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Jul 25, 2026

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Strong short-term momentum with shares up about 24% over 21 trading days, supported by a 2026-07-07 Scotiabank upgrade to Sector Outperform and target raise to $300. Recent catalysts include VoidZero acquisition, AI/security initiatives, OpenAI pilot, and strong transcript metrics with revenue up 31% YoY and RPO up 43%.

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Idea window: 7/17/2026 – 7/24/2026Sector: Technology

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price
$265.61
Market Cap
$68.38B
1D Return
+1.32%
YTD Return
+34.72%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
-786.7
P/B
44.7
P/S
29.4
EV/EBITDA
425.6
Div Yield
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Price Behavior

6.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Breakout phase • Momentum cooling • Key support holding Support Level: $262-$263 Resistance Level: $272-$278 NET is still up over the last month and remains in a constructive uptrend, but momentum has faded after the late-June breakout, leaving it in a pullback above key support at $262-$263.

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Sentiment & News

7.0

Key News Insights: • AI growth • Security demand • Valuation risk Cloudflare's NET headlines are increasingly driven by its AI-infrastructure and cybersecurity growth story, but valuation and competition risks keep the outlook mixed despite recent analyst optimism.

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AI Summary

6.0
Neutral

NET is shifting from a pure security name to a broader AI-infrastructure ā€œtoll road,ā€ but the investment case now hinges on whether upcoming earnings prove that AI partnerships, platform expansion, and the VoidZero deal are translating into faster monetization and operating leverage fast enough to justify an already stretched valuation.

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AI summary updated 3 days ago

Description

CloudFlare, Inc. is a San Francisco–based cloud services company that provides security, performance and reliability capabilities to businesses globally. Its offerings protect and accelerate traffic across public and private clouds, on-premises environments, SaaS and edge devices, while also supplying developer tools, DNS and consumer-facing services. The company serves customers across technology, healthcare, financial services, retail, non-profits and government and was incorporated in 2009.

Idea History

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
Jul 17Jul 24NETCloudflare, Inc.
Strong short-term momentum with shares up about 24% over 21 trading days, supported by a 2026-07-07 Scotiabank upgrade to Sector Outperform and target raise to $300. Recent catalysts include VoidZero acquisition, AI/security initiatives, OpenAI pilot, and strong transcript metrics with revenue up 31% YoY and RPO up 43%.
Closed-5.6%
Jul 9Jul 16NETCloudflare, Inc.
Strong near-term momentum with shares up about 15% over 21 trading days and about 12% in the last five sessions, closing 2026-07-09 at a new short-term high. Scotiabank upgraded NET to Sector Outperform on 2026-07-07 and raised its target to $300 from $225, while AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, OpenAI/Anthropic-related platform news, and the VoidZero acquisition support sentiment.
Closed-1.2%
Dec 23Dec 30NETCloudflare, Inc.
Cloudflare (NET) is positioned for short-term growth given 31% Q3 revenue growth fueled by AI and cloud partnerships, expanding enterprise pipeline, positive analyst upgrades, and moderate technical recovery with ~10% gain in recent weeks, despite operational headwinds, making it a compelling near-term AI infrastructure growth idea.
Closed-1.2%
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