Confluent, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
CFLT on Nasdaq
Location
Mountain View, CA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
11 Feb 2026

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CFLT - Confluent, Inc. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity -28%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • CFLT - Confluent, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity -28%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-29%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity -27.7%, Return On Assets -10.4%, and Operating Margin -32.6%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

43.5/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

-28%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-10%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
3.83x
Quick Ratio
1.08x
Debt to Equity
1.6x

Strengths

Quick Ratio, Revenues YoY, and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

-28%

YoY: -29%

Industry median: 1.8% (n=305)

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Return On Assets

-10%

YoY: -22%

Industry median: -5.4% (n=303)

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Operating Margin

-33%

YoY: -25%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=263)

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Current Ratio

3.83x

YoY: -4%

Industry median: 1.3x (n=304)

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Quick Ratio

1.08x

YoY: -8.8%

Industry median: 0.94x (n=234)

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Debt-to-equity

1.6x

YoY: -13%

Industry median: 0.51x (n=238)

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Revenues YoY

21%

YoY:

Industry median: 10% (n=265)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

14%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.9% (n=284)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity -28% -29%
Return On Assets -10% -22%
Operating Margin -33% -25%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 3.83x -4%
Quick Ratio 1.08x -8.8%
Debt-to-equity 1.6x -13%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 21%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 14%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 343,800,000 +6.8%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 343,800,000 +6.8%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,166,748,000 +21%
Research and Development Expense $481,706,000 +14%
Selling and Marketing Expense $592,519,000 +8.2%
General and Administrative Expense $172,716,000 +10%
Operating Income (Loss) $380,102,000 +9.3%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $300,688,000 +10%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $5,413,000 -152%
Earnings Per Share, Basic -0.86 +20%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted -0.86 +20%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $347,210,000 -10%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $390,752,000 +24%
Assets, Current $2,607,013,000 +11%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $93,179,000 +18%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $4,936,000 -44%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $6,054,000 -24%
Goodwill $164,406,000 0%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $31,945,000 +160%
Assets $2,985,270,000 +11%
Accounts Payable, Current $20,708,000 +175%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $41,500,000 -46%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $28,086,000 +58%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $468,984,000 +24%
Liabilities, Current $680,605,000 +16%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $29,655,000 -2.5%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $1,205,000 -87%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $8,678,000 -32%
Liabilities $1,816,131,000 +4.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $5,656,000
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $2,284,491,000 -15%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,169,139,000 +22%
Liabilities and Equity $2,985,270,000 +11%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $347,210,000 -10%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $706,349,000 +5.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $780,124,000 +8%
Operating Lease, Liability $9,383,000 -47%
Depreciation $27,900,000 +42%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $286,978,000 +18%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $9,694,000 -48%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $161,383,000 +32%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $8,178,000 -5.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $757,000 -91%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $8,413,000 -10%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.049 +4.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $311,000 -66%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $419,000 -36%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $394,935,000 +11%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $44,336,000 +16%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $105,000 -73%
Additional Paid in Capital $3,447,970,000 +17%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $0 -100%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $73,775,000 +46%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $397,325,000 +0.42%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY