Confluent (CFLT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT) is a leading provider of an event streaming platform built on Apache Kafka. The company’s flagship offerings include Confluent Platform—a self-managed software solution—and Confluent Cloud, a fully managed service designed to simplify real-time data processing across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. These products enable enterprises to collect, process and distribute high volumes of data in real time, supporting use cases such as fraud detection, supply chain optimization and personalized customer experiences.

Founded in 2014 by Apache Kafka co-creators Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao, Confluent has driven the commercialization of Kafka technologies and extended the platform with tools for data integration, stream processing and enterprise-grade security. Key innovations include ksqlDB for real-time analytics, Schema Registry for data governance and a library of prebuilt connectors to integrate seamlessly with popular data sources and sinks.

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Confluent serves a global customer base across financial services, retail, healthcare and technology sectors. Under the leadership of CEO and co-founder Jay Kreps, supported by a management team with deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud computing, Confluent continues to expand its international footprint and partner ecosystem to address the growing demand for scalable, real-time data solutions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.30 to $20.00
• 50-Day Range: $15.91 to $27.35
• 52-Week Range: $15.64 to $37.90
• Volume: 4.90 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.55 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.75 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $27.36
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Confluent Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Confluent scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 268th out of 667 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Confluent has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on 19 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Confluent has a consensus price target of $27.36, representing about 39.7% upside from its current price of $19.58.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Confluent has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Confluent are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.83) to ($0.76) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Confluent is -20.83, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Confluent is -20.83, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Confluent has a P/B Ratio of 6.78. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.48% of the float of Confluent has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Confluent has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Confluent has recently increased by 4.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Confluent does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Confluent does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.48% of the float of Confluent has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Confluent has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Confluent has recently increased by 4.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

Confluent has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.89 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Confluent this week, compared to 16 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 17 people have searched for CFLT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -37% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Confluent to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Confluent insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $13,595,936.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 9.20% of the stock of Confluent is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.09% of the stock of Confluent is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CFLT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CFLT shares performed this year?

Confluent's stock was trading at $27.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CFLT stock has decreased by 30.0% and is now trading at $19.58.

How were Confluent's earnings last quarter?

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Confluent IPO?

Confluent (CFLT) raised $713 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, June 24th 2021. The company issued 23,000,000 shares at $29.00-$33.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and Citigroup served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Cowen, D.A. Davidson, JMP Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Piper Sandler were co-managers.

Who are Confluent's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Confluent include Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.36%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.83%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.49%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Eric Vishria, Rohan Sivaram, Erica Schultz, Chad Verbowski, Melanie Davis Vinson, Ban Ryan Norris Mac, Edward Jay Kreps, Steffan Tomlinson, Michelangelo Volpi, Kong Phan, Ying Christina Liu, Stephanie Buscemi, Ventures Vii (Jersey) L Index, Neha Narkhede, Jonathan Chadwick, Matthew Craig Miller and Lara Caimi.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Confluent?

Shares of CFLT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Confluent own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Confluent investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Arista Networks (ANET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 9/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CFLT
• CIK: 1699838
• Web: www.confluent.io
• Phone: 800-439-3207
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,060
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Confluent: $27.36
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.65
• Research Coverage: 31 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.94)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$345.07 million
• Net Margins: -29.27%
• Pretax Margin: -29.47%
• Return on Equity: -27.34%
• Return on Assets: -10.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.03
• Current Ratio: 3.98
• Quick Ratio: 3.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.34
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $2.89 per share
• Price / Book: 6.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 344,744,000
• Free Float: 313,028,000
• Market Cap: $6.75 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.97