Cloudflare (NET) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Cloudflare's (NET) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $517.6 million in Q1 2026, up 24.19% year-on-year from $416.8 million in Q1 2025, and up 3.15% quarter-over-quarter from $501.8 million in Q4 2025.

Cloudflare (NET) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cloudflare has disclosed Operating Expenses across 9 years of filings, most recently posting $517.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $517.6 million, up 24.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.9 billion (up 27.02% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.8 billion, up 26.07% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $517.6 million for Q1 2026 at Cloudflare, up from $501.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $517.6 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $205.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $346.7 million (2024), against an average of $347.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses surged 66.3% in 2022 and climbed 18.99% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Cloudflare's Operating Expenses stood at $257.6 million in 2022, then rose by 25.01% to $322.0 million in 2023, then grew by 19.86% to $386.0 million in 2024, then surged by 30.0% to $501.8 million in 2025, then increased by 3.15% to $517.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $517.6 million (Q1 2026), $501.8 million (Q4 2025), and $453.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,064.95 Bn 2,986.68 Bn 56.06 Bn 10.85 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,117.04 Bn 1,102.89 Bn 7.23 Mn 6.42 Mn
3 Oracle 608.54 Bn 569.96 Bn 15.14 Bn 11.73 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 326.97 Bn 319.05 Bn 1.42 Bn 662.79 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 185.10 Bn 180.56 Bn 1.91 Bn 1.51 Bn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 165.31 Bn 162.25 Bn 993.68 Mn 979.89 Mn
7 Fortinet 105.66 Bn 102.37 Bn 1.49 Bn 905.10 Mn
8 Synopsys 89.71 Bn 89.60 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.57 Bn
9 Cloudflare 87.54 Bn 86.60 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
10 CoreWeave 53.90 Bn 51.63 Bn 2.01 Bn 2.22 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 517.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 501.79 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 453.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 450.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 416.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 385.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 364.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 346.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 348.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 322.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 296.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 289.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 267.02 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 257.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 237.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 243.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 205.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 192.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 161.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 146.27 Mn