Michelangelo Volpi Sells 25,000 Shares of Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) Stock

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) Director Michelangelo Volpi sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.59, for a total transaction of $764,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 155,512 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,757,112.08. The trade was a 13.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Michelangelo Volpi also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 8th, Michelangelo Volpi sold 17,962 shares of Confluent stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.77, for a total transaction of $534,728.74.
• On Monday, December 8th, Michelangelo Volpi sold 32,038 shares of Confluent stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.77, for a total transaction of $953,771.26.

Confluent Stock Up 0.2%

NASDAQ CFLT opened at $30.72 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $30.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.75 billion, a PE ratio of -35.72 and a beta of 0.95. Confluent, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $15.64 and a fifty-two week high of $33.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.83.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $314.82 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $308.03 million. Confluent had a negative return on equity of 22.66% and a negative net margin of 25.31%.Confluent’s revenue was up 20.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.09 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Confluent, Inc. will post -0.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Confluent

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Confluent in the 3rd quarter valued at $26,000. United Community Bank acquired a new position in Confluent in the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in Confluent during the third quarter valued at $34,000. True Wealth Design LLC acquired a new stake in Confluent during the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Confluent during the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. Institutional investors own 78.09% of the company’s stock.

Key Confluent News

Here are the key news stories impacting Confluent this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Shareholders approved Confluent’s acquisition by IBM, reducing execution risk around the deal and supporting the takeover valuation. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Recent quarterly results beat revenue and EPS expectations (Q: revenue ~$314.8M, EPS $0.12 vs. $0.10 est.), showing continued revenue growth that underpins valuation ahead of the takeover. Earnings Summary
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary noting IBM’s 2026 free-cash-flow goal looks attainable suggests IBM likely has the financial flexibility to complete and integrate acquisitions like Confluent. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short‑interest shows zero shares and a 0.0 days‑to‑cover metric; this is almost certainly a reporting error or artifact, so short‑pressure signals are currently uninformative.
• Neutral Sentiment: Consensus analyst stance remains largely cautious: majority “Hold” ratings and a MarketBeat consensus target near $28.71 — useful context but not a near‑term catalyst.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Eric Vishria sold 61,905 shares at ~\$30.57 (~\$1.89M), cutting his stake by ~8.5% — a large director sale that can weigh on sentiment. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Co‑founder/director Neha Narkhede sold 80,000 shares at ~\$30.59 (~\$2.45M), a ~73.7% reduction in her direct holding — a sizable insider sale likely to prompt investor questions. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Director Michelangelo Volpi sold 25,000 shares at ~\$30.59 (~\$765k), trimming his position and adding to the cluster of director sales. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: CRO Ban Ryan Norris Mac reported small sales (1,655 on Feb 13 and 2,113 on Feb 18 at ~\$30.6) — modest individually but part of broader insider selling. SEC Form 4

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on CFLT shares. Stephens raised their target price on shares of Confluent from $25.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Mizuho downgraded Confluent from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Evercore set a $31.00 price objective on Confluent in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $31.00 target price on shares of Confluent in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, William Blair lowered Confluent from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Confluent presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $28.71.

About Confluent

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.