Groupama Asset Managment Boosts Position in Cloudflare, Inc. $NET

Groupama Asset Managment raised its stake in Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET) by 82.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,100,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 950,000 shares during the period. Cloudflare accounts for approximately 1.6% of Groupama Asset Managment’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Groupama Asset Managment owned 0.60% of Cloudflare worth $450,639,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Reliant Investment Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Cloudflare by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Reliant Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,316 shares of the company’s stock valued at $718,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Cloudflare by 1.8% in the third quarter. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC now owns 2,821 shares of the company’s stock worth $605,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its stake in Cloudflare by 55.4% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cloudflare by 28.0% during the third quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 270 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cloudflare by 37.4% during the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 224 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.68% of the company’s stock.

Key Cloudflare News

Here are the key news stories impacting Cloudflare this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Order-flow bullish signal (“Power Inflow”) triggered, drawing momentum and institutional order-flow buying that can accelerate short-term moves. Cloudflare Shares Rise Nearly 7% After Key Trading Signal
• Positive Sentiment: AI/enterprise growth narrative: analysts and commentators point to rising AI-driven network activity, bigger enterprise deals, and Cloudflare’s edge/AI positioning as the fundamental rationale for upside. Cloudflare shares rise as AI/enterprise growth narrative keeps gaining traction
• Positive Sentiment: Technology/edge angle: coverage calling Cloudflare well positioned for AI at the edge has added retail/momentum interest. Cloudflare Surges 8%: NVIDIA’s AI Boom Is Coming for the Edge and This Stock Is Ready
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/target activity is supportive (multiple buy/outperform ratings and elevated median targets) but analysts’ estimates still reflect near-term profitability headwinds—so impact is mixed. Analyst Coverage Summary
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Matthew Prince executed large open-market sales this week (multiple filings) that materially reduced his direct stake — a signal some investors interpret as a near-term negative. SEC Form 4 — Matthew Prince
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Thomas Seifert also sold shares (SEC filing), and data show heavy insider selling activity across the company lately — this can weigh on sentiment if investors read it as insiders cashing out. CFO Sale / Insider Trades

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Cloudflare and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. New Street Research set a $140.00 price objective on Cloudflare in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Citigroup increased their target price on Cloudflare from $260.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Cloudflare from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Cloudflare in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Cloudflare currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $233.38.

Cloudflare Stock Performance

Shares of NET opened at $225.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $78.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -777.39 and a beta of 1.98. Cloudflare, Inc. has a 12-month low of $89.42 and a 12-month high of $260.00. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $186.34 and its 200-day moving average is $203.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.98.

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $614.51 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $591.67 million. Cloudflare had a negative return on equity of 7.24% and a negative net margin of 4.72%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 33.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.19 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Cloudflare, Inc. will post -0.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Cloudflare

In other news, CEO Matthew Prince sold 52,384 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $189.47, for a total transaction of $9,925,196.48. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Thomas J. Seifert sold 41,557 shares of Cloudflare stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.04, for a total transaction of $7,689,707.28. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 85,452 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,812,038.08. The trade was a 32.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 638,799 shares of company stock worth $121,556,536 in the last quarter. 10.89% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Cloudflare 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.