Cloud security and performance company Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Cloudflare beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $639.8 million, up 33.5% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ billings estimates and full-year EPS guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Cloudflare’s revenue to grow 29.8% year on year, improving from the 27.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Cloudflare has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Cloudflare’s peers in the software development segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. F5 delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.6%, and Bandwidth reported revenues up 22.2%, topping estimates by 1.4%. F5 traded down 1.1% following the results while Bandwidth was also down 25.7%.
Read our full analysis of F5’s results here and Bandwidth’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software development segment, with share prices up 9.6% on average over the last month. Cloudflare is up 21.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $265.00 (compared to the current share price of $299.86).
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