Q4 Earnings Forecast for Confluent Issued By DA Davidson

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Confluent in a report issued on Tuesday, October 28th. DA Davidson analyst R. Kessinger anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.15) per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $29.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Confluent’s current full-year earnings is ($0.83) per share.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on CFLT. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $27.00 target price on shares of Confluent in a report on Wednesday. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $30.00 target price (up previously from $25.00) on shares of Confluent in a report on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $30.00 target price on shares of Confluent in a report on Tuesday. Zacks Research raised Confluent from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on Confluent from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $27.93.

Confluent Stock Down 0.4%

CFLT opened at $23.65 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $8.15 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.28 and a beta of 0.96. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $20.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 3.98 and a current ratio of 4.01. Confluent has a twelve month low of $15.64 and a twelve month high of $37.90.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.03. Confluent had a negative return on equity of 25.40% and a negative net margin of 27.32%.The firm had revenue of $298.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $292.69 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.10 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. Confluent has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.090-0.100 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 0.390-0.400 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Confluent

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Confluent by 26.8% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,128 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,000 after acquiring an additional 661 shares during the last quarter. Amalgamated Bank raised its position in shares of Confluent by 3.4% during the first quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 16,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $398,000 after acquiring an additional 566 shares during the last quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Confluent by 3.5% during the first quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC now owns 321,037 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,525,000 after acquiring an additional 10,725 shares during the last quarter. Krane Funds Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Confluent during the first quarter worth $252,000. Finally, Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of Confluent by 1,301.3% during the first quarter. Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC now owns 1,234,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,947,000 after acquiring an additional 1,146,803 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.09% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Confluent

In related news, CFO Rohan Sivaram sold 26,097 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.01, for a total transaction of $443,909.97. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 636,596 shares in the company, valued at $10,828,497.96. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Neha Narkhede sold 153,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.85, for a total value of $3,041,020.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 28,549 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $566,697.65. This trade represents a 84.29% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 741,584 shares of company stock worth $13,597,695 over the last three months. 9.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Confluent

Confluent, Inc operates a data streaming platform in the United States and internationally. The company provides platforms that allow customers to connect their applications, systems, and data layers, such as Confluent Cloud, a managed cloud-native software-as-a-service; and Confluent Platform, an enterprise-grade self-managed software.