Cloudflare Inc (NET) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-10-09 — refreshed nightly. Closelooknet readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelooknet module scores
- Valuation 9
- Quality 32
- Growth 69
- Balance sheet 52
- Cash quality 57
- Capital allocation 12
- Momentum 96
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-09
Quick answers
What is Cloudflare Inc's Closelooknet quality reading?
The composite reads 47/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-10-09: valuation 9, quality 32, growth 69, balance sheet 52, cash quality 57, capital allocation 12, momentum 96. Closelooknet scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is Cloudflare Inc's Altman Z-Score?
17.20, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-10-09. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is Cloudflare Inc's Piotroski F-Score?
4 of 9, as of 2026-10-09. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does Cloudflare Inc's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-3.02 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-10-09. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
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Dailies
- AI Trade — cloud fund +2.9% on a second up day, security +2.7%; chips −0.9% again, Delta −1.6% on fuel
The data and monitoring layer: Datadog +5.7%, Snowflake +4.8%, Cloudflare +4.2%
- Nvidia — up 2.7% in a red market; MongoDB sinks 18% as Meta hires its CEO, gold slides 3.8%
Cybersecurity rises while the market falls: Palo Alto Networks $390.12 (+4.10%), Zscaler $200.25 (+3.73%), CrowdStrike $259.69 (+3.00%), Cloudflare $355.13 (+1.75%)
- Cloudflare — The Put Comes Back 30 Dollars Lower and Three Months Longer
The derivatives book sold a new Cloudflare put on Monday, the September-2027 250, for 3,510 dollars of premium.
- Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69
Software is today’s laggard rather than its leader: the software ETF flat at $105.41, Microsoft −0.5% at $494.39, ServiceNow −0.8%, Amazon flat, while the security names hold their bid — Palo Alto +1.2%, Cloudflare +0.8%, CrowdStrike +0.5%.
- Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines
Security keeps the bid on day two: CrowdStrike +2.9% to $242.15, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8% to $195.14, ServiceNow +1.9%, Okta +1.0%, Salesforce +0.7%, Cloudflare +0.7%, Fortinet +0.6%, Palo Alto +0.5% — the software ETF flat at…
- AI trade — the pacing call splits tech: chips −5%, software +4.5%, security +12–15%, 10-year hits 5%
The software ETF is up 4.5% at $106.07, its best day of the year, and the security names that Sunday’s Weekly said were being sold on price and bought on flow are up 12% to 15%: Zscaler +14.8%, SentinelOne +14.6%, CrowdStrike +14.7%, Palo…
- Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%
The other half of the sort did not benefit: the software ETF fell 0.6% to $101.20, its sixth losing session in a row, with Cloudflare −1.0% to $311.17, Datadog −1.6%, Meta −1.4% after Wednesday’s gains.
- Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back
Under the fall, the midday flip held into the close: Cloudflare +10.5% on its OpenAI security service, Datadog +7.2%, Meta +6.6% on its Muse agent, Marvell +4.3%, Astera Labs +4.0%, while Nvidia, Broadcom, TSMC and ASML slipped and AMD…
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