Confluent Inc (CFLT) Stock: A SWOT Analysis

Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.04.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 19 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for CFLT is 257.45M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.11% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of CFLT on April 15, 2025 was 6.20M shares.

CFLT) stock’s latest price update

Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT)’s stock price has gone rise by 0.81 in comparison to its previous close of 21.50, however, the company has experienced a 10.14% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-04-12 that Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks haven’t been performing well on the market in 2025 amid the tariff-fueled turmoil that threatens to send the U.S. economy into a recession. Share prices of cloud infrastructure provider Oracle (ORCL -0.81%) are down nearly 20% so far in 2025 as of this writing, while data streaming platform provider Confluent (CFLT 1.41%) has dipped more than 23%.

CFLT’s Market Performance

CFLT’s stock has risen by 10.14% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -20.31% and a quarterly drop of -20.34%. The volatility ratio for the week is 10.33% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.89% for Confluent Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -8.10% for CFLT’s stock, with a -15.88% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of CFLT

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CFLT stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for CFLT by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for CFLT in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $30 based on the research report published on April 11, 2025 of the current year 2025.

UBS, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CFLT reach a price target of $38, previously predicting the price at $34. The rating they have provided for CFLT stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on February 26th, 2025.

Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Equal-Weight” to CFLT, setting the target price at $30 in the report published on January 16th of the current year.

CFLT Trading at -21.28% 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 -42.81% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 6.89%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 10.33%, as shares sank -17.41% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -24.83% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, CFLT rose by +10.62%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -26.45% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $23.59. In addition, Confluent Inc saw -22.48% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CFLT starting from Phan Kong, who sale 3,175 shares at the price of $26.86 back on Mar 20 ’25. After this action, Phan Kong now owns 246,516 shares of Confluent Inc, valued at $85,280 using the latest closing price.

Kreps Edward Jay, the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Confluent Inc, sale 232,500 shares at $29.36 during a trade that took place back on Mar 06 ’25, which means that Kreps Edward Jay is holding 452,488 shares at $6,826,763 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 -0.36. The total capital return value is set at -0.2. Equity return is now at value -38.95, with -13.39 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 0.03.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -419.15 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.8. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 8.23. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.07for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.36. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.91.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, Confluent Inc (CFLT) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. 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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