Capital One Financial Forecasts Confluent Q1 Earnings

Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Confluent in a report issued on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.27) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Confluent’s current full-year earnings is ($0.90) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Confluent’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.24) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.22) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.23) EPS and FY2025 earnings at ($0.96) EPS.

CFLT has been the topic of several other reports. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Confluent from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. 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. Mizuho increased their price objective on Confluent from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Confluent from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of Confluent from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.37.

Confluent Trading Down 3.8 %

Confluent stock opened at $26.74 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $29.64 and a 200-day moving average of $24.96. The company has a current ratio of 4.24, a quick ratio of 4.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. Confluent has a twelve month low of $17.79 and a twelve month high of $35.07.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.24) by $0.03. Confluent had a negative return on equity of 34.05% and a negative net margin of 38.35%. The business had revenue of $250.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $243.98 million.

Insider Buying and Selling at Confluent

In other Confluent news, Director Matthew Craig Miller sold 1,084,259 shares of Confluent stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.90, for a total value of $31,335,085.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,559 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $362,955.10. The trade was a 98.85 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Kong Phan sold 3,947 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.74, for a total value of $113,436.78. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 179,939 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,171,446.86. This trade represents a 2.15 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,584,712 shares of company stock valued at $132,928,936 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 13.82% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Confluent

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Confluent during the second quarter valued at approximately $175,000. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in shares of Confluent by 21.9% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 13,518 shares of the company’s stock valued at $399,000 after purchasing an additional 2,431 shares during the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its holdings in shares of Confluent by 96.7% during the 2nd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 21,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $623,000 after buying an additional 10,332 shares in the last quarter. Amalgamated Bank lifted its position in shares of Confluent by 29.6% during the 2nd quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 16,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,000 after buying an additional 3,727 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL grew its position in Confluent by 149.3% in the second quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 44,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,310,000 after acquiring an additional 26,575 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.09% of the company’s stock.

Confluent Company Profile

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.