+17%

est. 2Y upside i

CybersecurityDevOps & Infra

Web performance and security platform providing CDN and DDoS protection

Rank

#3041

Sector

Cybersecurity, Network Services, Cloud Infrastructure

Est. Liquidity

~1Y

Data Quality

Data: High

Cloudflare is a genuinely exceptional business — 30% revenue growth, a dominant global network with strong moat characteristics, and real AI infrastructure tailwinds — but at $76.9B (~35.5x trailing revenue), the stock is priced for near-perfection after a ~90% run.

Last updated: May 5, 2026

Bull (25%)+75%

Revenue accelerates to ~35% YoY driven by Workers AI adoption (OpenAI, Anthropic as anchor tenants) and enterprise SASE consolidation wins, reaching ~$3.95B by end of 2027. If the market sustains a ~35x P/S multiple on AI-platform re-rating, market cap reaches ~$138B — a ~75% gain from the current $76.9B.

Base (45%)+18%

Revenue compounds at ~25% YoY to ~$3.39B by end of 2027 as enterprise deals ramp but macro headwinds temper seat expansion. P/S compresses modestly from 35.5x to ~27x, implying a market cap of ~$91.5B — roughly 18% upside from today.

Bear (30%)-33%

Growth decelerates toward 15% YoY amid enterprise budget freezes and hyperscaler bundling pressure, with revenue reaching only ~$2.87B by 2027. Multiple contracts sharply to ~18x P/S as profitability timeline lengthens, implying a market cap of ~$51.7B — a ~33% drawdown from $76.9B.

Est. time to liquidity~1.0 years

Preference Stack Risk

low

Funding Intensity

0%

Total pre-IPO external funding of $332M against a $76.9B public market cap represents only ~0.43% of market cap — preference stack is effectively irrelevant for a publicly traded company where all employees hold common stock RSUs at market price.

Dilution Risk

moderate

Cloudflare issues significant stock-based compensation (historically ~15-20% of revenue in SBC), resulting in approximately 2-3% annual net share count dilution that quietly erodes RSU value over the vesting period.

Secondary Liquidity

active

Cloudflare trades on NYSE (ticker: NET) with high daily volume; RSUs vest and can be sold immediately at market price with no lockup, secondary market approval, or liquidity event dependency.

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Last updated: March 10, 2026

Questions to Ask at the Interview

Strategic questions based on Cloudflare's data — designed to show you've done your homework.

  • 1

    “Workers AI and R2 are early-stage but OpenAI and Anthropic are already customers — what is the internal target for AI-related ARR as a percentage of total revenue by end of 2027, and how does the go-to-market motion differ from the core security business?”

  • 2

    “Cloudflare has historically operated at a loss while investing heavily in network expansion — at what revenue run rate does management expect to cross GAAP operating profitability, and is the 'biggest contract ever' a signal that enterprise ACV is finally large enough to improve unit economics materially?”

  • 3

    “Given the stock is up ~90% over the past year and I would be receiving RSUs at current market prices, how does the company think about refresh grant cadence and sizing for new hires who join at elevated valuations versus employees who hold lower-cost-basis grants?”

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