Cloudflare Inc
NET
$186.94 -3.40%
Exchange NYSE Sector Technology Industry Software Infrastructure
Q1 2026
Reported
Published: May 8, 2026

Data: Financial Modeling Prep

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Report Date

May 8, 2026

Quarter Q1 2026

Revenue

639.76M

YoY: +59.5%

EPS

-0.07

YoY: -46.7%

Market Move

-3.40%

Previous quarter: Q1 2025

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Earnings Highlights

Gross Margin

71.2%

Net Income

-22.93M

YoY: -52.1%

"AI and agents are no longer pilot projects at Cloudflare, they are now core parts of our workforce."

— Matthew Prince, Co-founder & CEO
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Executive Summary

Cloudflare reported a robust start to 2026 with top-line momentum driven by AI-enabled demand and a growing large-customer cohort. Revenue came in at $639.8 million for the March quarter, up 34% year over year, reflecting continued strength in Act 1 (network and reliability) and the accelerating contribution from AI-enabled workloads via the Workers platform. Management highlighted healthy customer engagement metrics, including 4,416 customers paying more than $100,000 annually (up 25% YoY) and a 72% revenue contribution from the largest customers, underscoring the company's ability to monetize enterprise-scale deployments. The company also disclosed a strategic reallocation of its workforce to an agentic AI-first operating model, resulting in a roughly 20% headcount reduction (about 1,100 people) with anticipated 2026 severance and restructuring charges of $140–$150 million (roughly $40 million noncash). While this action temporarily increases near-term cash outflow, Cloudflare maintains its free cash flow guidance for 2026 at approximately 25%–30% of full-year cash generation in Q2–Q3, and reiterates full-year revenue guidance of $2.805–$2.813 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.19–$1.20. The quarter featured meaningful margin dynamics: gross margin was 72.8% (down sequentially and YoY) driven by a shift from free to paid traffic and higher network costs, amid ongoing investment in the Workers platform. Management framed AI as a secular tailwind, with a shift toward agentic AI across the internet and discussions around AI pay-per-crawl and data localization. Investors should monitor (i) the pace and profitability of Act 2/4 monetization, (ii) the evolving mix of AI-driven workloads and its impact on gross and operating margins, (iii) the trajectory of free cash flow as the company scales, and (iv) execution of the AI-first restructuring and its effect on go-to-market efficiency and headcount dynamics.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Increasing
639.76M
QoQ: 33.54% | YoY: 59.54%
Gross Profit
Increasing
455.60M
71.21% margin
QoQ: 25.33% | YoY: 46.03%
Operating Income
Decreasing
-61.99M
QoQ: -16.43% | YoY: -79.51%
Net Income
Decreasing
-22.93M
QoQ: 40.38% | YoY: -52.06%
EPS
Decreasing
-0.07
QoQ: 40.91% | YoY: -46.73%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q1 2026 639.76 -0.07 +59.5% View
Q1 2025 479.09 -0.11 +26.5% View
Q4 2024 459.95 -0.04 +26.9% View
Q3 2024 430.08 -0.04 +28.2% View
Q2 2024 401.00 -0.04 +30.0% View