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EarningsQ2 2026 Earnings Report

Cloudflare (NET) Q2 2026 Earnings Report

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MX:NET Q2 2026 EPS Results

Actual EPS$4.91
Consensus EPS$4.54
Beat/MissBeat by +$0.37
One Year Ago EPS$3.55

MX:NET Q2 2026 Revenue Results

Actual Revenue$11.78B
Expected Revenue$11.25B
Beat/MissBeat by +$531.28M
YoY Revenue Growth+35.87%

Earnings Announcement Details

QuarterQ2 2026
Date08/06/2026
TimeAfter Close
Conference CallThursday, August 6, 2026
MX:NET Upcoming Earnings
Cloudflare's next earnings date is estimated for October 29, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.

Q2 2026 Earnings Call Audio

MX:NET Q2 2026 Earnings Call
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Q2 2026 Earnings Slide Deck

Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary

Q2 2026
Earnings Call Date:Aug 06, 2026|
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call conveyed strong business momentum: double‑digit top-line growth (+36% YoY), expanding large-customer base, 120% dollar-based net retention, outsized developer and paying-customer acquisition, record bookings/pipeline acceleration, meaningful free cash flow and substantial enterprise wins. Management also laid out a confident outlook with robust guidance. Key negatives include a meaningful year-over-year gross margin decline (320 bps), sizable restructuring and severance charges (Q2: $151M; FY up to $165M), increased network CapEx expectations and added forecasting variability from new consumption and pool-of-funds contract structures. Overall, the positives — product adoption, customer expansion, cash generation and positioning for agentic AI — materially outweigh the near-term margin and one-time cost challenges.
Company Guidance
Cloudflare guided Q3 2026 revenue of $736–737 million (up ~31% YoY), operating income of $129–130 million, an effective tax rate of 20%, and diluted EPS of $0.34 (assuming ~374 million shares outstanding); for full‑year 2026 it expects revenue of $2.864–2.870 billion (up ~32% YoY), operating income of $443–445 million, a 20% tax rate, and diluted EPS of $1.25–1.26 (≈374M shares). Management also reiterated full‑year network CapEx of ~14–15% of revenue (Q2 was 7%), forecast severance and other restructuring charges up to $165 million (up to $130M cash), and said that excluding the higher restructuring impact its free cash flow expectations for 2026 remain unchanged.
Strong Revenue Growth
Total revenue of $696.1 million, up 36% year-over-year, demonstrating robust top-line momentum.
Significant Large-Customer Expansion
4,698 customers paying >$100k annually (up 27% YoY). Record 986 net additions year-over-year and 282 large customers added in Q2; large customers contributed 73% of revenue (up from 71% YoY).
High Dollar-Based Net Retention
Dollar-based net retention of 120%, up 2 percentage points sequentially and up 6 percentage points year-over-year, indicating strong expansion within the base.
Developer and Paying-Customer Momentum
Platform engagement surged: more than 7.4 million developers on the platform (nearly 2 million added in Q2 alone). Added over 80,000 paying customers in the quarter, driving 74% year-over-year paying-customer growth.
Profitability, Margin Improvement and Cash Generation
Non-GAAP operating income of $96.1 million with a 13.8% operating margin; operating income up 33% YoY. Free cash flow of $56.4 million (up 69% YoY) and cash, cash equivalents and securities of $4.2 billion.
Record Sales Productivity, Bookings and Pipeline
Sales productivity increased year-over-year for the 10th consecutive quarter; new customer bookings grew at the fastest rate in more than 5 years; pipeline generation accelerating at its fastest pace in 5 years. Remaining performance obligations (RPO) of $2.732 billion, up 38% YoY (up 7% sequentially); current RPO up 35% YoY and represents 64% of total RPO.
Material Enterprise Contract Wins
Multiple large deal wins across sectors (examples: a 5‑year $31.8M media contract; a 3‑year $11M European tech deal; a 5‑year $7.7M federal contract; multiple pool-of-funds and Workers deals including $7.5M, $4M, $15.9M, $6M), validating adoption across Application Services, Zero Trust, Workers, Magic Transit and SASE.
Leadership in AI / Agentic Internet
For the first time, >50% of network traffic was non-human in Q2. Launched agent-focused capabilities (Monetization Gateway, wallets, cloudflare.pay) and announced a research pilot with OpenAI — positioning Cloudflare as a foundational provider for agentic/AI workloads and agentic commerce.
Confident Forward Guidance
Q3 revenue guidance of $736M–$737M (+31% YoY) and FY2026 revenue guidance of $2.864B–$2.870B (+32% YoY), with full-year operating income guidance of $443M–$445M and EPS guidance supporting continued profitable growth.

MX:NET Earnings History

Report Date
Fiscal Quarter
Forecast / EPS
Last Year's EPS
EPS YoY Change
Press Release
Oct 29, 2026
2026 (Q3)
5.79 / -
4.569
2026 (Q2)
4.54 / 4.91
3.55438.10% (+1.35)
2026 (Q1)
3.91 / 4.23
2.70856.25% (+1.52)
2025 (Q4)
4.59 / 4.74
3.21547.37% (+1.52)
2025 (Q3)
3.89 / 4.57
3.38435.00% (+1.18)
2025 (Q2)
3.10 / 3.55
3.3845.00% (+0.17)
2025 (Q1)
2.78 / 2.71
2.7080.00% (0.00)
2024 (Q4)
3.05 / 3.22
2.53826.67% (+0.68)
2024 (Q3)
3.03 / 3.38
2.70825.00% (+0.68)
2024 (Q2)
2.39 / 3.38
1.692100.00% (+1.69)
The table shows recent earnings report dates and whether the forecast was beat or missed. See the change in forecast and EPS from the previous year.
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