Q1 Earnings Estimate for Confluent Issued By William Blair

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Confluent in a report released on Wednesday, February 12th. William Blair analyst J. Ader expects that the company will earn ($0.20) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Confluent’s current full-year earnings is ($0.90) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Confluent’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.20) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.17) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.72) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.58) EPS.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.05 by ($0.28). Confluent had a negative return on equity of 34.05% and a negative net margin of 38.35%.

CFLT has been the subject of several other reports. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Confluent from $32.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on Confluent from $27.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on Confluent from $34.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on Confluent from $38.00 to $33.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Confluent from $36.00 to $41.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, nineteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $35.00.

Confluent Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of CFLT opened at $34.94 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 4.24 and a current ratio of 4.24. Confluent has a one year low of $17.79 and a one year high of $37.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -31.48 and a beta of 0.92. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $29.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $25.74.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Confluent news, Director Matthew Craig Miller sold 541,850 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.32, for a total value of $16,428,892.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Rohan Sivaram sold 68,350 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.23, for a total value of $2,476,320.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 520,273 shares in the company, valued at $18,849,490.79. This represents a 11.61 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,705,370 shares of company stock valued at $55,156,762. Corporate insiders own 13.82% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Confluent

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Confluent by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,828,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $694,207,000 after purchasing an additional 599,582 shares in the last quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Confluent by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 10,834,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $302,940,000 after acquiring an additional 133,908 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Confluent by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,409,872 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,339,000 after acquiring an additional 84,163 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of Confluent by 18.1% in the 4th quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,880,000 after acquiring an additional 459,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Confluent in the 4th quarter valued at about $81,092,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.09% of the company’s stock.

About Confluent

Confluent, Inc operates a data streaming platform in the United States and internationally. The company provides platforms that allow customers to connect their applications, systems, and data layers, such as Confluent Cloud, a managed cloud-native software-as-a-service; and Confluent Platform, an enterprise-grade self-managed software.