Growth Metrics

Cloudflare (NET) FCF Margin (2018 - 2026)

Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 14.55% for Q1 2026, up 205.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 26.19% (up 690.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 26.6%, up 725.0%.

Cloudflare has reported FCF Margin over the past 9 years, most recently at 14.55% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin reached 14.55% in Q1 2026 per NET's latest filing, down from 64.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 64.2% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 24.69% in Q1 2022.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 14.55% (2026), compared with a mean of 14.67%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin tumbled -3867bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 4105bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 13.49% in 2022, then surged by 259bps to 21.47% in 2023, then grew by 8bps to 23.15% in 2024, then soared by 177bps to 64.2% in 2025, then crashed by -77bps to 14.55% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for NET at 14.55% in Q1 2026, 64.2% in Q4 2025, and 2.17% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,115.84 Bn 3,037.57 Bn 56.06 Bn 19.07%
2 Oracle 544.25 Bn 505.67 Bn 15.14 Bn 55.23%
3 Palantir Technologies 328.85 Bn 320.93 Bn 1.42 Bn 54.62%
4 Palo Alto Networks 175.67 Bn 171.13 Bn 1.91 Bn 14.80%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 162.44 Bn 159.38 Bn 993.68 Mn 30.29%
6 Fortinet 95.68 Bn 92.39 Bn 1.49 Bn 55.21%
7 Synopsys 95.66 Bn 95.54 Bn 1.77 Bn 34.10%
8 Cloudflare 74.88 Bn 73.94 Bn 455.60 Mn 14.55%
9 CoreWeave 56.29 Bn 54.02 Bn 2.01 Bn -226.71%
10 Block 40.97 Bn 34.07 Bn 2.91 Bn 15.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.55%
Dec 31, 2025 64.20%
Sep 30, 2025 -2.17%
Jun 30, 2025 26.27%
Mar 31, 2025 12.50%
Dec 31, 2024 23.15%
Sep 30, 2024 19.20%
Jun 30, 2024 23.10%
Mar 31, 2024 10.97%
Dec 31, 2023 21.47%
Sep 30, 2023 31.46%
Jun 30, 2023 8.33%
Mar 31, 2023 6.50%
Dec 31, 2022 -13.49%
Sep 30, 2022 19.49%
Jun 30, 2022 8.51%
Mar 31, 2022 -24.69%
Dec 31, 2021 25.18%
Sep 30, 2021 -5.37%
Jun 30, 2021 6.81%
Mar 31, 2021 0.89%
Dec 31, 2020 -48.53%
Sep 30, 2020 24.97%
Jun 30, 2020 -22.16%
Mar 31, 2020 -20.60%
Dec 31, 2019 -60.25%
Sep 30, 2019 -22.79%
Jun 30, 2019 5.84%
Mar 31, 2019 -30.34%
Dec 31, 2018 -9.95%