Capital CS Group LLC Makes New $559,000 Investment in Cloudflare, Inc. $NET

Capital CS Group LLC bought a new stake in Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,834 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $559,000. Cloudflare accounts for about 0.9% of Capital CS Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest position.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in Cloudflare by 34.2% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $750,000 after acquiring an additional 1,696 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Cloudflare in the second quarter valued at about $424,000. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its holdings in Cloudflare by 6.8% in the second quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 1,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $295,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares during the last quarter. DNB Asset Management AS lifted its stake in Cloudflare by 20.8% in the second quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 63,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,404,000 after buying an additional 10,899 shares during the period. Finally, Mediolanum International Funds Ltd boosted its holdings in Cloudflare by 29.5% during the second quarter. Mediolanum International Funds Ltd now owns 8,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,613,000 after buying an additional 1,896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.68% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Michelle Zatlyn sold 35,080 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.39, for a total transaction of $6,573,641.20. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 34,514 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,467,578.46. The trade was a 50.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew Prince sold 52,384 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $189.47, for a total transaction of $9,925,196.48. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 641,768 shares of company stock valued at $122,539,186 in the last 90 days. 10.89% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. DZ Bank raised Cloudflare from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price target for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Cloudflare from $220.00 to $222.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. BTIG Research upped their target price on shares of Cloudflare from $199.00 to $243.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Susquehanna set a $190.00 target price on shares of Cloudflare in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Cloudflare in a 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 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $233.38.

Trending Headlines about Cloudflare

Here are the key news stories impacting Cloudflare this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Coinbase and other firms are competing to use Cloudflare’s infrastructure for a new AI‑stablecoin / agent payments project drove investor enthusiasm by linking Cloudflare to AI monetization and crypto payments. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Cloudflare expanded its enterprise security footprint via a deeper partnership with SentinelOne to integrate Singularity SIEM telemetry with Cloudflare’s network — a deal that could increase cross‑sell into larger security contracts. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum/flow signals and short‑term technical buying attracted momentum traders during the rally, contributing to prior gains. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary frames Cloudflare’s stablecoin idea as a plausible strategic extension tied to AI agents, but analysts caution it’s early and unconfirmed — upside depends on execution. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street coverage remains mostly constructive (many Buy/Outperform ratings and a mid‑$200s target consensus), which supports longer‑term sentiment but is not a fresh catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider selling (CEO Matthew Prince sold multiple blocks this week and a director also sold shares) is a clear headwind — it can prompt short‑term selling and make some investors wary even as headlines remain positive. Read More. • Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Broader market technical weakness and profit‑taking after a sharp multi‑week rally increase downside risk for high‑beta, narrative stocks like NET. Read More.

Cloudflare Trading Down 2.8%

NYSE NET opened at $215.14 on Monday. Cloudflare, Inc. has a 52 week low of $89.42 and a 52 week high of $260.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a current ratio of 1.98. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $187.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $203.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -741.85 and a beta of 1.98.

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

About Cloudflare

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.