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Cloudflare (NET) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Cloudflare (NET) closed at $54.80 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.81% move from the prior day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.68%. At the same time, the Dow added 1.06%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.7%.

Coming into today, shares of the web security and content delivery company had lost 13.78% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector lost 4.48%, while the S&P 500 lost 6.68%.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Cloudflare as it approaches its next earnings report date. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.03, up 200% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $290.91 million, up 37.11% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $0.16 per share and revenue of $1.34 billion, which would represent changes of +23.08% and +37.24%, respectively, from the prior year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Cloudflare. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.76% higher. Cloudflare is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

In terms of valuation, Cloudflare is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 335.98. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 38.65.

We can also see that NET currently has a PEG ratio of 13.44. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Internet - Software was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.72 at yesterday's closing price.

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 66, putting it in the top 27% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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