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Cloudflare profit margin NET

Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2019.

Net margin, 12 months
−8.2%
Operating margin, 12 months
−14.1%
Net margin on a year earlier
−2.0 pts
Peer median
6.2%

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Cloudflare kept −8.2% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of −14.1% and a gross margin of 72.6%.

Five years earlier its net margin was −25.6%.

The median for 10 infrastructure software stocks of a similar size is 6.2%.

Profit margin over time

GrossOperatingNet

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNet marginOperating marginGross margin
FY2025−4.7%−9.6%74.5%
FY2024−4.7%−9.3%77.3%
FY2023−14.2%−14.3%76.3%
FY2022−19.8%−20.6%76.1%
FY2021−39.7%−19.5%77.6%
FY2020−27.7%−24.8%76.6%
FY2019−36.9%−37.6%77.9%
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Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedNet margin, 12 monthsChange on a yearOperating margin
Q2 FY26−8.2%−2.0 pts−14.1%
Q1 FY26−3.7%+0.9 pts−9.3%
Q4 FY25−4.7%+0.0 pts−9.6%
Q3 FY25−5.1%+0.8 pts−9.6%
Q2 FY25−6.2%+0.7 pts−9.9%
Q1 FY25−4.6%+8.5 pts−8.7%
Q4 FY24−4.7%+9.5 pts−9.3%
Q3 FY24−6.0%+10.7 pts−10.4%
Q2 FY24−6.9%+12.7 pts−11.6%
Q1 FY24−13.1%+5.0 pts−13.9%
Q4 FY23−14.2%+5.6 pts−14.3%
Q3 FY23−16.7%+8.5 pts−16.0%

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Infrastructure nearest Cloudflare's size, closest first, today.

CompanyProfit margin
NETCloudflare−8.2%
FTNTFortinet28.2%
SNPSSynopsys11.4%
CRWDCrowdStrike0.8%
XYZBlock1.4%
PANWPalo Alto Networks2.7%
ZSZscaler−1.9%
TWLOTwilio20.6%
OKTAOkta9.6%
ORCLOracle26.4%
MDBMongoDB2.1%
Peer median6.2%

What the profit margin tells you

Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).

Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.

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