The stock of Confluent Inc (CFLT) has gone down by -14.20% for the week, with a 0.20% rise in the past month and a -30.44% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.01%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 6.20% for CFLT. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -5.58% for CFLT stock, with a simple moving average of -19.42% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.02. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 19 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CFLT is 270.08M, and at present, short sellers hold a 6.38% of that float. On May 08, 2025, the average trading volume of CFLT was 6.85M shares.
CFLT) stock’s latest price update
Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT) has seen a rise in its stock price by 3.55 in relation to its previous close of 19.73. However, the company has experienced a -14.20% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-05-07 that The consensus price target hints at a 44.2% upside potential for Confluent (CFLT). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.
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 -16.18% 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 -46.09% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.20%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.01%, as shares surge +3.81% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -32.88% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CFLT fell by -14.20%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -16.17% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $21.64. In addition, Confluent Inc saw -26.93% 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 Narkhede Neha, who sale 60,000 shares at the price of $19.96 back on May 02 ’25. After this action, Narkhede Neha now owns 20,247 shares of Confluent Inc, valued at $1,197,600 using the latest closing price.
NEHA NARKHEDE, the Director of Confluent Inc, proposed sale 60,000 shares at $19.44 during a trade that took place back on May 02 ’25, which means that NEHA NARKHEDE is holding shares at $1,166,400 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CFLT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.4 for the present operating margin
- 0.74 for the gross margin
The net margin for Confluent Inc stands at -0.31. The total capital return value is set at -0.19. Equity return is now at value -34.18, with -12.44 for asset returns.
Based on Confluent Inc (CFLT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.52 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 -2.14. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.42for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.38. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.33.
Conclusion
To sum up, Confluent Inc (CFLT) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as 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.
