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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 243.03 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Cloudflare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-25), Cloudflare's share price is $86.76. Cloudflare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.36. Hence, Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 243.03.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

NET' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 179.71   Med: 279.89   Max: 608.97
Current: 244.93

During the past 8 years, Cloudflare's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 608.97. The lowest was 179.71. And the median was 279.89.

NET's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
95.24% of 1470 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.44 vs NET: 244.93

Cloudflare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.15. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.36.

During the past 8 years, Cloudflare's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 47.70% per year. The lowest was -69.90% per year. And the median was -7.15% per year.


Cloudflare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cloudflare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Cloudflare Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - - 232.57

Cloudflare Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 531.55 344.05 204.68 232.57

Competitive Comparison of Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Cloudflare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cloudflare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=86.76/0.357
=243.03

Cloudflare's Share Price of today is $86.76.
Cloudflare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.36.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Cloudflare  (NYSE:NET) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Business Description

Industry
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Address
101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Cloudflare is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that offers security and web performance offerings by utilizing a distributed, serverless content delivery network, or CDN. The firm's edge computing platform, Workers, leverages this network by providing clients the ability to deploy, and execute code without maintaining servers.
Executives
Michelle Zatlyn director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Thomas J Seifert officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Carl Ledbetter director, 10 percent owner 2755 EAST COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 520, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Matthew Prince director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chair of the Board C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Douglas James Kramer officer: General Counsel C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Scott D Sandell director, 10 percent owner
Katrin Suder director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Janel Riley officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Paul D. Underwood officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Maria S Eitel director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Stanley J Meresman director 2071 HUNTINGTON LANE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Forest Baskett 10 percent owner
Patrick J Kerins 10 percent owner
Venrock Associates V Lp 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304