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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services. Its online platforms include Cloudflare CDN, that caches website content; Cloudflare optimizer that enables web pages with ad servers and third-party widgets to download Snappy software on mobiles and computers; CloudFlare security, which protects websites from a range of online threats including spam, SQL injection and DDOS; Cloudflare analytics that gives insight into website’s traffic including threats and search engine crawlers; Keyless SSL that allows organizations to keep secure sockets layer keys private; and Cloudflare applications that help its users install web applications on their websites.
| Type | Public | |
| Founded | 2009 | |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Map |
| Website | cloudflare.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More | |
| Culture score | B | More |
Key People/Management at CloudFlare
Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
Michelle Zatlyn
Co-Founder and COO
Matthew Prince
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nitin Rao
Head of Infrastructure
Dane Knecht
Head of Product Strategy
Justin Paine
Head of Trust & Safety
CloudFlare Office Locations
CloudFlare has offices in San Francisco, Austin, Champaign, New York and in 8 other locations
San Francisco, US (HQ)
101 Townsend St, San Francisco
Austin, US
Littlefield Building, 106 E 6th St #350
Champaign, US
M2 on Neil Street, 301 N Neil St #440
New York, US
33 Irving Pl 7th floor
San Jose, US
10 Almaden Blvd #200
Washington, US
Tower Building, 1401 K St NW
CloudFlare Financials and Metrics
CloudFlare Revenue
CloudFlare's revenue was reported to be $287.02 m in FY, 2019
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q1, 2020) | 91.3m |
Gross profit (Q1, 2020) | 70.4m |
Gross profit margin (Q1, 2020), % | 77.2% |
Net income (Q1, 2020) | (32.7m) |
EBIT (Q1, 2020) | (36.1m) |
Market capitalization (15-May-2020) | 9.0b |
Closing stock price (15-May-2020) | 29.5 |
Cash (31-Mar-2020) | 109.1m |
EV | 8.9b |
CloudFlare's current market capitalization is $9 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q4, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q4, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 25.0m | 28.8m | 42.4m | 38.7m | 41.8m | 45.3m | 50.1m | 55.5m | 61.7m | 67.4m | 73.9m | 91.3m |
Cost of goods sold | 6.3m | 6.8m | 7.3m | 8.4m | 9.0m | 10.4m | 11.2m | 13.0m | 14.4m | 14.8m | 16.0m | 20.8m |
Gross profit | 18.7m | 22.0m | 35.2m | 30.2m | 32.8m | 34.9m | 38.9m | 42.5m | 47.4m | 52.6m | 57.9m | 70.4m |
Gross profit Margin, % | 75% | 76% | 83% | 78% | 78% | 77% | 78% | 77% | 77% | 78% | 78% | 77% |
Annual
Annual
| USD | Y, 2020 |
|---|---|
EV/EBIT | -246.6 x |
EV/CFO | -623.2 x |
Financial Leverage | 1.2 x |
CloudFlare Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| S2 Systems | January 07, 2020 | |
| Neumob | November 14, 2017 | |
| Eager | December 13, 2016 | |
| CryptoSeal | June 18, 2014 | |
| StopTheHacker | February 24, 2014 | |
| Jaal |
CloudFlare Revenue Breakdown
CloudFlare revenue breakdown by business segment: 93.1% from Direct customers and 6.9% from Channel partners
CloudFlare revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 6.5% from China, 13.7% from Asia Pacific, 25.1% from Europe, Middle East, and Africa, 48.1% from United States and 6.6% from Other
CloudFlare Online and Social Media Presence
99.67k Twitter followers
CloudFlare has 99.67k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 1.7% month over month and increased 4.6% quarter over quarter
CloudFlare's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @cloudflare
40.8k
Tweets
6.1k
Following
99.7k
Followers
115
Tweets last 30 days
16.2
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
CloudFlare Company Culture
Overall Culture
B
75/100
CEO Rating
B+
76/100
Compensation
C
67/100
Diversity
A-
84/100
CloudFlare News and Updates
April 28, 2020
Cloud Security Company Cloudflare Makes ‘Maverick’ Big Bet On China
Cloudflare is partnering with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com to operate 150 data centers in China.
April 02, 2020
Cloudflare CEO pledges to double 2020 internship class
Internet security company Cloudflare has pledged to double its Summer 2020 internship class, and make the entire program remote if necessary, in response to cancellations of internships programs across the country due to COVID-19. Yelp, Funding Circle, StubHub and other companies have terminated the…
February 14, 2020
101domain Becomes a Cloudflare Partner to Help Brand Owners Improve Website Security and Performance
VISTA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- 101domain, the leader in international domain registration, today announced a partnership with Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), a security, performance, and reliability company based out of San Francisco, CA. With this partnership, 101domain extends the...
February 13, 2020
Cloudflare shares jump 5% as revenue beats expectations
Cloudflare Inc. shares were up 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the web-infrastructure and website-security company reported fourth-quarter earnings above Wall Street expectations. Cloudflare reported a loss of $28.2 million, or 10 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $16.…
CloudFlare Blogs
April 07, 2020
Project Crossbow: Lessons from Refactoring a Large-Scale Internal Tool
Crossbow is a tool that is now allowing Cloudflare’s Technical Support Engineers to perform diagnostic activities from running commands (like traceroutes, cURL requests and DNS queries) to debugging product features and performance features using bespoke tools.
April 06, 2020
Conntrack tales - one thousand and one flows
We were wondering - can we just enable Linux "conntrack"? How does it actually work? I volunteered to help the team understand the dark corners of the Linux's "conntrack" stateful firewall subsystem.
April 04, 2020
The Serverlist: Built with Workers, Single-Tenant Architecture, and more!
Check out our fourteenth edition of The Serverlist below. Get the latest scoop on the serverless space, get your hands dirty with new developer tutorials, engage in conversations with other serverless developers, and find upcoming meetups and conferences to attend.
April 03, 2020
Trailblazing a Development Environment for Workers
When I arrived at Cloudflare for an internship in the summer of 2018, I was taken on a tour, introduced to my mentor who took me out for coffee (shoutout to Preston), and given a quick whiteboard overview of how Cloudflare works.
April 02, 2020
Cloudflare Doubling Size of 2020 Summer Intern Class
Today we are announcing that we will double the size of Cloudflare’s summer 2020 internship class.
April 02, 2020
The Mistake that Caused 1.1.1.3 to Block LGBTQIA+ Sites Today
Today we made a mistake. The mistake caused a number of LGBTQIA+ sites to inadvertently be blocked by the new 1.1.1.1 for Families service. I wanted to walk through what happened, why, and what we've done to fix it.
CloudFlare Frequently Asked Questions
When was CloudFlare founded?
CloudFlare was founded in 2009.
Who are CloudFlare key executives?
CloudFlare's key executives are Lee Holloway, Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince.
How many employees does CloudFlare have?
CloudFlare has 1,270 employees.
What is CloudFlare revenue?
Latest CloudFlare annual revenue is $287 m.
What is CloudFlare revenue per employee?
Latest CloudFlare revenue per employee is $226 k.
Who are CloudFlare competitors?
Competitors of CloudFlare include NGINX, Limelight Networks and N7 - The Nitrogen Platform.
Where is CloudFlare headquarters?
CloudFlare headquarters is located at 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, San Francisco.
Where are CloudFlare offices?
CloudFlare has offices in San Francisco, Austin, Champaign, New York and in 8 other locations.
How many offices does CloudFlare have?
CloudFlare has 12 offices.
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