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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Financial Strength

: 5 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Cloudflare has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Cloudflare did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Cloudflare's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.99. As of today, Cloudflare's Altman Z-Score is 9.29.


Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Cloudflare's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cloudflare's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cloudflare's Financial Strength falls into.



Cloudflare Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Cloudflare's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-43 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,397 Mil.

Cloudflare's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Cloudflare did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Cloudflare's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(38.351 + 1396.852) / 1449.892
=0.99

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Cloudflare has a Z-score of 9.29, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 9.29 is strong.

* 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.


Cloudflare  (NYSE:NET) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Cloudflare has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Business Description

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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