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Cloudflare · Q1 2026 earnings
Q1 2026 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations
Briefing
Cloudflare reported Q1 2026 revenue of $639.8M (+34% YoY) with a net loss of $22.9M as growth investments continued.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, Cloudflare posted revenue of $639.8 million, up 34% from $479.1 million a year ago, driven by large-customer adoption and security and developer platform products. Net loss was $22.9 million versus $38.5 million in Q1 2025 as operating leverage improved but stock-based compensation and sales investment remained significant.
- Revenue $639.8M (+34% YoY).
- Net loss $22.9M vs $38.5M prior year.
- Large customers and zero-trust security adoption.
- Developer platform and Workers ecosystem expansion.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Cloudflare · Revenue · Quarterly
$640M
Forward guidance
Cloudflare provides annual revenue guidance on earnings calls; 10-Q discusses customer growth and operating margin trends.
Tailwinds
- Revenue growth reaccelerated to 34% YoY.
- Loss narrowed year over year.
- Enterprise and federal pipeline expanding.
Headwinds
- Still GAAP unprofitable with high SBC.
- Competition in CDN and security from hyperscalers.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2026
+0.3%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.7%
Avg return
5 days after
+2.6%
Avg return
30 days after
48%
13 / 27 earnings
Positive
+29.5%
Q4 2023
Best reaction
-27.4%
Q1 2022
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -23.8% | -25.0% | -2.6% | |
| Q4 2025 | +5.2% | +8.8% | +18.0% | |
| Q3 2025 | +11.6% | +2.7% | -10.0% | |
| Q2 2025 | -3.6% | +3.8% | +0.5% | |
| Q1 2025 | +6.3% | +24.3% | +44.5% | |
| Q4 2024 | +17.8% | +22.1% | -10.4% | |
| Q3 2024 | -1.4% | -1.7% | +22.1% | |
| Q2 2024 | +2.5% | -1.6% | +6.0% | |
| Q1 2024 | -15.5% | -15.8% | -23.1% | |
| Q4 2023 | +29.5% | +19.8% | +17.6% | |
| Q3 2023 | +17.2% | +20.1% | +43.4% | |
| Q2 2023 | +8.4% | +3.9% | -0.2% | |
| Q1 2023 | -21.0% | -28.0% | +2.7% | |
| Q4 2022 | +3.5% | +17.8% | -9.2% | |
| Q3 2022 | -17.7% | -19.2% | -3.1% | |
| Q2 2022 | +27.2% | +22.7% | +0.6% | |
| Q1 2022 | -27.4% | -37.0% | -39.7% | |
| Q4 2021 | -8.6% | +0.5% | -22.7% | |
| Q3 2021 | +1.2% | +5.0% | -18.0% | |
| Q2 2021 | -1.0% | +4.6% | +8.7% | |
| Q1 2021 | -9.4% | -9.8% | +5.1% | |
| Q4 2020 | -5.5% | -9.7% | -16.1% | |
| Q3 2020 | +14.9% | +9.1% | +37.8% | |
| Q2 2020 | -5.7% | -11.0% | -18.2% | |
| Q1 2020 | +5.3% | +15.4% | +16.8% | |
| Q4 2019 | -0.4% | -1.8% | +7.0% | |
| Q3 2019 | -0.6% | -0.4% | +13.9% | |
| Q2 2019 | — | — | — | |
| Q1 2019 | — | — | — | |
| Q4 2018 | — | — | — | |
| Q3 2018 | — | — | — | |
| Q2 2018 | — | — | — | |
| Q1 2018 | — | — | — |
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