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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.38 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Cloudflare Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.38.

The industry rank for Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

NET's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 7.44
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Cloudflare Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cloudflare Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Cloudflare Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.86 1.67 1.04 -0.61 -0.41

Cloudflare Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.50 -0.52 -0.50 -0.41 -0.38

Competitive Comparison of Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Cloudflare's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cloudflare's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cloudflare's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cloudflare's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Cloudflare Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1673.744+0.75 * 248.268+0.5 * 0-1996.72
-0-0)/337.532
=-0.41

Cloudflare's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1716.202+0.75 * 213.183+0.5 * 0-2004.406
-0-0)/339.733
=-0.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Cloudflare  (NYSE:NET) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Cloudflare (Cloudflare) Business Description

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Address
101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Cloudflare is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that offers security and web performance offerings by utilizing a distributed, serverless content delivery network, or CDN. The firm's edge computing platform, Workers, leverages this network by providing clients the ability to deploy, and execute code without maintaining servers.
Executives
Michelle Zatlyn director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Thomas J Seifert officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Carl Ledbetter director, 10 percent owner 2755 EAST COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 520, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Matthew Prince director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chair of the Board C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Douglas James Kramer officer: General Counsel C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Scott D Sandell director, 10 percent owner
Katrin Suder director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Janel Riley officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Paul D. Underwood officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Maria S Eitel director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Stanley J Meresman director 2071 HUNTINGTON LANE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Forest Baskett 10 percent owner
Patrick J Kerins 10 percent owner
Venrock Associates V Lp 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304