Confluent Inc (CFLT) Stock: Assessing the Risk and Reward

The stock of Confluent Inc (CFLT) has gone up by 13.73% for the week, with a 1.39% rise in the past month and a 42.69% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.42%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 3.25% for CFLT. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 7.33% for CFLT’s stock, with a 16.74% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT) Right Now?

The 36-month beta value for CFLT is at 0.91. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 18 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 7 rating it as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for CFLT is 247.28M, and currently, shorts hold a 4.79% of that float. The average trading volume for CFLT on January 27, 2025 was 3.97M shares.

CFLT) stock’s latest price update

Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT)’s stock price has gone rise by 5.65 in comparison to its previous close of 28.74, however, the company has experienced a 13.73% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-01-22 that Data streaming is a little-known technology that plays a big role in everyday lives. It allows e-commerce websites, stock trading platforms, and even artificial intelligence (AI) app developers to create live experiences for their users.

Analysts’ Opinion of CFLT

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CFLT stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for CFLT by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for CFLT in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $30 based on the research report published on January 16, 2025 of the current year 2025.

Robert W. Baird, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CFLT reach a price target of $23. The rating they have provided for CFLT stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on September 04th, 2024.

JP Morgan gave a rating of “Overweight” to CFLT, setting the target price at $25 in the report published on August 09th of the previous year.

CFLT Trading at 2.62% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought CFLT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -13.42% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 3.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.42%, as shares surge +1.77% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +11.58% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, CFLT rose by +14.38%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +1.80% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $28.30. In addition, Confluent Inc saw 8.60% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CFLT starting from Phan Kong, who sale 3,947 shares at the price of $28.74 back on Dec 20 ’24. After this action, Phan Kong now owns 179,939 shares of Confluent Inc, valued at $113,437 using the latest closing price.

Narkhede Neha, the Director of Confluent Inc, sale 186,300 shares at $30.65 during a trade that took place back on Dec 13 ’24, which means that Narkhede Neha is holding 20,247 shares at $5,710,300 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for CFLT

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • -0.43 for the present operating margin
  • 0.73 for the gross margin

The net margin for Confluent Inc stands at -0.38. The total capital return value is set at -0.19. Equity return is now at value -40.75, with -14.13 for asset returns.

Based on Confluent Inc (CFLT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.54 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.02.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -430.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at -2.09. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 11.59. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.29for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.35. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.15.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Confluent Inc (CFLT) has had a better performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is mixed, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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